🤖 The Agentic Economy: Payments, Commerce & AI-Native Platforms with Coinbase, Circle, Microsoft and Kite AI
🤖 The Agentic Economy: Payments, Commerce & AI-Native Platforms
AI agents are moving from assistants to actors.
They will discover products, initiate payments, and complete transactions on behalf of users.
What infrastructure needs to exist before agentic commerce can actually work at scale?
Join us for a practical conversation on the rise of the agentic economy with leaders across payments, commerce infrastructure, venture, and AI-native platforms.
🌟 Featured Speakers
Kevin Leffew - GTM Lead, Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN)
Gagan Mac - VP Product Management, Circle (NYSE: CRCL)
Chi Zhang - Co-founder & CEO, Kite AI (Series A, $33M raised)
Alan Du - Partner, M12 (Microsoft's venture fund)
📌 The Questions We'll Tackle
What is real in the agentic economy today, and what is still hype?
How will AI agents discover, evaluate, and complete purchases on behalf of users?
What payment rails, identity layers, and trust mechanisms are needed for agent-driven transactions?
How do x402 and stablecoins reshape internet-native payments?
What does agentic commerce mean for platforms, marketplaces, and developer tools?
How do you design products for a world where the customer may be an agent, not just a human?
Where are the biggest bottlenecks right now: UX, trust, regulation, payments, or infrastructure?
Who Should Attend
Builders working on agents, payments, and commerce infrastructure
Product leaders designing for AI-native behavior and agent workflows
Founders and operators building the next layer of internet-native transactions
Investors looking at where agentic systems create real platform shifts
🍽️ Food Included
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💥 Our Partners
Kite AI: Kite is building the payment infrastructure for the agent-native web, a foundational layer where autonomous AI agents can operate with verifiable identity, programmable governance, and native stablecoin settlement. Founded by veterans from Databricks, Uber, and UC Berkeley, the company has raised $33 million from top-tier backers including PayPal, General Catalyst, Coinbase Ventures, and 8VC.
📍 Venue Policy
Please note: All guests must register through the AWS Loft venue link to access the venue: https://events.builder.aws.com/ZDm3nw
This event is 18+ only, and entry requires a valid physical, government-issued ID (digital IDs won't be accepted).
Also, there is no scooter or bike parking in the building, please plan to park nearby if needed.