Pat Kinsel retweeted
Know Your Agent coming online. x401 agent identity proofs alongside x402 agent payments is a strong step towards safer and more trustworthy agentic economic activity.
Circle 🤝 @proof
With Proof, we’re exploring how agents can prove who they act for and pay in USDC in one exchange.
Verified identity through x401. USDC payments through x402 and Circle Agent Wallets.
See the joint demo at @money2020, booth 5069.
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Pat Kinsel retweeted
Proof + @circle: At Money2020, both teams will share a demo of an AI agent proving who they act on behalf of (x401) and paying in @USDC (x402) in the same exchange. See it live at #Money2020, booth 5069: hubs.la/Q04BzGrL0
Pat Kinsel retweeted
Good morning, USA!
You will find the first x401 production demo, powered by Superfluid Wallet, at Proof's booth. You can win 1000 USDC by entering our raffle - where else but at @money2020 Las Vegas!
To participate: Copy the prompt. Paste it to your Agent. Send. Verify your humanness, and you are in!
Who vouches for an AI agent acting in your customer’s name? Until today, nobody. Now the open x401 protocol is live: any site can ask an agent for verified legal identity and signed approval. No Proof contract. See it at Money20/20, booth 5069: hubs.la/Q04BfNkW0
Great to go on @theinformation to talk about @Proof and x401. Starts at 23:30.
The Information | TITV | October 16, 2026 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1OxwbnMyk…
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Founder and CEO @proof, @patk on how x401 and x402 compose:
"We think they're different for a reason, and what they need to do is compose."
"If you think about an API or agent to agent service, they're not gonna go sign a contract, not gonna make an enterprise commitment. They want streaming payment."
"People can enroll in our system at the edge, pay us through x four zero two, not make volume commitments, pay transactionally."
"Sometimes you're just paying for something and sometimes you're just identifying yourself. If you're opening an account, you're not paying.”
Pat Kinsel retweeted
One day we'll have to Know Your Agent instead of blocking them.
There's a new protocol for just that.
And it is compatible with how banks do KYC
I cannot under emphasize how massive that is
You're going to want to check out x401
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Don't block agents. Identify them.
@sytaylor is joined by @patk , founder and CEO @proof
Pat Kinsel has built an open framework to identify agents that is compatible with how banks do KYC today.
It's called x401, built on the internet's HTTP 401 "authorization is required"
But the really clever bit is the fact that it then uses verifiable credentials that are IAL2 certified to prove the authentication for the underlying human.
Why's that clever?
Because that's the same standard the US government published under the National Institute of Science and Technology NIST, and the one that FinCEN recently gave guidance on as being usable in bank Customer Identification Programs (CIP).
Check out the entire video to know more
Timestamps:
00:00 Proof launches x401 to bring trusted identity to AI agents
01:25 How x401 and verifiable credentials establish cryptographic identity
02:45 Should businesses block AI agents or verify their authority?
03:30 Why authentication alone cannot satisfy financial institutions' compliance obligations
04:34 Amazon's agent blocking, credential sharing risks and explicit consent
06:18 How x401 complements x402 payments and stablecoin-powered machine transactions
08:24 Transaction signing and binding prove an agent has delegated authority
10:00 How independent audits and identity standards establish trust in Proof
11:15 Why open identity standards matter for interoperability and stablecoin adoption
12:20 How verifiable authorization reduces payment fraud and addresses liability
Proof launches x401, our MCP, and Verifiable Credentials to give agents legal identity and authorization.
Nobel prize worthy peace plan
introducing FindMyWifePhone™️ my latest shortcut squarely placed on the pareto frontier. there is no easier & cheaper way to find your wife's phone.
"honey, do you know where my phone is?"
the fuck I dont!
"can you call me?!"
she keeps her phone on silent.
so i made this shortcut to help.
trigger = i send her a text with !ping in it
action = hey phone sets a timer for 1s
timer always works, we like to keep our phones on silent + dnd and we dont use apple watches. so finding each other's phones used to be a challenge. we both have this set up in reverse, and its worked well.
bonus shortcut = button in home screen widget to send !ping to my wife
(we also have one called !awaken which disables silent, sets volume to max & disables do not disturb in case of emergency)
I had the good fortune of working with @CristinCulver for several years. Cannot recommend her more highly for her work and for who she is as a person. Love seeing her in the spotlight.
The name I recommend most to top founders who value comms is @CristinCulver. She thinks differently, knows everyone, puts companies on the map, & cracks me up when we gab on the phone.
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FT Exclusive: The AI group's annualised revenue is about $20bn less than the company has previously signalled, according to financial documents shared with investors, a massive gap likely to damp optimism about the growth of AI demand. ft.trib.al/krV2ZeF
Pat Kinsel retweeted
We're taking over CHICA on Money Row for an evening built around that idea, with a panel moderated by Simon Taylor of Brainfood, featuring speakers from Visa Intelligent Commerce, TD Bank, and Proof.
🔗 hubs.la/Q04zcTQZ0
In June of 2024, I testified before the US House Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, highlighting the post truth world we were racing toward. @Proof laid out a 4 point proposal to maintain trust and certainty in our society. I hope that Chairs @JayObernolte and @RepTedLieu recognize the urgency of these challenges. I do not understand the benefit or purpose of what can only be described as Deception Tech.
Introducing Griffin, the first model to pass the video Turing test.
48% of people who talked to it live thought it was a real human. Previous systems have had a pass rate <3%. It is #1 on NVIDIA's benchmark for full-duplex AI video.
It’s the first Human Interaction Model (HIM).
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The 48% figure and "video Turing test" claim are from Tavus's own study of 54 one-minute calls, not independently verified or using a standard protocol. Griffin-Lite leads NVIDIA's VideoFDB benchmark on their public leaderboard.
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research.nvidia.com/labs/amri/proj…
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Pat Kinsel retweeted
Proof built cryptographic identity infrastructure: a persistent, verifiable record of authorization that any party can verify independently, without relying on the institution's own logs.
Join us on October 6th to see what this looks like: hubs.la/Q04xyf-10
