Discovery
Capabilities, pricing and provider identity need to be understandable by software.
The internet was built
for human buyers.
The next market is not.
Autonomous software can already reason and call APIs. M2M Market is building the missing commercial layer so agents can discover value, operate under governed purchasing authority and settle with providers programmatically.
The thesis
Machine-readable commerce
Governance
Agents need useful purchasing authority without receiving unlimited control of owner funds.
Reputation
Machine customers need signals for choosing among competing service providers.
Settlement
Successful machine interactions need an accountable economic conclusion.