DataDome announced major advancements to its platform and partner ecosystem, designed to put businesses in control of how AI agents access and interact with digital assets.
The cyber-fraud protection vendor is putting the control of who–or what–can access a site, app or API back in the hands of businesses with its partner program. Its initial partner is Skyfire, whose platform – enabled seamlessly through DataDome security – empowers businesses to verify the identity of AI agent traffic, then block, allow and monetize, turning AI agent traffic into a revenue stream.
“AI agents are fast becoming the internet’s most active users, and they need infrastructure that moves as quickly as they do. DataDome’s partnership is a key step forward—it gives businesses the control to identify, manage, and monetize AI agent access in real time,” said Amir Sarhangi, CEO and co-founder of Skyfire. “At Skyfire, we complement that by powering the payments and KYA (know your agent) identity layers, enabling website owners to identify an agent, permission access and allow them to buy and sell data, services and goods instantly, without human involvement.”
With these controls, organizations can enforce LLM access licensing agreements, enable authenticated access for AI agents or allow AI agents to remit or accept payments.
The changes come as enterprises grapple with a rise in LLMs, AI crawlers and automated agents. With expanded intent-based AI models, LLM detection and AI agent response policies, DataDome’s AI engine helps identify, categorize, adapt and respond to traffic, reportedly in under 2 milliseconds.
The latest enhancements provide customers with deeper control over user intent, helping distinguish between legitimate, AI-driven use and malicious automation. DataDome now automatically groups all LLM crawlers and AI agents into a dedicated category, offering visibility into which models are accessing digital assets, how often and for what purpose. This visibility is paired with intelligent policy recommendations, helping security teams respond based on bot identity, behavior and trustworthiness.
DataDome’s AI-first architecture is purpose-built to adapt to ever-changing threats; all models auto-adapt and non-linearly scale, drawing on continuous data streams of signals and feedback loops to trigger real-time updates. Now, DataDome has created new AI models to strengthen that multi-layered foundation to better detect malicious intent.
“AI isn’t a feature—it’s the foundation of everything we do,” said Benjamin Fabre, co-founder and CEO, DataDome. “It’s what powers our ability to stop bots and fraud in real time, with precision and scale. But more than that, it’s what gives our customers the visibility and control they need to stay ahead as AI agents reshape the internet economy.”
