27 Crypto Firms Launch “Internet Court” to Settle AI Agent Disputes

New Coalition Targets Growing AI Commerce Gap

A coalition of major crypto and Web3 companies, including OKX, MetaMask, Matter Labs and Genlayer, has launched a project called Internet Court aimed at resolving disputes between AI agents conducting transactions with one another. As AI systems increasingly negotiate and pay each other without human involvement, disagreements over these deals have become more common, yet no reliable system exists to settle them.

Filling a Gap Traditional Courts Can’t Handle

The 27-firm initiative, led by the Genlayer Foundation, is designed to make AI-driven payments, escrow arrangements and dispute resolution work together across different platforms. According to Genlayer Foundation CEO and co-founder David Riudor, traditional legal systems are not equipped to manage disputes that occur at the speed AI agents operate, making a shared resolution framework necessary as machine-driven transactions grow more common.

Addressing Fragmentation in Agentic Commerce

One of the core challenges the project aims to solve is the lack of interoperability across the many emerging standards supporting AI-driven commerce, including payment systems, agent identity frameworks and interoperability protocols developed by various companies. GenLayer Labs co-founder and CEO Albert Castellana said the goal is to unify these separate systems into a single shared framework that any AI agent can rely on to enforce financial commitments, even when disputes arise.

Technical Integration With MetaMask

As part of the initiative, GenLayer is incorporating MetaMask’s Smart Accounts infrastructure, including delegation tools and payment facilitation technology, according to MetaMask’s Smart Accounts lead, Ryan McPeck. The integration is intended to strengthen how disputes are managed and resolved within the broader AI agent economy.