Skyfire Announces Strengthened Partnership with Forter

Skyfire and Forter have strengthened their partnership to improve checkout success rates for AI agent-driven shopping without increasing fraud risk.

Traditional bot detection tools often block AI-agents because their browsing behaviour looks automated, even when they are acting on behalf of real customers. This can prevent genuine purchases, and lead to lost sales for merchants.

At the same time, fraudsters may pretend to be legitimate AI agents to carry out fraudulent transactions. This makes it harder for merchants to identify trustworthy agents, especially when AI platforms hide identity details.

Skyfire and Forter are working together to identify trusted AI agents and block harmful automated activity. The integration adds Skyfire’s KYA (Know Your Agent) data to Forter’s fraud detection system to help assess AI-driven purchases. Forter said agentic orders across its network have increased more than four times since August.

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The partnership aims to help merchants approve more genuine purchases, reduce chargeback risks and allow trusted AI agents to complete transactions without extra steps for customers. The checkout process remains unchanged with new agent data added to existing risk checks.

The companies tested the solution with Jomashop, a Brooklyn-based online retailer of luxury watches, jewellery and accessories. Jomashop increased its agent-driven checkout success rate to nearly 100% without an increase in chargebacks.

Eran Vanounou, Chief Technology, and Product Officer at Forter, said the partnership addresses where ecosystem friction is hitting hardest. “Agentic commerce fails if retailers can not tell the difference between an authorized buyer, and a script trying to look like one,” Vanounou said.

Craig DeWitt, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Skyfire, said the integration removes one of the biggest barriers to scaling agentic commerce. “AI agents represent an entirely new channel for commerce, but today's fraud and security systems weren't built to recognize them,” DeWitt said.

About Skyfire

Founded by Craig DeWitt, Skyfire provides identity and payment tools that allow AI agents to make purchases independently. Its Know Your Agent (KYA) protocol helps verify AI agents and supports secure payments, account creation and checkout. The platform allows AI agents to sign up, verify their identity and make transactions across websites, APIs and online marketplaces.

About Forter

Founded in 2013 by Michael Reitblat and Liron Damri, Forter provides AI-powered fraud prevention and payment solutions for businesses. Its technology helps companies identify trusted customers and make faster decisions during sign-ups, purchases and returns. Forter serves companies such as Nordstrom, Instacart and Priceline, along with nearly one million businesses worldwide.

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