AI is entering the next phase of evolution. Autonomous agents now coordinate, reason, and act on complex tasks, reshaping the way intelligence works in real-world environments. Recent sector analyzes show that more than 60% of US business leaders surveyed plan to implement AI agents within a year. With the Sentient Foundation, we are proud to announce the launch of .agent, a top-level domain built on Polygon for the architects, operators, and users of AI agents.
Sentient is driving the open-source AGI movement building what she calls the “GRID”.: a network of more than 40 specialized agents, more than 50 data sources and more than 10 fundamental models that work together to perform real-world tasks.
Of Raised $85 million from major investors like Pantera Capital and Framework Ventures, Sentient aims to democratize agentic AI under its ‘OML’ (Open, Monetisable, Loyal) framework.
Sentient shares deep roots with Polygon through co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, whose vision for open and scalable systems extends into the next era of intelligent infrastructure. Operating within the Polygon ecosystem, Sentient’s GRID benefits from the network’s speed, security and developer community, making it a cornerstone of Web3 innovation. The .agent domain builds on this foundation, connecting identity, intelligence, and trust in a shared environment designed for collaboration between humans and AI agents.
By partnering with Sentient, the .agent domain joins one of the most advanced, community-driven platforms for next-gen intelligence.
As agents move from research to real-world implementation, from chat assistants to automated workflows and multi-step reasoning systems, identity becomes critical. An .agent domain creates a naming layer for the people and projects that build, operate, and advance AI agents. It creates a shared namespace where agents, makers, and communities can come together under a recognizable standard, and it provides onchain functionality that integrates with wallets, identity systems, payments, and agent frameworks.
.agent is for the architects who design multi-agent systems and workflows, the researchers who deploy open source models in collaborative networks, and the communities who build and monetize agent marketplaces. It also supports organizations that integrate AI agents into products, services and ecosystems, and builders that emphasize ownership, transparency and interaction between agents.
Safe names with a big impact, such as:
- assistant.agent
- workflow.agent
- automation.agent
- network.agent
- agent.agent
Each .agent name is packed with progressive onchain features:
🌐 Onchain websites
💸 Human-readable crypto payments
🆔 UD.me profiles
💬 Messages and group chat
No extensions. Fully owned. Yours forever.
.agent also plans to officially apply to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) application round in 2026. The ICANN gTLD program is the formal process by which new domain extensions are evaluated, approved, and added to the global domain name system. If the application is successful, the .agent would gain traditional DNS capabilities, including universal browser support and standard email support. This would expand .agent beyond the oncha ecosystem and into the broader internet.