IBM has signed a global partnership with The Hashgraph Group (THG) to bring the IDTrust identity platform to the IBM Cloud Catalog marketplace. IDTrust, the first commercial Hedera-based enterprise application listed on a major cloud marketplace, uses decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials to give AI agents, devices and humans verifiable identities and permissions. The platform includes MCP servers for AI agents connected to IBM watsonx Orchestrate, with credentials anchored on Hedera to provide auditable records of agent identities and actions. Under the agreement, THG gains IBM Silver Partner status and access to IBM technology through a global Embedded Solution Agreement. The partnership comes as « Know Your Agent » becomes a growing enterprise requirement for verifying that autonomous AI systems are authorized to perform specific actions.
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