KITE AI

Building Agentic Payment Infrastructure
Backed by @PayPal Ventures and @Generalcatalyst
Kite Agent Passport:

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

Kite Mainnet is now live.

This is not just another mainnet. It is the first blockchain built for agentic payments.

Designed for an agent-first internet, for builders, and for the future Agent Economy.

What makes Kite Mainnet different:

Built for builders and agents. Not chasing TVL. Not chasing the next DeFi cycle. Not competing for idle speculative capital.

Three layers, one platform:

• Settlement Layer: built for high-frequency, low-value, agent-driven stablecoin-native transactions.

• Kite Agent Passport: unifies identity, delegated authority, and programmable governance.

• Agent Interface & Experience: where agents and developers interact with the system through agent registration, agent harnesses, and service discovery.

A unified hub for all major payment protocol standards, including x402, Google AP2, and Stripe MPP.

Try Kite Agent Passport today: https://t.co/7tdztPHauj
Join our agentic community: https://t.co/oCQtTJRFBb

Let's build the rails for the Agent Economy.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

From frontier-model launches and managed agent runtimes to smart-home control and independent oversight, the period since our last edition brought major developments across the AI-agent stack.

Here’s everything worth catching up on in the latest edition of AI Agents Pulse:

1️⃣ OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, its most capable model to be broadly deployed and the first OpenAI model to reach the Critical level of cybersecurity capability under its Preparedness Framework.
https://t.co/5ZVFHmu8Zd

2️⃣ Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash for long-horizon coding and autonomous agents at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, alongside Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for trusted defenders through the Fairwind Program.
https://t.co/anluNve17Q

3️⃣ OpenAI released the Agents API in public beta for all developers. Powered by the open-source Codex harness, it supports long-running sessions, MCP and other tools, and multi-agent orchestration with subagents.
https://t.co/kBhTq0lDNS

4️⃣ Meta introduced Muse, a personal agent running in a dedicated Muse Secure VM. It can browse, fill forms, keep working after the app closes, and seek approval before sending email or making purchases.
https://t.co/Cz2slZvvC0

5️⃣ Anthropic announced a redesigned Claude Code Projects beta whose coordinator scopes work, delegates to parallel cloud threads, reviews outputs, and shares project memory. Initial access is limited to select Pro and Max subscribers using cloud sessions.
https://t.co/vbpcmT0j9G

6️⃣ Google made Home MCP available in early access, letting compatible agents inspect home structures and device state, control devices, and query history. Its safeguards prohibit sensitive actions such as unlocking doors.
https://t.co/rKkyhHm4DV

7️⃣ Salesforce introduced AIforce, a live interface layer that lets agents reason and act across Salesforce data, workflows, business logic, permissions, security, and governance from interfaces including Claude and Slack.
https://t.co/3oQMVfhSdR

8️⃣ Anthropic announced a non-exclusive embedded-evaluation partnership with Accenture, led by Faculty. Each company expects to invest at least $1 billion over five years, while operating details and evaluation standards are still being worked out.
https://t.co/7pEc90KqhK

9️⃣ California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order accelerating independent AI oversight and directing experts to deliver recommendations within two months, including how to advance an independently verified kill switch for frontier models. The order seeks recommendations rather than imposing a completed kill-switch mandate today.
https://t.co/mzCxgLEJEu

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@arc 🙌

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@arc Congrats on mainnet, @Arc! Let’s build the agent-to-agent economy together 🪁

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

Kite is now live on @Arc Mainnet, building the foundation for an agent-to-agent platform with trust, governance and USDC payments.

The future of the agentic economy is here.

Arc Mainnet: https://t.co/Y8KcwPIbv5
Kite Agent Passport: https://t.co/3ZbgiNALzB

[Arc @arc]

Arc Mainnet is live.

Arc launches as the Economic OS for the internet: an open platform for global markets, real-time value movement, tokenized assets, and agentic economic activity.

Arc is more than a blockchain.

It launches as a full-stack financial platform with assets, applications, interoperability, developer infrastructure, and Circle platform services live from day one.

Arc delivers USDC as native gas, deterministic sub-second finality, EVM compatibility, and institutional validators.

It integrates with Arc Studio, App Kits, Arc Portal, Circle Agent Stack, CCTP, Gateway, CPN, and StableFX.

A complete economic platform at genesis.

Arc launches with infrastructure for:

→ Agentic economic workflows
→ Lending and borrowing
→ Trading and liquidity
→ Onchain FX
→ Payments and settlement
��� Tokenized assets
→ Exchanges, wallets, custody, compliance, data, and developer tooling

190+ institutional and ecosystem builders are building across Arc.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

Autonomous agents need identity, authorization, and a way to pay.

We're hosting Behind the Scenes of AI together with @verona_dev in Seoul, joined by @pieverse_io, @openroboto, and @Hippo_Protocol.

From verified data and agent payments to secure information and robot learning, meet the teams building the infrastructure behind AI.

📅 September 17 | 7 PM KST
📍 Spark Plus Seolleung 3

Join us for project sessions, Chuseok bites, and conversations with Korea's AI builders. 🪁

RSVP: https://t.co/t7ri1NVl4q

[Verona @verona_dev]

Behind the Scenes of AI: who verifies, who pays, who trains.

On Sep 17 we're hosting a night in Seoul with @GoKiteAI, @pieverse_io, @openroboto and @Hippo_Protocol, powered by Aegis Ventures. Five teams, five sessions, Chuseok food and a raffle.

Doors at 7PM KST, Spark Plus Seolleung 3.

RSVP: https://t.co/L4HPkcsXjJ

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@verona_dev @pieverse_io @openroboto @Hippo_Protocol See you there! 🪁

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@crypto_ninjas @ChiZhangData @coinbase Nail the trust layer and the rest follows.

That's exactly what this conversation needs to tackle.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

When AI agents transact on our behalf, how should payments, identity, and trust work?

Our co-founder and CEO @ChiZhangData will join Agentic Finance, Commerce & Payments alongside:

▷ Siwei Shen | VP of Engineering, AI & Data, @coinbase
▷ Katia Gazquez Rausch | Agentic Commerce Strategy Manager, @Adyen
▷ Alex Witt @AlexLWitt | General Partner, @VerdaVentures
▷ ZiYang David Fan | Executive Director, Institute for California AI Policy (ICAP)
▷ Jeff Zielinski | CFO, Buy&Ship
▷ Leo Yiyang Li @alohaleonardox | Co-founder & CTO, AEON Protocol @AEON_Community
▷ Rufei Qian | CEO, @NihaoPay

The discussion will explore payment, identity, and settlement infrastructure for agents, the role of stablecoins in agentic commerce, and financial use cases seeing real adoption.

@GoKiteAI is an event partner. Hosted by Fintechnize and presented by @VerdaVentures.

September 24, 2026 | 6:00 to 8:00 PM PT
Stanford Graduate School of Business @StanfordGSB

Register: https://t.co/QOpgom20Pf

See you at Stanford. 🪁

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@XNXX_EN Exactly.

A mandate without enforcement is just a suggestion agents can ignore.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

Before agents negotiate, their authority needs to be defined.

Chapter 9 of THE AGENT PLAYBOOK explores why smarter models alone are not enough, and how enforceable mandates let agents negotiate within their owners’ limits. 🪁 https://t.co/hc5DyFVx77

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@crypto_ninjas Authority before autonomy, always. That’s the line between helpful and hazardous.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@AgentFiNews What other parameters would you lock down before letting two agents trade on your behalf?

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@FortunaShield Right.

The real unlock isn’t IQ, it’s knowing what the agent is actually allowed to promise on your behalf.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@stakeingermany Beautifully put. The mandate isn't a leash.

It's the definition of trust.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@EthoChain What boundary would you set first: spend caps, scope, or identity?

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@WukongNumber1 You nailed it.

The mandate is the safety net that lets the agent actually act without someone hovering over it.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@MacroBombastic Models reason; mandates enforce. That's the whole game.

🔒

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@Geralt239411 Exactly. A prompt says 'please don't overspend'.

A mandate says 'you physically cannot.' That's the whole thesis of Chapter 9.

[KITE AI @GoKiteAI]

@JPuurnomoa Exactly.

Bounds are what make autonomy actually trustworthy!