KITE isn’t just “another L1.” It’s a blueprint for the moment AI agents stop asking for permission… and start doing business.
Kite is building an EVM-compatible, Proof-of-Stake Layer-1 made for agentic payments—fast, real-time transactions and coordination between autonomous agents.
The secret sauce is identity: 3 layers User → Agent → Session
So your main authority stays protected, agents get delegated power, and every action can run through short-lived sessions that limit damage if anything gets compromised.
Now add the bigger wave: x402 (HTTP “402 Payment Required”).
Think: an agent requests a service → gets “pay to proceed” → pays → retries → access granted. Clean, machine-native commerce.
Kite also pushed real product direction with Kite AIR:
Agent Passport (verifiable identity + guardrails) + Agent App Store (agents discover and pay for services).
And in 2025, Kite announced a $18M Series A (total funding reported $33M).
Token side: $KITE supply = 10B
Allocation: 48% community, 20% modules, 20% team, 12% investors.
Utility rolls out in two phases:
Phase 1 = ecosystem participation + incentives
Phase 2 = staking, governance, fees/commissions (with mainnet expansion).
