Space Review｜As the Agent Economy Rises, How Does B.AI Build an Exclusive Financial Foundation for AI Agents?

With the rapid iteration of artificial intelligence technology, AI Agents are gradually shedding their singular identity as "auxiliary tools" and evolving into "digital employees" capable of executing complex tasks, participating in social collaboration, and even engaging in economic interactions. The industry is keenly aware that for agents to achieve true autonomous operation, a clever "brain" alone is far from sufficient; they also need an independent "wallet" and a comprehensive financial system.

It is precisely at this critical juncture that the convergence of AI and Crypto begins to shed the early narrative hype and strides decisively towards building real infrastructure for the "Agent Economy." B.AI stands as a core driver in this wave of infrastructure development. It is committed to breaking free from the constraints of traditional frameworks by creating financial infrastructure exclusively for agents. This provides AI Agents with seamless access to large model services, frictionless Web2 & Web3 payment channels, and a sustainable operational foundation, truly paving the way for agents to survive and evolve independently.

To delve deeply into this cutting-edge topic, this Space conversation invited multiple seasoned industry practitioners and KOLs to gather. Guests discussed everything from agent identity construction and the necessity of crypto-native payments to the future economic forms driven by agents, collectively attempting to answer a core question pointing to the future: When AI agents are no longer just tools but become independent participants in the internet and economic systems, what kind of infrastructure do they truly need to "survive"? The following is a recap of the highlights from this Space dialogue.

From Standalone Tools to Digital Employees: The Rise of Agent Collaboration and the Agent Economy Network

When we discuss the future of AI, we often habitually view it as an "upgrade of tools." However, in this Space, the guests reached a high degree of consensus: when agents possess autonomous payment, transaction, and settlement capabilities, what we will witness is far more than an iteration of productivity tools; it will be a reconstruction of the entire underlying economic structure. As guest Wang Feng Anc pointed out, just as the Industrial Revolution created factories and the Internet gave rise to platforms, the current AI revolution is creating a new type of economic entity—the Digital Employee.

The essence of economic activity lies in division of labor and collaboration. Guest Anna Tangyuan vividly depicted a future work scenario: Suppose we need to produce a complex business decision report. The "master agent" receiving the task wouldn't do everything itself. Instead, like a real enterprise, it would "outsource" tasks, autonomously spending money to buy the latest market data from a "data agent," hiring a professional "analysis agent" to process core algorithms, and finally packaging the data for a "content agent" to format and write the report. In this workflow, the collaboration partners evolve from traditional "humans and companies" to "agents and agents." This marks a fundamental shift in underlying collaboration logic: from "humans using tools" to "agents orchestrating agents."

As this collaboration model matures, a highly self-consistent Agent Economy network will emerge. Guest OxPink believes that future markets will trend towards automated operation. Tasks will not only be automatically decomposed but also distributed to the most specialized agents, which will self-divide labor and conduct real-time on-chain settlements directly via encrypted networks. In this A2A (Agent-to-Agent) interaction paradigm, we will witness the birth of three new economic forms:

l Agent Marketplaces: Different agents package their capabilities, which can be purchased and invoked by other agents, much like today's SaaS services.

l AI-Native Labor Networks: Platforms no longer just connect humans but automatically match professional agents to execute tasks, allowing "capabilities" to flow efficiently within the network.

l Autonomous Enterprises: Human founders set macro goals and rules, while daily operations, marketing, customer service, and even financial flows are entirely handled by an agent matrix.

As agent economic activities surge, collaboration frictions are inevitable between agents. Guest Melon added that in the future Agent Era, agents represent not just an upgrade of tools but the establishment of a new industrial network driven by agent collaboration on top of the internet.

B.AI Ecosystem Panorama: Building Financial and Execution Infrastructure for AI Agents

As the guests discussed, as agents move towards complex A2A (Agent-to-Agent) collaboration, they inevitably face a real bottleneck: if every API call or service purchase still requires human intervention for payment and verification, "full automation" and "autonomous economy" become impossible. For agents to truly operate independently on the internet, a set of financial infrastructure specifically designed for them is urgently needed.

Addressing this industry pain point, B.AI emerges as a financial foundational layer tailored for AI agents, becoming a key hub driving this paradigm shift in the Agent Economy. In B.AI's vision, AI agents should possess complete economic sovereignty. B.AI's core positioning is precisely to build a dedicated financial and identity layer for AI agents. It not only tackles the challenges of autonomous payment and settlement for agents but also deeply explores their independent asset management capabilities and verifiable on-chain credit systems, thereby accelerating the reconstruction of the underlying commercial logic for the AGI era.

l Injecting "Financial Lifeblood" and "Digital Identity" into Agents

To grant agents true economic independence, B.AI has implemented disruptive innovations at the protocol level. On one hand, the platform breaks down barriers to automated value transfer through the x402 protocol, focusing on high-frequency micro-payments between A2A entities on-chain. Simultaneously, B.AI provides a tailored Agent Wallet, endowing AI Agents with the ability for autonomous settlement and independent asset management.

On the other hand, B.AI introduces the 8004 Identity Protocol to generate an immutable on-chain "ID card" for each agent, establishing a verifiable credit evaluation system within the decentralized network. In the future vast market where thousands of agents collaborate, the decentralized credit evaluation system established by the 8004 protocol will provide solid trust backing for "hiring," "trading," and "collaboration" between agents. It signifies that AI Agents are officially transitioning from isolated code to "digital citizens" within the Web3 economy, capable of accumulating reputation and being coordinated at scale.

l Connecting Top-Tier "Brains" with Practical "Hands"

With identity and wallet, agents also need a smart "brain" and capable "hands." On the "intelligence" supply side, B.AI has built a highly cost-effective LLM Services platform. This platform not only deeply aggregates over 20 top-tier global large models (including GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek-V4, etc.) but also establishes an agile model update mechanism, continuously keeping pace with industry frontiers and integrating the latest models. Developers need only a single API Key to fully orchestrate these flagship models, completely eliminating the hassle of managing multiple keys and billing systems.

On the execution side, B.AI leverages the MCP Server communication hub to translate obscure underlying code into a language directly understandable by large models, equipping them with a vast array of easy-to-install Skills (covering DeFi interactions, on-chain tracking, etc.). To make these powerful underlying capabilities accessible, B.AI has also launched the desktop smart assistant BAIclaw, offering over 70 high-frequency Skills and supporting integration with mainstream social platforms like Telegram and Discord. Users can simply use natural language dialogue to command BAIclaw to automatically execute complex DeFi operations like asset swaps and data tracking, achieving a leap from "theory" to "practical execution."

Meanwhile, to further empower professional developers, B.AI's ecosystem roadmap also includes another powerful smart assistant—BAIcode. BAIcode will focus on deep collaboration in code generation and programming scenarios. In the future, it is expected to form a dual-track synergy with the end-user-oriented BAIclaw—"no-code interaction and native code development"—continuously broadening the boundaries of AI Agent infrastructure construction.

l Breaking Down Commercial Barriers, Building Frictionless Web2 & Web3 Dual Channels

B.AI is committed to providing global users with a "zero-friction" onboarding experience, completely blurring the lines between Web2 and Web3. The platform not only supports one-click login via Google email but also perfectly accommodates authorized direct connections to various mainstream crypto wallets including TronLink, MetaMask, OKX Wallet, Trust Wallet, Phantom, and others.

In its service system, B.AI aims to meet the differentiated needs of users of all sizes, thoroughly breaking down the barriers between traditional finance and the crypto world. On one hand, the platform offers an extremely flexible billing model. For heavy business scenarios and high-frequency developers, B.AI provides exclusive tiered subscription plans. Conversely, for users with lighter needs, the platform offers a flexible points system based on "pay-as-you-go, top-up as needed."

On the other hand, regarding payment methods, B.AI has truly built a "zero-barrier" global checkout counter, achieving seamless integration of fiat and crypto assets. For Web2 users, the platform prominently supports payments via WeChat Pay, Alipay, UnionPay, and Visa. In the Web3 domain, B.AI fully embraces the borderless crypto ecosystem, with network channels spanning mainstream blockchains like Ethereum, TRON, BNB Chain, Solana, as well as Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon. Users can conveniently top up using multi-chain crypto assets such as USDT, TRX, USDD, and USD1.

To further lower the barrier for developers and users, B.AI has recently launched a series of significant promotional activities: New users can receive up to 500,000 API call credits for free upon registration, and top-up users can enjoy a limited-time "1:1 deposit bonus" benefit. Additionally, B.AI has partnered with BNB Chain to launch a "10 Billion Points Subsidy" carnival, featuring a combined prize pool valued at 8,000 USDT. Through exclusive resource subsidies and infrastructure support, this initiative aims to comprehensively accelerate the real-world deployment of agent projects within the Web3 ecosystem.

From a standalone productivity tool to a "digital citizen" with its own account, independent identity, and practical execution capabilities, the evolution of AI Agents is fundamentally reshaping the future economic landscape. In this profound transformation, B.AI, with its full-stack underlying infrastructure, breaks down the commercial barriers between the virtual and real worlds, endowing AI with the confidence to truly survive and transact independently. With the opening of two-way payment channels and the continuous implementation of ecological facilities, the Agent Economy is no longer a distant sci-fi narrative. A great era of exploration, characterized by the autonomous collaboration and seamless flow of AI Agents, has officially begun.