Action State is an AI product studio that creates and operates agent‑run businesses for companies of any size, focusing on high‑trust sectors where AI agents perform critical tasks such as emailing, invoicing, and form filing. In addition to building these ventures, Action State develops open, vendor‑neutral infrastructure that cryptographically records and verifies each agent action, helping clients meet audit, dispute‑resolution, and insurance requirements.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses that rely on AI agents to perform high‑trust tasks such as emailing, invoicing, or filing regulatory forms lack verifiable evidence of what the agent actually did, creating risk for audits, disputes, and insurance compliance.
Solution
Action State builds AI‑native companies where autonomous agents execute core business workflows, and simultaneously develops an open, vendor‑neutral trust infrastructure that records each agent action in a tamper‑evident, privacy‑preserving capsule. The Agent Action Capsule, based on IETF SCITT and COSE transparency standards, provides an independently verifiable proof of every transaction without requiring trust in the operator. By integrating this infrastructure into its platform, Action State enables enterprises to automate high‑trust processes while maintaining auditable, cryptographically signed records that can be checked by any party. The open‑source verifier can be deployed in under a minute, facilitating rapid adoption and compliance across regulated industries.
Target Audience
Primary customers are enterprises in regulated, high‑trust sectors—such as legal, finance, insurance, and compliance—who need to automate agent‑performed tasks while retaining provable audit trails.
Features
- AI‑driven agent platform that designs, builds, and operates entire business units for high‑trust verticals
- Agent Action Capsule: tamper‑evident, content‑private record of each agent action, verifiable without trusting the operator
- Implementation follows IETF SCITT and COSE transparency standards, ensuring interoperability and future‑proofness
- Open‑source verifier (Apache‑2.0) that can be run in under a minute for instant validation of agent actions
- Vendor‑neutral architecture contributed to IETF and Linux Foundation, supporting community governance and standards compliance
- End‑to‑end encryption of action data while preserving auditability for regulatory and insurance requirements