What is Boson?

Boson Protocol describes itself as an agentic commerce protocol for the agent economy, intended to enable buyers and sellers to transact between AI agents and humans for digital, physical, atomic or non-atomic items, including real-world assets and on-chain assets. It states that autonomous buyer and seller agents handle offers, payments, settlement, and dispute resolution without intermediaries, and that the protocol is integrated with MCP for use by LLM or AI clients. The project says it has been live since 2021 and charges 0.5% fees.

The description attributes the protocol design to game theorists and protocol designers and says it uses game-theoretic mechanisms to support fair exchange, where a counterparty either receives the item or receives money back. It also lists partners including Tommy Hilfiger, WooCommerce, and Christie's, and names investors Outlier Ventures and Animoca Brands. Governance, token supply cap, native chain, and founder names are not specified in the provided text.