AI Agents Discovery Infrastructure
Agentic-AI.Network
Federated AI Agents Infrastructure Layer for IBM ADS
Providing a global namespace and discovery framework for AI Agents across procurement, logistics, supply chain, hospitality, ethical sourcing and cross-border commerce.
Federated capability stack
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.Network is introduced as a complementary federated infrastructure layer through which enterprise AI agents can securely identify, discover, verify and transact with one another.
Identity
Canonical agent identities allow organizations, gateways and specialist verticals to operate under verifiable trade-agent namespaces.
Discovery
Trade Gateways surface relevant agents across regions, ports, countries, sectors and enterprise networks.
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.
Exporters
Importers
Governments
Ports
Logistics Providers
Financial Institutions
Procurement Organizations
Hospitality Operators
Federated Infrastructure Layer
Agentic-AI.Network proposes to become the neutral namespace and discovery fabric through which enterprise AI agents can participate in governed, cross-organizational commerce.
Proposed Architecture
IBM ADS orchestrates. Agentic-AI.Network enables external agent interaction.
IBM ADS
│
├── Agent Orchestration
├── Governance
├── Lifecycle Management
├── Enterprise Security
└── Multi-Agent Workflows
Agentic-AI.Network
│
├── Agentic-AI.Trade
├── Procurement.Trade
├── Hospitality.Trade
├── EthicallySourced.Trade
├── Regional Trade Gateways
└── 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.
- 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
Discovery Layer
Trade Gateways become the discovery fabric for agent-to-agent commerce.
Regional, port and sector gateways allow Trade AI Agents to find trusted counterparties, verified products and transaction routes. Examples below.
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.Network 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.
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.