For AI Commerce — Sign Your Work, Get Found by AI Agents

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      "text": "to speed up old systems"
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      "text": "The brands that will win the agentic economy are signing their provenance chains now. The record accumulates. The moat compounds. The window is open; it won't stay open."
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