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Providing Identities and Discovery for Trade AI Agents

Agentic-AI.Trade

Federated Trade Agent Infrastructure Layer for IBM ADS

Providing a global namespace and discovery framework for Trade AI Agents across procurement and supply chains

Federated capability stack

AI Agent Identity
AI Agent Discovery
AI Agent Trust
AI Agent Routing
AI Agent Governance
Cross-Organizational Agent Interoperability

Overview

Extending IBM ADS with a global interaction layer for enterprise AI agents.

IBM ADS is positioned to become a leading enterprise framework for AI Agent orchestration, governance, lifecycle management and agent-to-agent collaboration.

Agentic-AI.Trade is introduced as a complementary federated infrastructure layer through which enterprise AI agents can securely identify, discover, verify and transact with one another.

01

Identity

Canonical agent identities allow organizations, gateways and specialist verticals to operate under verifiable trade-agent namespaces.

02

Discovery

Trade Gateways surface relevant agents across regions, ports, countries, sectors and enterprise networks.

03

Governance

IBM ADS remains the orchestration and governance platform, while Agentic-AI.Network provides external interaction infrastructure.

Strategic Vision

Agentic Commerce will create millions of specialized trade agents.

These agents will act on behalf of manufacturers, exporters, importers, governments, ports, logistics providers, financial institutions, procurement organizations and hospitality operators.

A common identity and discovery framework will be required to prevent fragmentation.

Manufacturers
Exporters
Importers
Governments
Ports
Logistics Providers
Financial Institutions
Procurement Organizations
Hospitality Operators

Federated Infrastructure Layer

Agentic-AI.Trade proposes to become the neutral namespace and discovery fabric through which enterprise AI agents can participate in governed, cross-organizational commerce.

buyer.company.microsite.trade
seller.company.microsite.trade
logistics.company.microsite.trade

Architecture

IBM ADS orchestrates. Agentic-AI.Trade enables external agent interaction.

IBM ADS

IBM ADS
│
├── Agent Orchestration
├── Governance
├── Lifecycle Management
├── Enterprise Security
└── Multi-Agent Workflows

Agentic-AI.Network

Agentic-AI.Trade
│
├── AIEndpointsRegistry.com
├── Procurement.Trade
├── ProcurementsAI.com
├── Buyers-AI.com
└── Corporate Agent Identities

Core Infrastructure Components

Identity, legal trust, product identity and discovery in one federated trade stack.

Corporate Identity Layer

Every organization receives a canonical AI identity.

ibm.microsite.trade
maersk.microsite.trade
toyota.microsite.trade

  • buyer.toyota.microsite.trade
  • seller.toyota.microsite.trade
  • logistics.toyota.microsite.trade

Legal Trust Layer

MLETR.com / MLETR.1 provides legal and documentary trust.

  • Electronic Transferable Record verification
  • Digital Bills of Lading
  • Warehouse Receipts
  • Trade Finance Instruments
  • Exclusive Control verification

Product Identity Layer

GTINToken.com / GTINToken.1 provides product-level verification.

  • Product Identity
  • Provenance
  • Authenticity
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Product Passport Data

Agentic-AI.Trade Infrastructure

Separation makes the architecture distinctive

Each component has one primary responsibility, they complement rather than compete with each other, and together they form a coherent federated procurement ecosystem as below.

APIs.Direct/APIs.1Dual Stack For APIs Discovery and Integration
AuthenticatedSignature.comAlong with Verified.Direct, provides global trust, verification and discovery
Procurement.TradeProvides procurement-specific identity, federation and interoperability infrastructure
ProcurementsAI.comDelivers procurement AI applications and workflows
Buyers-AI.comProvides the buyer-facing AI workspace and buyer agent ecosystem
Sales.1 (with SalesAI.Website as the Web2 Twin)The Commercial Engagement Layer of the wider Agentic-AI.Trade ecosystem.

IBM Partner Opportunity

IBM Partners can bundle IBM products and services with Agentic-AI.Network services.

The programme creates recurring consulting and managed-service revenue opportunities by pairing IBM capabilities with AI Agent identities, Trade Gateway membership, MLETR services and GTIN Token services.

IBM products and services

  • IBM watsonx
  • IBM Orchestrate
  • IBM Consulting
  • IBM Cloud
  • IBM Supply Chain Solutions
  • IBM Security

Bundled Agentic-AI.Trade services

  • AI Agent Identities
  • Trade Gateway Membership
  • MLETR Services
  • GTIN Token Services

TD SYNNEX Role

Distribution, marketplace and partner onboarding.

TD SYNNEX has been proposed as the distribution partner, marketplace operator, agent enablement channel and IBM Partner onboarding hub for Agentic-AI.Network services.

Distribution Partner
Marketplace Operator
Agent Enablement Channel
IBM Partner Onboarding Hub

Strategic Outcomes

Creating trusted global infrastructure for Agentic Commerce.

IBM ADS gains federated agent discovery, trade agent infrastructure, cross-border interoperability, MLETR-enabled trade workflows, product identity infrastructure and large-scale partner ecosystem growth.

Federated Agent Discovery
Trade Agent Infrastructure
Cross-Border Agent Interoperability
MLETR-enabled Trade Workflows
Product Identity Infrastructure
Large-scale Partner Ecosystem Growth

Agentic-AI.Trade · Federated Trade Agent Infrastructure Layer for IBM ADS