Zetrix AI Berhad ("Zetrix AI") and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology ("CAICT") unveiled a new initiative: the blockchain-based trust protocol for artificial intelligence agents, pitching it as critical infrastructure for an emerging "agentic economy" in which AI systems act, transact and communicate on behalf of people and companies.

The announcement comes as companies push beyond chatbots toward autonomous systems that can negotiate, coordinate, execute workflows and represent users in digital environments. Avatar enables this by providing a trust protocol to verify who an agent represents, what it is authorised to do, and whether the assets or credentials it uses are real.

Built on a hybrid OpenClaw and pipeline framework and integrated with the Astron and Zetrix blockchains, Avatar is designed to let AI agents access verifiable credentials, including identity, professional qualifications and digital assets. The platform is set to also feature a CAICT-certified security framework and an open agent task store where third-party developers can publish their own specialised agents.

"Blockchain-empowered agentic AI will form the trust foundation for next-generation autonomous digital interactions" said Mr. You Xiao Yu, Vice President of Astron CAICT. "As agents begin acting on behalf of individuals and enterprises, the secure and trustworthy execution becomes non-negotiable."

Avatar is not just another AI assistant, but as infrastructure for a new category of internet activity built on verified machine-led engagement between people, companies and autonomous software agents.