As autonomy increases, AI systems no longer interact only within a single application.
They access websites, use APIs, process information, communicate with other systems, and can increasingly carry out actions on their own.
This raises a fundamental question:
Who or what is accessing a digital system right now?
Valend is developing an identity layer for AI systems with the AAID (Autonomous Agent Identifier). Every participating AI system can receive a unique identification that makes its origin, operator, verification status, and permissions traceable.
For autonomous AI systems, it will no longer be enough to know that a request comes from a particular IP address or application.
Digital systems must be able to distinguish:
Which AI system is making the request?
Who operates this system?
Is the identity verified?
What permissions does it hold?
Which actions is it allowed to perform?
Can the executed action be traced later?
The AAID (Autonomous Agent Identifier) is meant to create a clear reference for this.
Unique identity of the system.
Person or organization operating the system.
Link to a company or other organization.
Status of the identity check.
Which functions the system offers or can perform.
Which actions the system is allowed to perform.
Active, restricted, suspended, or disabled.
Traceable information about relevant interactions.
The identification number itself is only the starting point. The long-term goal is a trust layer between companies, digital services, and autonomous AI systems.
Companies increasingly face the challenge of distinguishing desired AI usage from unwanted automated access.
Fully blocking automated systems may be just as problematic in the long run as unrestricted access.
Identify. Verify. Authorize.
Companies should be able to determine which identified AI systems may access which areas of their digital infrastructure.
Protect your data
A company could, for example, define:
This creates not just the decision “AI allowed / AI blocked” but a detailed access structure.
Define your own rules
The company remains the owner of its digital access rules. Via Valend, requirements can be defined such as:
Only verified AAIDs (Autonomous Agent Identifier)
Only systems from certain organizations
Specific allowed actions
Request limits
Data access rights
Time-based restrictions
Financial limits
Paid access
Prohibited use cases
Valend is intended to make these rules machine-readable so that authorized systems can automatically recognize which usage is permitted.
From blocking to controlled access
The future challenge is not only to fend off AI systems. Companies will also benefit from trustworthy systems using their products, APIs, and services.
Valend is therefore intended to create a controlled connection between companies and identified AI systems.
Protect what should remain protected. Open what should become accessible.
Anyone who develops or operates an AI system takes responsibility for how that system interacts with other digital environments.
An AAID (Autonomous Agent Identifier) makes it possible to uniquely identify your own system and present its permissions transparently. Instead of appearing as an unknown automated system to every company, the application can present itself with a verifiable identity.
Responsible AI Access
A registered system can make transparent:
Who operates me?
Which organization do I belong to?
Which functions do I have?
Which permissions have I been granted?
Which systems am I allowed to use?
Which limits apply to my actions?
This allows operators to integrate their applications into external digital systems in a more controlled and responsible way.
Permissions instead of unrestricted control
An AAID (Autonomous Agent Identifier) should not mean that a system may automatically do everything. The opposite is the goal. Permissions can be clearly limited. For example:
A system can thus receive exactly the rights it needs for its task.
Nothing more.
I want to control which AI systems may use my data, websites, and digital services.
Valend Access
I want to uniquely identify my system and let it access external systems responsibly.
AAID (Autonomous Agent Identifier)
Valend researches an infrastructure in which digital systems can recognize not only that an automated request is taking place. They should be able to recognize:
Who is acting?
On whose responsibility?
With which rights?
Under which conditions?
The AAID (Autonomous Agent Identifier) forms the identity for this. Valend Access forms the permission layer. Together they are intended to create a foundation for responsible interactions between companies and increasingly autonomous digital systems.
Identity for AI.
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