what's kite ai?
Kite AI is building the foundational infrastructure for the agentic internet, enabling autonomous AI agents to authenticate, transact, and operate independently in real-world environments. As the first AI payment blockchain, it provides a sovereign Layer 1 solution integrated with Avalanche, focusing on high-performance, low-latency processing tailored for AI applications such as decentralized apps, data analytics, and AI services. At its core, Kite AI incorporates Proof of Attributed Intelligence (Proof of AI), a mechanism for transparent attribution and rewards in AI collaborations. It features cryptographic identities via Agent Passports for AI models, agents, datasets, and digital services, along with programmable and fine-grained payment systems using stablecoins for seamless AI-to-AI transactions. The platform supports an open AI marketplace, fostering trustless interactions across data, compute, and AI ecosystems. Kite AI's architecture connects autonomous modules with built-in identity, payments, and governance, powering subnets and integrations like Codatta for data services and BitMindAI for intelligence APIs. Through incentivized testnets like Aero and Ozone, it has facilitated millions of user interactions and billions of AI inference calls, establishing a robust base for scalable, agentic AI operations on blockchain.
Kite AI partnered with Dexalot in December 2025.
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x.com/gokiteaiPartners with Dexalot in a collaboration announced in December 2025.
Achieved $263M trading volume in the first 2 hours following launch.
Token listed on Upbit, OKX, and Bithumb exchanges, adding major Korean and global exchange access beyond previous Binance Alpha and perpetuals listings.
Collaboration with UnifAI announced, alongside partnerships with Sentient, Huma, Brevis, and Undefined Labs.
PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst identified as backers of the project.
OKX Wallet partnership for AI-led payments and Pieverse cross-chain payment rails integration completed. Token achieves full recovery to $0.1022 (up 67% from Nov 4 low of $0.0612) one month post-TGE with FDV crossing $1 billion.
Binance Square Creatorpad launches task-based campaign offering 625,000 KITE tokens as rewards to participants.
Featured in SKALE School Episode 7 educational series covering Agentic Payments.
KITE increases 60% in value during bear market.
KITE lists on Binance Alpha and Binance Launchpool. Coinbase Ventures announces strategic investment in the project.
Integration with Stargate and LayerZero's OFT standard now live, allowing 1:1 cross-chain transfers between Ethereum, Avalanche, and BNB Chain with zero slippage.
HTX launches HTX Earn staking product for KITE offering 100% APY to depositors.
KITE token integration with ynBNBx provides holders exposure to the token through a yield-bearing asset.
KITE listed for spot trading on OKX exchange.
Kite AI backs UnifAI Network's vision for AI-native DeFi alongside other elite AI projects including OpenLedger, 0G, Sentient, and Huma Finance.
Agent registration on sepolia testnet reaches 1,480.
$KITE becomes available for custody on Coinbase Prime institutional platform.
Spot trading goes live on OKX exchange with 3 million KITE Trade-&-Earn incentive pool.
HTX exchange launches Spot Trading Carnival featuring KITE with 20,000 USDT prize pool for traders and additional rewards for new users and SVIPs.
Secures additional Series A extension investment from Coinbase Ventures and announces the Kite Foundation.
New Money App adds KITE trading support for US users.
KITE goes live on Bitrue exchange with 60% APY rewards for staking XRP to earn KITE, a Power Piggy product offering 20% APR flexible staking with no lock-up, and a promotional 500 KITE bonus for depositing 1,000 KITE.
KITE becomes available on Limit Orders feature and TWAP Trading Bot, allowing automated trading at preferred prices and efficient execution of large trades with reduced slippage.
Listed on MEXC, BTSE, Hotcoin, and Upbit exchanges with futures trading support and zero-fee promotions.
Token unlock of $145.91M scheduled for the upcoming week, representing the largest unlock amount among tracked tokens. (ID: 1985375762287927412)
Controversy surrounds the project with allegations of suspicious transaction patterns from bridge to OrangeX to new Upbit accounts, similar to ZBT's insider dumping scheme to meet minimum listing liquidity requirements.
Raised $18M in Series A led by PayPal Ventures with total funding of $33M, backed by Coinbase. Available for trading on Crypto.com with USD, EUR, and 20+ fiat currencies.
HTX lists KITE with deposits now open. Binance Spot promotion distributes 21,250,000 KITE in token vouchers.
Binance and several other CEXs list KITE on November 3, 2025.
Upbit, South Korea's largest crypto exchange, will list KITE with KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs. OKX will list KITE and convert pre-market contracts into standard perpetual contracts.
Airdrop checker is now available for users to verify eligibility.
Gate.io lists KITE with spot trading starting November 3 at 13:00 UTC and pre-market perpetual futures trading with up to 10x leverage.
Trading at approximately 1.4B FDV in pre-market.
Binance Launchpool and listing scheduled for November 3.
OKX lists pre-market perpetual trading for KITE.
Participates in Binance Launchpool on November 1-2.
48% of total token supply allocated to ecosystem and community, and SBTs distributed to select creators.
Raised $18M in Series A funding led by PayPal and General Catalyst.
Binance Launchpool goes live November 1-2, 2025, offering 150M tokens (1.5% of 10B total supply) across BNB (85%), FDUSD (5%), and USDC (10%) pools, with trading starting November 3 at 13:00 UTC.
Snapshot completed, floor price declined 86%.
OKX launches pre-market trading for KITEUSDT.
Binance Alpha lists the token on November 3 as the first platform to feature it. Eligible users can claim an airdrop using Binance Alpha Points once trading opens.
Token Generation Event expected before end of year 2025.
LBank launches futures listing for the token.
Bybit launches KITEUSDT perpetual pre-market trading on October 29, 2025, at 1:00PM UTC.
Binance Futures launches pre-market trading for KITEUSDT perpetual contract.
Up more than 15% over the last 7 days, one of only two NFT collections with significant gains while most collections declined 10-30%.
Coinbase Ventures joins $33M Series A co-led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst (previously reported as $18M round). Shopify integration enables AI agents to discover and execute payments directly through the e-commerce platform for agentic commerce.
Kite AI announces integration of x402 protocol for direct HTTP payments and agent-to-agent micropayments on its chain.
Coinbase invests in the project following their implementation of the x402 payment protocol on their network as early as July.
@KiteAIFDN account emerges from stealth, and UnifAI Network is added as the first agentic finance (AgentFi) module to the ecosystem.
Kite AI backs UnifAI Network alongside Openledger, 0G, and Chainopera for their AI Native DeFi platform featuring autonomous trading agents and portfolio management tools.
PayPal Ventures leads $18M Series A funding round for Kite AI.
Kite AI partners with Brevis ZK to provide verifiable computation for its AI payment system, ensuring trusted and provable payment processes.
Kite AI uses x402 protocol for Identity & access functionality within the x402 ecosystem, which enables secure and private agent-to-agent communication and payments.
New "Wind Runner" creator program launches, awarding on-chain Soulbound Tokens to quality content contributors after team review and nomination process.
Pre-TGE status confirmed, indicating Token Generation Event has not yet occurred despite recent funding rounds.
Listed as a hot NFT alongside Moonbirds and Gemesis, indicating increased market activity and trader interest.
Official product integration with CARV launches, bringing their D.A.T.A. Framework into the agentic network to provide real-time gaming and social data for autonomous AI.
Kite is featured in panel discussion about building the next wave of onchain payments infrastructure with other major blockchain projects including Solayer Labs, WalletConnect, and Huma Finance.
Raises $18M in funding round as an AI Agent Layer 1 project.
GoKite is integrated as an agent within SentientAGI's THE GRID network, providing Ethereum transaction evaluations and fraud indicators as part of a decentralized AI infrastructure with 100+ models and agents.
Raises $33M in funding round co-led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst.
$18M investment round led by PayPal and General Catalyst completed.
New partnership with Masa enables AI agent infrastructure and brings Bittensor ecosystem integration for real-time data monitoring and workflow automation.
Co-hosting AI and Web3 builder event at EthCC with GEODNET, Pharos Network, GAIB, and OpenledgerHQ on July 1.
Team members join as mentors at Moca Network's Identity House during ETHCC week, focusing on DeFi architecture and protocol design.
New Ozone release deploys subnet staking system with BitMind AI and Bitte Protocol, plus NFT and reputation features.
Eligible for fast-tracked access to Avalanche's $100M Eco Fund as an AI project building on the platform.
5.5% of total supply is locked in staking protocol.
New partnership implements AVS infrastructure for cryptoeconomic validation of AI models and data.
Team presenting at AI Block Summit in Dubai next week alongside major AI/crypto projects, discussing state of decentralized AI.