Akamai and Visa collaborate to address security challenges in agentic commerce

Akamai Technologies has announced a strategic collaboration with Visa aimed at strengthening identity verification, user recognition and security controls for what the companies describe as the emerging era of agentic commerce. According to Akamai, the integration combines Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol with Akamai’s edge-based behavioural intelligence, user recognition, and bot and abuse protection capabilities.

The companies claim the joint solution is designed to provide merchants with stronger identity, authentication and fraud controls, enabling them to accommodate AI agents that browse, compare and transact on behalf of consumers within digital storefronts.

As autonomous AI agents increasingly interact with commerce platforms, Akamai notes that merchants are facing new operational and security challenges. These include distinguishing legitimate agent-driven traffic from malicious automation, authenticating the agent itself, identifying the end user behind the interaction, and ensuring transactions remain secure. Without a reliable trust framework, merchants risk losing visibility into ...