How Economic Models Work in AIGrid
Because AIGrid is modular, composable, agent-native, and policy-driven, new economies emerge through the interaction of actors, modules, and contributors — without requiring centralized coordination.
Participants Publish Assets
These can be skills, models, datasets, compute nodes, services, or even policies — made available on the Grid as modular, discoverable resources.
Each asset can include:
- Metadata (e.g., version, purpose)
- Access policies
- Reputation history
- Optional incentive logic
Agents Discover, Negotiate, and Compose
Agents — acting on behalf of users, institutions, or other agents — dynamically:
- Discover available resources
- Choose which to use, license, contribute to, or coordinate with
- Make decisions based on task context and local policy
This allows for emergent value flows without platform-imposed logic.
Policies Enforce Logic and Permissions
Each economy (or zone) enforces its own rules via PolicyGrid, defining:
- Who can use what
- Under what conditions
- With what accountability
These rules can depend on:
- Time
- Trust score
- Prior behavior
- Proof-of-contribution
- Any condition expressible in policy code
Value Exchange Is Modular
Transactions in AIGrid may or may not involve money. Agents can exchange:
- Tokens or credits
- Compute or data
- Access or services
- Trust, reputation, or reciprocity
There is no enforced value model — participants bring their own economic logic.
Usage Is Tracked, Verified, and Accountable
All activity can be:
- Optionally logged
- Auditable
- Subject to policy review (local or federated)
This enables:
- Transparent metrics
- Impact assessment
- Trust scoring
- Reputation systems
Economies Evolve Organically
Because everything is composable and policy-scoped, new economies can:
- Form, dissolve, or reconfigure dynamically
- Operate as time-bound mission economies
- Become permanent commons
- Align to context-specific goals or governance models
AIGrid doesn't build one economy — it enables many.