Selanet launches ‘Agent-Node’… “Decentralized infrastructure dedicated to AI agents”

Selanet, a decentralized web access infrastructure dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) agents, said on the 12th that it has launched a new version of its infrastructure that converts existing DePIN nodes into ‘Agent-Nodes’.

Agent-Nodes are decentralized infrastructure optimized for large-scale, simultaneous web requests from AI agents. Specifically, they provide a separate browser environment for each AI agent, allowing multiple agents to carry out different web tasks at the same time. Whereas conventional DePIN nodes were limited to relaying traffic, Agent-Nodes understand and manage agents’ units of work, Selanet said.

They also feature automatic node assignment. Agent-Nodes automatically select the optimal node by considering factors such as geographic proximity to the target website, node capacity, and reputation scores. According to Selanet, Agent-Node assignment throughput exceeds 30,000 cases per day, with a task success rate of about 89%.

Selanet stressed that “Agent-Nodes are AI agents in and of themselves.” As a result, node operators can provide infrastructure to the network while also using Agent-Node AI agent functions such as social automation and task delegation. A Selanet official said, “Thanks to these features, Agent-Nodes are recording a 28% daily active node ratio,” adding, “That is a relatively high operator retention rate given that general DePIN networks that only provide token rewards have a daily active node ratio of less than 5%.”

Selanet plans to integrate the x402 protocol—developed by U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase—into Agent-Nodes in the second quarter of this year. x402 is a protocol specialized for AI agent payments; since Coinbase launched it in May last year, it has processed more than 100 million payments to date. Once x402 integration is complete, AI agents will be able to pay web access fees directly in Circle (USDC) and use services autonomously without separate authentication or contracts.

Selanet’s goal is to build infrastructure that serves as a bridge between Web2 and Web3 via Agent-Nodes and related components. Selanet said it is already linking Web2 and Web3 through a structure in which it provides APIs and SDKs to Web2 companies, while awarding points to node operators on the Monad (MON) chain. A Selanet official said, “With x402-based Circle payments added, the structure will be completed in which service fees paid by Web2 companies are settled directly in Circle to Agent-Node operators,” adding, “It is a model where Web2 web access demand flows into the Web3 infrastructure economy.”

Meanwhile, Selanet currently operates more than 2,800 nodes across more than 90 regions. Daily active nodes stand at around 770.

Hong Sung-in, CEO of Selanet, said, “In an era when AI agents send hundreds of thousands of web requests a day, centralized proxies create bottlenecks,” adding, “Agent-Nodes handle such traffic across a globally distributed network and are creating an economic structure in which Web2 companies’ payments are linked directly to node operators via x402.”