allow agents to authenticate, transact, and coordinate securely without intermediaries. Leveraging a protocol to protocol token model that promotes ecosystem alignment, Kite is convening a vertically integrated AI ecosystem purpose-built to drive real business outcomes and long term network sustainability Backed by leading investors including PayPal Ventures, General Catalyst, 8VC, Samsung Next, and others, Kite AI is led by AI and systems infrastructure veterans from Databricks, Uber, Salesforce, and Near, and supported by partners across AI and enterprise technology. landscape.