The operator's reference for AI agents in cross-border B2B trade. What agentic commerce is, which workflows it already runs, how to build it, and where it breaks.
AI & Agentic Commerce in B2B Trade
Foundations, evaluation frameworks, workflow-specific agents, implementation patterns, MCP servers for trade, original benchmarks and data releases — the flagship pillar.
Flagship topic
Deep dives
Agent observability for trade operations
What to log, how to correlate, and the dashboards that catch failures before they hit customers. Patterns from running production trade AI.
13 min read
AI-powered collections for cross-border receivables
Where AI meaningfully reduces DSO and cost-per-touch in B2B collections, the workflows that work, the buyer-experience tradeoffs, and what to instrument.
16 min read
AI invoice automation for exporters: operator's guide
Where AI meaningfully reduces invoicing and reconciliation friction for cross-border B2B exporters, with real workflows, failure modes, and ROI math.
12 min read
Build vs buy: the trade AI stack decision framework
Which layers to own, which to buy, and the explicit cost / control tradeoffs at each layer of the trade AI stack.
10 min read
Evaluation frameworks for trade AI agents
How to measure trade AI agents in production: accuracy, latency, cost-per-decision, escalation rate, and the failure modes you must instrument for.
18 min read
Guardrails for trade AI agents: a practical engineering guide
The five guardrail layers every production trade agent needs (action allowlist, per-action budget, human-review triggers, jurisdictional checks, audit trail), plus failure-mode coverage.
25 min read
MCP servers for trade operations: architecture and examples
How Model Context Protocol servers expose trade-operations data (ERP, banking, shipping, KYB) safely to AI agents — architecture patterns, security model, and three reference implementations.
16 min read
A taxonomy of AI agents in cross-border trade
How to categorize trade AI agents by autonomy, scope, and decision domain. Practical framework with real examples per category.
14 min read
What is agentic commerce in B2B global trade?
A clear definition of agentic commerce in B2B trade, how it differs from AI assistants, the workflows it already automates, and what breaks if you deploy it without guardrails.
13 min read