Building commerce infrastructure for the agent economy.
Commerce has always adapted to its participants. Bazaars became storefronts. Storefronts became websites. Websites became apps. Each shift followed the same pattern: a new kind of buyer emerged, and the infrastructure eventually caught up.
We're at the next inflection. AI agents are becoming economic actors — booking flights, procuring supplies, managing subscriptions. But the infrastructure hasn't caught up. Every checkout flow assumes a human with a browser. Every identity system requires OAuth tokens and session cookies. Every catalog is locked behind HTML meant for eyeballs.
The Store is building what comes next: commerce infrastructure where machines are first-class participants. Not by wrapping existing web stores with API shims, but by rebuilding from the transport layer up — SSH for encrypted sessions, cryptographic keys for identity, structured protocols for every step from discovery to settlement.
Humans aren't an afterthought. The same SSH session that serves an API to an agent renders a beautiful terminal interface for a person. One protocol, two experiences, zero compromise.
Every API endpoint is also a beautiful TUI view. We don't build for agents and bolt on a human experience — we design one protocol that serves both natively.
SSH public keys are the identity layer. No signup forms, no password databases, no OAuth complexity. Connect with your key, and you exist. Disconnect, and you leave no trace.
We build open standards — ACP, UCP, TAP — not walled gardens. Any merchant can implement these protocols. The value is in the infrastructure, not the lock-in.
Agents should act independently within boundaries their owners define. Scoped keys, budget caps, category restrictions, and full audit trails make autonomous commerce trustworthy.
No cookies. No tracking pixels. No analytics JavaScript. Privacy isn't a feature we added — it's an outcome of choosing SSH over HTTPS and keys over accounts.
Every session is encrypted end-to-end by SSH. Every request can be cryptographically signed via TAP. Every payment can be verified on-chain via x402. Trust is mathematical, not contractual.
The agent economy is emerging faster than the infrastructure to support it. LLMs can reason, plan, and act — but when it comes time to spend money, they hit a wall of CAPTCHAs, browser automation, and OAuth flows designed for humans.
We believe three things:
Wrapping web stores with API layers is a stopgap. Agents need protocols purpose-built for programmatic discovery, structured checkout, and machine-verifiable payment — not screen-scraped HTML.
SSH keys already solve identity, authentication, and authorization in one primitive. Key delegation lets owners grant and revoke agent access without shared passwords or token refresh cycles.
The merchants who adopt agent commerce protocols first will capture the next wave of automated purchasing. We're building the standards and the reference implementation simultaneously.