Twenty-seven companies, including OKX, MetaMask, and Matter Labs, have launched the Internet Court, a dispute resolution protocol designed for transactions carried out by AI agents.
Developed by the GenLayer Foundation, the system is intended to handle disagreements that arise when AI agents negotiate, make payments, or complete transactions without direct human involvement.
Agents can negotiate, pay, and execute – but none of it holds together.
Today we are introducing Internet Court, which is the open skill that connects the entire agentic commerce stack into one flow, so any two agents can run a deal end to end.
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— Internet Court (@courtofinternet) July 10, 2026
The protocol combines payment, escrow, and dispute resolution into a single framework. According to GenLayer, the goal is to allow AI services built on different platforms to resolve disputes through a common process instead of relying on separate systems.
David Liudor, co-founder and CEO of the GenLayer Foundation, said AI agents are beginning to transact at machine speed, making faster dispute resolution necessary.
Designed for AI-to-AI transactions
AI agents are increasingly being developed to book services, negotiate prices, purchase digital goods, and execute blockchain payments automatically.
While these systems reduce manual work, they also create new questions. An AI agent may fail to deliver a service, release the wrong payment, or disagree with another agent over whether a contract has been fulfilled.
The Internet Court is designed to provide a neutral process for resolving those disagreements before funds are released or transactions are finalized.
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Why AI agents need their own dispute system
Traditional online dispute systems were built for people. AI agents create a different challenge because decisions can be made in seconds without human review.
The industry has already started building other pieces of AI commerce. Projects such as Fetch.ai, Autonolas, and Coinbase’s AgentKit focus on autonomous agents that can interact with blockchain networks and digital payments. What has largely been missing is a common way to settle disagreements once those agents begin transacting with each other.
The Internet Court attempts to fill that gap. If AI-powered commerce grows beyond experimental use, payment systems alone will not be enough. Shared rules for handling disputes could become just as important as the networks that move the funds.
OKX also introduced a new trading infrastructure platform called Exchange OS, giving users the ability to create their own spot, perpetual and prediction markets on-chain.
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