agentic commerce protocol

capital commits
at the event.
it arrives at the
nonprofit before
the event ends.

Torchlane is the protocol that settles charitable capital in real time — agent-coordinated, crypto-settled, cryptographically receipted.

v1 partner access — limited

the status quo

today, this takes months.

01

emails and powerpoints

Brand sponsors negotiate terms over email. Nonprofits pitch via slide decks. Event producers coordinate manually between parties. Three separate tracks, zero shared state.

avg. coordination time: 4–6 months

02

no standard settlement

Capital moves via wire transfer, check, or ACH — after the event ends. No programmatic triggering. No real-time confirmation. The nonprofit waits weeks to see if the commitment was real.

settlement lag: 30–90 days post-event

03

compliance is an afterthought

Brands need ESG documentation. Nonprofits need tax receipts. Event producers need proof of activation. Today, each party assembles this manually, after the fact, from fragmented records.

reporting requires: manual reconciliation

The market is $25 billion annually in corporate cause-marketing spend. Every dollar of it runs on manual coordination. No protocol. No standard settlement. No compliance layer.

why now

the infrastructure
arrived first.

Agentic commerce protocols let software agents execute multi-party transactions without human intermediaries. USDC on BASE and Solana settles in seconds at near-zero cost.

For the first time in the history of cause-marketing, the commitment a brand makes at an event can clear, settle, and receipt before the night ends. Not next month. Not after legal review. Tonight.

agentic payments

Circle / USDC

Programmable dollar settlement at protocol speed. USDC on BASE and Solana provides the stable, auditable rail that moves committed capital in seconds.

http payments protocol

x402

The x402 Foundation's machine-native payment standard lets agents negotiate and settle transactions without human intervention in the loop.

settlement rails

BASE / Solana

L2 transaction costs at scale. What was financially impractical for small charitable commitments becomes viable at sub-cent settlement costs.

the protocol

a sponsored cause
activation from
start to settled.

Four steps. Three parties. One protocol. Capital commits and arrives in the same night — with cryptographic proof for every party.

brand sponsor

Mastercard

nonprofit

World Central Kitchen

waiting
via circle / usdc / base

compliance receipt

tx_hash0x7f3d...c4a1
amount250,000.00 USDC
fromMastercard Corp
toWorld Central Kitchen
networkBASE mainnet
block15,847,293
timestamp2026-06-11T08:56:19Z
statusSETTLED
01

brand sponsor

commits capital at event

Commitment recorded on-chain. Agent initiates negotiation.

02

torchlane protocol

coordinates multi-party agreement

Agents negotiate terms between brand, event producer, and nonprofit. No human intermediary.

03

circle / usdc

settlement initiated

USDC transfer triggers on BASE. Cryptographic proof generated for all parties.

04

nonprofit

capital arrives. receipt issued.

Funds clear. Compliance receipts delivered to brand and nonprofit simultaneously.

partners & pilot network

v1 relationships.
not cold outreach.

infrastructure

Circlepayments infrastructure
x402 Foundationagentic payments

brands & creators

Mastercardbrand sponsor
Capital Onebrand sponsor
Adobebrand sponsor
Influentialcreator distribution

nonprofits

Rotary Internationalnonprofit
World Central Kitchennonprofit
ALSACnonprofit
Wounded Warrior Projectnonprofit

the founder

i've seen this
problem from
every side.

I've been in rooms where brands committed real money to causes they cared about. I've watched that commitment leave those rooms as a PowerPoint and a handshake — then spend the next three months stuck in legal, compliance, and accounts payable.

The nonprofits were doing everything right. The brands genuinely wanted to give. The friction was the infrastructure. Or the complete lack of it.

Torchlane is the lane I wish had existed every time I watched committed capital sit still.

focus

Agentic commerce, charitable capital markets, protocol infrastructure

relationships

Circle, Mastercard, Capital One, Adobe, Influential, Rotary, World Central Kitchen, ALSAC, Wounded Warrior Project

model

No cold outbound. Founder-led deals. Every V1 transaction closes through a relationship built before Torchlane existed.

stage

Pre-launch. Named partners committed. First Sponsored Cause Activation in motion.

the lane is open

capital moves
now.

V1 partner access is limited to named relationships. Join the waitlist and we'll reach out directly.

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