Experian has expanded its Agent Trust partner ecosystem by bringing in Akamai Technologies, strengthening efforts to build secure and reliable AI-driven commerce as autonomous agents increasingly handle online transactions and customer interactions.
The collaboration is aimed at addressing one of the biggest emerging concerns in agentic commerce: verifying whether an AI-driven action is legitimate when it is no longer directly initiated by a human user. Through the Experian Agent Trust framework, the companies plan to create stronger links between AI agents, the individuals behind them, and the systems they access.
“Trust, security, and performance must scale alongside the growing role of AI agents in digital commerce,” said Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer at Experian. “Agentic commerce will not scale without trust. By adding Akamai to our partner ecosystem, we are strengthening the infrastructure to verify agents, the humans behind them, and their intent, enabling fast, secure, and accountable transactions. This reflects strong momentum across our ecosystem as we bring together leaders in identity, payments, and cybersecurity to shape the future of digital commerce.”
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Akamai’s cybersecurity and edge computing technologies will complement Experian’s identity and fraud prevention capabilities by helping monitor and validate both human and AI-generated activity in real time. The partnership is designed to improve transaction security, detect suspicious behavior, and ensure only verified agents can access merchant systems.
The companies are also participating in the KYAPay initiative alongside Skyfire, supporting the emerging “Know Your Agent” standard. The initiative focuses on establishing a common framework for AI agents to identify themselves, declare transaction intent, and securely process payments using tokenized credentials.
“Agent-driven commerce introduces a new set of security expectations for businesses and consumers,” said Patrick Sullivan, Chief Technology Officer, Security Strategy at Akamai. “Our work with Experian brings together identity intelligence and edge security so organizations can confidently interact with AI agents while maintaining performance and trust across every touchpoint.”
Experian said the expanded ecosystem will help organizations safely scale AI-powered commerce while reducing fraud risks and improving transparency across digital transactions.