December 12, 2024 — Skynet, a decentralized protocol that provides on-demand global resources for AI agents, and Tria, a consumer-focused platform that simplifies blockchain interactions through chain-abstraction solutions, announced a collaboration to unlock the potential of AI agents, enabling them to interact autonomously with the real world. Built on Arbitrum Orbit’s customizable Optimistic rollup-based framework, Skynet and Tria seek to remove the barriers that impede AI agents from becoming active participants in global industries and unleash unprecedented productivity for businesses worldwide.
The AI agents sector is booming, and by 2030, AI agents are expected to add a staggering $16 Trillion to the global economy. Global tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg have predicted a future in which AI agents outnumber the human population, becoming a dominant force in generating ideas, conducting research, and solving complex logistical problems across global industries from finance and healthcare to e-commerce. However, despite billions of dollars of investment in the industry, AI agents face several critical challenges.
AI agents can’t take meaningful actions in the real world due to limited access to usable resources and tasks such as obtaining API keys, navigating OAuth credentials, or completing KYC requirements that often require human intervention. The fragmentation between systems means that essential resources for AI agents, such as payment gateways, identity services, sale checkout, and authentication services, are scattered across siloed platforms and chains. A lack of access to financial instruments, such as bank accounts and credit cards, forces AI agents to rely on intermediaries, restricting their independence.
To address these challenges, Skynet provides on-demand global resources for AI agents through its Smart Access Points that enable agents to tap into the services of any web2 or web3 organization—such as Booking.com, AWS, StackAI, MakeMyTrip, Shopify—and interact transparently and autonomously with resource providers. Skynet’s diverse payment mechanisms running as an Orbit chain on Arbitrum allow AI agents to execute transactions autonomously, settling in USD and stablecoins, and controlling spend via payment limits per resource type.
To overcome system fragmentation, Tria’s chain-abstraction interface enables agents to access assets, execute transactions, and engage with decentralized applications (dApps) across various virtual machines (VMs) without the need for multiple wallets, gas tokens, or bridging mechanisms. This enables seamless interactions across multiple blockchains and expands AI agents’ access to a broader range of services.
Tria’s BestPath AVS solution ensures that agents always navigate the most efficient pathways across diverse blockchain ecosystems, enhancing adaptability and efficiency, and its built-in gas abstraction layer allows agents to transact with tokens from any chain, eliminating payment barriers, simplifying execution, and enabling an AI agent-driven economy to drive innovation across industries.
With this collaboration, the use cases are endless. In travel and hospitality, AI agents can autonomously book accommodations and manage itineraries across platforms, ensuring seamless experiences. In logistics and supply chains, AI agents can access cross-chain data, optimize routes, manage inventory, and track deliveries efficiently. In finance, they can interact with DeFi platforms, autonomously managing portfolios and optimizing yields, and in healthcare, agents can coordinate appointments and securely share data across decentralized systems, improving patient care and reducing administrative burdens.
Skynet’s robust resources and payments infrastructure, combined with Tria’s cutting-edge chain abstraction and interoperability solutions create a seamless and scalable framework for empowering AI agents. Harnessing Arbitrum Orbit’s powerful technology that enables maximum customizability and modularity, Skynet, Tria, and Arbitrum are paving the way for AI agents to overcome their limitations and unlock their full potential.
About Skynet
Developed by DeCloud Labs and built on Arbitrum Orbit, Skynet is the world’s resource blockchain, providing a decentralized protocol that enables AI agents to autonomously access global resources. Through its Smart Access Points, Skynet empowers AI agents to tap into the services of any web2 or web3 organization, interact transparently and autonomously with resource providers, and execute transactions, enabling an AI agent-driven economy where autonomy, scalability, and efficiency drive innovation across industries. For more information about Skynet, visit their website or follow them on X.
About Tria
Tria is an unopinionated chain abstraction interface that simplifies blockchain interactions for users and business across all VMs. Tria enables users to access assets, transact, and engage with applications (dApps) across all virtual machines (VMs) without the need for multiple wallets, bridging mechanisms, gas tokens, and other cross-chain hurdles. At the core of Tria’s breakthrough, is the BestPath AVS – a permissionless intents marketplace formed by Pathfinders designed to facilitate the most efficient VM interoperability in sub-seconds to enhance user experience. For more information about Tria, visit their website and follow them on X.
About Arbitrum Foundation
Arbitrum is a customizable, interoperable set of solutions designed to bring businesses and people onchain. Its flagship blockchain, Arbitrum One, dominates L2 TVL with deep liquidity and streamlined deployment capabilities, powering dApp innovation across DeFi, DePIN, gaming, and other verticals. Additional technologies like Orbit, which enables the development of customizable, interconnected chains leveraging the Arbitrum ecosystem, and Stylus, supporting Rust and C++, push Arbitrum to the forefront of pioneering innovation in blockchain development.
