# Hedera Advocates for Machine-Readable Data in Agentic Commerce By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/42174 Published: 2026-10-28T00:42:10.000Z Updated: 2026-10-28T00:42:10.000Z Section: Technology > Lindsay Walker of Hedera highlighted fast, publicly verifiable and programmable systems at the AIconference. Lindsay Walker of Hedera advocated for machine-readable data in agentic commerce at the AIconference, highlighting systems that are fast, publicly verifiable and programmable. Other companies are developing tools and standards for AI agents to interact with commerce. American Express’ work includes a [common standards effort with EMVCo and the x402 Foundation]() and a framework for carrying authenticated purchase instructions through payment processing. Shopify’s [checkout tools for AI agents]() let them work directly with checkout information. ## Links in this article - [common standards effort with EMVCo and the x402 Foundation](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/34562) - [checkout tools for AI agents](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/25062)