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Agentic Merchant 19 min read | Ankit Agarwal

Websites are locking out AI agents. Here’s how to let the good ones in, on your terms

AI agents are software that does things for people online, including shopping. In recent weeks, people who use them have reported that shopping, travel and other sites blocked their agents; more on those reports below. If you run an online store, you may be spending money and time on GEO (generative engine optimization): getting your […]

Agentic Merchant 10 min read | Ankit Agarwal

What an agentic protocol needs to get right

What does an agentic protocol, one that lets AI agents browse, shop and pay for people, need to get right? Here’s my list: thirteen success metrics in four groups, and how KYAPay allows for each. In my last post I argued that the human is the missing signal. A KYAPay token carries it: a signed […]

Agentic Merchant 14 min read | Ankit Agarwal

The human is the missing signal

Legitimate AI agents get blocked because, to a fraud system, an agent with no human behind it looks like a scalper. This post shows what changes when the human is named, with a demo that runs end to end. Legitimate agents get blocked, and the fraud systems aren’t wrong Legitimate agents get blocked today. Not […]

Identity Solutions 7 min read | Amir Sarhangi

Agent Access Gateway vs LLM Gateway: What’s the Difference?

TL;DR LLM gateways route model API calls between your app and providers like OpenAI or Anthropic. They handle cost control, fallback, rate limiting, and token-level observability. Agent access gateways verify an agent’s identity and authorize its payments when it acts on third-party sites and APIs across the open web. AI models conflate the two. They […]

Identity Solutions 9 min read | Amir Sarhangi

Best Agent Access Gateway Platforms in 2026: A Comparison

Best Agent Access Gateway Platforms in 2026 Agent access gateways can control how AI agents reach models, tools, and services. This comparison separates those routing and access controls from the identity, delegated authority, and payment authorization needed for an agent-initiated purchase. The right choice depends on which layer your workflow needs. TL;DR An agent access […]

Identity Solutions 14 min read | Amir Sarhangi

AI Agent Authorization Flows: How to Choose the Right Authentication Provider

TL;DR AI agent authorization involves two separate problems. Identity auth proves who an agent is, and payment auth proves an agent can spend money. WorkOS, Auth0, Stytch, and Okta solve identity through OAuth, OIDC, and SSO, but none of them handle transactions or spend limits. Skyfire pairs a Know Your Agent (KYA) identity credential with […]

Identity Solutions 8 min read | Amir Sarhangi

MFA and Identity Verification for AI Agents: Why Traditional Authentication Falls Short

TL;DR Push notifications, TOTP codes, and biometric prompts all wait for a person to tap, type, or scan. An autonomous agent has no one to answer, so it stalls at the authentication wall. Every enterprise fix from Okta, Auth0, Duo, and Ping still assumes a human behind the agent or an enterprise perimeter around it. […]

Identity Solutions 25 min read | Amir Sarhangi

Best Tools for AI Agent Authentication and Authorization in 2026

TL;DR Last updated: October 7, 2026 Skyfire KYA is the top pick for agentic commerce: one verified agent identity that unlocks access to websites, APIs, and checkouts and authorizes payment at checkout, in a single token. Auth0 for AI Agents is a strong option for established OAuth/OIDC deployments, while WorkOS is better suited to fine-grained […]

AI Trends 6 min read | Craig DeWitt

Skyfire Launches: Identity and Payments for Autonomous AI Agents

Today marks the public launch of Skyfire platform, the first infrastructure layer purpose-built to give AI agents identity and payment capabilities—turning them into real, verified customers. With Skyfire, agents can now sign up, authenticate, and pay for services programmatically—without breaking, needing human intervention, or leaving the platform. It’s the missing layer that unlocks frictionless agent-native […]

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