Proof Launches x401, the Open Protocol for Verifying the Authority Behind AI Agents

POAs are intended to help transactions move forward. They come into play when a seller is overseas, a spouse is unavailable, or a trusted agent needs to act on someone’s behalf. In practice, however, they often bring everything to a halt.

Kavya Qin

August 26, 2025

Make your workflows smarter and your accounting cleaner with tools built for scale.

Proof

August 25, 2025

Beginning with the 2025–26 award year, the Department of Education is requiring stricter identity verification for certain FAFSA applicants.

James Fulgenzi

August 21, 2025

Digitizing POAs isn’t about bolting on another tool; it’s about upgrading a weak link in your leasing chain. A modern POA workflow is fast, compliant, and defensible by design.

Eric Nelson

August 19, 2025

Every good story starts with some world-building, so we'll begin with a short history of payment cards. Understanding the past is key to shaping the future. From there we will examine the successes of the EMV evolution and explore how its framework can be applied to the future of online identity in ways that will reshape the industry.

Ian Macallister

August 14, 2025

POA forms are essential for processing title transfers, odometer disclosures, and lien releases. But in many auto workflows, they’re still manual. That kind of process might have worked in the past…but today, it’s a bottleneck. The good news? POA inefficiency is entirely fixable. And modern platforms like Proof can digitize the process without sacrificing compliance, security, or borrower experience.

Kelley Pidhirsky

August 13, 2025