Skyfire announced a fully functional prototype of an AI agent securely completing consumer purchases end-to-end, enabled by verified agent identity and agentic payment infrastructure in a controlled environment. The demo illustrates an AI agent autonomously researching and purchasing a consumer product online using Skyfire’s Know Your Agent (KYAPay) protocol and Visa’s Intelligent Commerce suite and Trusted Agent Protocol, signaling an important step toward frictionless, trusted agentic commerce.
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Skyfire’s KYAPay protocol verifies to both the consumer and the merchant that the AI agent is acting on behalf of a real, authorized user, enabling merchants to confidently accept actions initiated by non-human actors.
In the demonstration, a consumer dispatches an AI agent to identify the best headphones at the b*********. The agent independently evaluates available options with Skyfire partner Consumer Reports, and completes a purchase directly on verified merchant, Bose.com. Skyfire’s KYAPay protocol verifies to both the consumer and the merchant that the AI agent is acting on behalf of a real, authorized user, enabling merchants to confidently accept actions initiated by non-human actors.
Once authenticated, Skyfire enables the transaction by providing secure access to a Visa credential, allowing the AI agent to complete checkout without exposing sensitive consumer credentials. The consumer receives immediate confirmation that the purchase has been completed, with shipping details and a confirmation email delivered automatically; the ability for a consumer to empower an agent to research, shop, and purchase on their behalf is now finally available to a user and “as simple as pushing a button.”
“Agentic commerce only works if merchants can trust who, or what, they are transacting with, and if agents can pay as reliably as people do ,” said Amir Sarhangi, CEO of Skyfire. “Verified identity through our KYA protocol, combined with trusted payment rails like Visa, is foundational infrastructure for allowing AI agents to operate safely, autonomously, and at scale on the open internet.”
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