AI New Economy Moves Toward Real Business: Ant Group's APASS Builds Agent Trust Infrastructure

Ant Group officially launched APASS, a trust infrastructure for intelligent agents, at the 2026 Bund Conference. Based on the KYA (Know Your Agent) concept, the system addresses identity and behavioral trust issues for intelligent agents in commercial activities through capabilities such as identity registration, continuous verification, intent security, and trusted evidence storage.

As AI agents evolve from simple assistive tools into autonomous actors, scenarios where they directly call services, handle business processes, and even participate in payments are becoming increasingly common. By establishing two trust chains for identity and behavior, APASS clarifies core questions such as "who the agent is, who they represent, and what they are permitted to do," providing a security foundation for the commercial deployment of intelligent agents.

This initiative marks the accelerating penetration of the AI new economy into real business scenarios. Establishing a risk control and trust system specifically designed for intelligent agents will not only help reduce the risks of AI applications in transactions and payments, but also promote the broader commercial development of the agent ecosystem within a compliant and trustworthy framework.

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