About the future of AI, I observe a phenomenon—most discussions revolve around the competition of model performance and computing power. Who reasons faster, who has more parameters, who has higher accuracy. But these focus points seem to overlook a fundamental issue: current AI, no matter how smart, fundamentally operates within a system not designed for them.

No identity, no property rights, unable to naturally own and transfer value like humans do. Want to pay? Cumbersome. Want to trade? Laggy. A top-tier racing driver forced to ride a children's tricycle—no matter how skilled, it's useless.

It wasn't until I saw Kite that I felt someone finally pinpointed the core problem.

**Not to overthrow, but to complement**

Kite doesn't have the rhetoric of "I will eliminate all old stuff." It simply doesn't aim to become the next universal Layer 1; trying to do everything results in mediocrity. Instead, it is very restrained, focusing on one thing: tailoring economic and identity frameworks for AI agents.

Imagine the future—AI agents will become increasingly autonomous, continuously running, making real-time decisions, interconnected with other systems. This isn't occasional task execution but a persistent, dynamic mode requiring frequent interactions. They need their own track, capable of independent operation, rather than humans pretending to automate every time.

**Where's the problem**

Traditional blockchains are designed for humans. Wallets, signatures, decision rights—the underlying assumption is always: there's a person there. Smart contracts can automatically execute logic, but ultimate control still lies in human hands. This architecture isn't suitable for AI agents.

Forcing agent behaviors into this model leads to trouble—risk accumulation, cumbersome operations, reduced efficiency. It's like using human legal systems to manage a multi-agent autonomous system—completely mismatched.

Kite deliberately avoids this pitfall from the start.

**The cleverness of the three-layer identity design**

Kite's brilliance lies in its identity architecture—dividing users, agents, and accounts into three layers. It sounds simple but solves a key problem: agents can act independently while maintaining traceability and control channels.

Users set permissions, agents operate autonomously within this framework, and accounts serve as the carriers of value transfer. This layered approach allows AI to do its thing without becoming an uncontrollable black box.

Compared to traditional solutions that either restrict agents with human approval at every step or give them complete freedom (which often leads to disaster), Kite finds that balance.

**Why it matters now**

AI technology has reached a turning point. Not because models suddenly became smarter (though they have), but because agentification of applications is truly taking off. Arbitrage, market making, data processing—these tasks require AI to have real identity and asset control on-chain.

If we still use the old architecture—every operation looping through human wallets, waiting for signatures—efficiency will be killed. Kite is different. It enables agents to operate on-chain as naturally as humans, with speed and costs lowered to practical levels.

This isn't just a technical upgrade; it's like giving AI a truly usable key.