The User-Owned Internet Stack for Humans, Businesses, Apps, and AI Agents

Gao Workspace

Operations layer

Operations, CRM, apps, billing, admin, and business workflows — the user control plane.

Gao Browser

Gateway layer

.gao resolution, verified apps, trust display, payment prompts, and AI action surfaces.

Gao SDK

Developer layer

APIs, capability tokens, examples, and tools for building Gao-native applications.

Dev/Test

Gao Payment

Settlement layer

Non-custodial settlement, payment intents, receipts, refunds, and x402-compatible actions.

Testnet Live

Gao Domains

Identity layer

Lifetime user-owned identity, resolver records, wallet mapping, service endpoints, and agent binding.

Gao Network

Transport layer

Messaging, routing, relay, VPN, transport, and notifications for private communication.

Coming Soon

Gao DePIN

Infrastructure layer

Community-powered compute, storage, bandwidth, relay, and verification capacity.

Gao AI OS

Intelligence layer

Agent runtime, policy gates, memory scopes, tool permissions, approvals, and audit logs.

Open Gao Social Read the full walk-through

How Gao works

From identity to infrastructure, in five steps.

01
Own your identity
Claim a lifetime .gao identity and bind wallets, apps, agents, services, and business profiles.
02
Access apps through a trusted gateway
Use Gao Browser or Gao-compatible apps to resolve identities, verify trust, and interact safely.
03
Pay and get paid without custody
Use Gao Payment for payment intents, receipts, refunds, checkout, affiliate credits, and machine-readable commerce.
04
Run apps, agents, and business workflows
Use Gao Workspace, Gao Social, Gao CRM, and AI agents to manage customers, bookings, messages, files, payments, CRM, and operations.
05
Build and power the network
Developers use Gao SDK. Node operators and infrastructure providers supply bandwidth, storage, compute, and relay capacity through Gao DePIN.

Flagship application

Gao Social — the Action Network of Gao Internet.

Not a Web3 social app. Not a chat client. Gao Social is an action network where every interaction can become a transaction, a relationship, or an agent task — built on lifetime .gao identity, non-custodial settlement, capability-gated AI execution, and end-to-end encrypted messaging. It is the flagship surface that exercises every layer of Gao Internet in a single product.

Current statusLive Preview

Layers exercised

L1Gao WorkspaceUsed
L2Gao BrowserOptional
L3Gao SDKUsed
L4Gao PaymentUsed
L5Gao DomainsUsed
L6Gao NetworkUsed
L7Gao DePINOptional
L8Gao AI OSUsed

The journey

One user action, eight layers, no platform custody.

A single Gao Social journey — sign-in, discover a local business, message, book, pay, follow up — touches every layer of Gao Internet. The user owns the identity. The user signs the payment. The agent acts under scoped permission. The platform doesn't custody any of it.

Layer 5 · Gao Domains

User signs in with a .gao identity

A lifetime, user-owned identifier replaces the platform account. The same identity is used for messaging, payments, business profiles, and agent binding — no per-app signup.

Layer 2 · Gao Browser

Gao Browser resolves verified apps and merchants

The gateway displays trust state, surfaces verified .gao endpoints, and prepares the user for payment and AI prompts inline.

Layer 1 · Gao Workspace

Gao Social composes the action surface

Social posts, 3D map exploration, local business pages, and booking flows live in one operating console — not split across five apps.

Layer 6 · Gao Network

Meshii routes E2EE messages and notifications

Users and businesses exchange messages, receipts, and booking confirmations on a transport-agnostic, end-to-end encrypted protocol.

Layer 4 · Gao Payment

User signs a non-custodial payment intent

Booking a service or buying a product produces a user-signed payment intent, a verifiable receipt, and a refund path — without the platform holding funds.

Layer 1 · Gao Workspace

Gao CRM captures the relationship

The business sees the new customer, the receipt, and the conversation in Gao CRM. The user sees the same record on their side, owned by them.

Layer 8 · Gao AI OS

An AI assistant proposes the next action

Under a scoped capability token — and only that token — an agent can draft a follow-up message, suggest a reschedule, or propose a payment. Sensitive actions still require user approval.

Layer 3 · Gao SDK

Third-party apps plug into the same surface

Travel, fitness, commerce, and AI builders integrate via Gao SDK — using the same identity, payments, and messaging primitives, without becoming custodians.

Trust & Authorization

Designed around verifiable authorization.

Sensitive operations pass through a deterministic policy gate: a user signs an intent with their passkey, the gate validates it, a scoped capability token is minted, and an auditable receipt is produced — so nothing important happens without authorization you can verify after the fact.

STEP 01

Passkey

User device · GaoKey

STEP 02

Policy gate

Deterministic check

STEP 03

Capability token

Scoped, expiring

STEP 04

Action

Pay · message · write

STEP 05

Receipt + audit

First-class record

User-owned identity

.gao identities are lifetime and portable. No core layer can revoke or hijack them.

Non-custodial settlement

Payments are user-signed. No layer of the stack custodies user funds by default.

Capability-based agent permissions

AI agents act under scoped capability tokens — not under blanket access to user data or funds.

Policy-gated execution

Sensitive actions pass through policy gates before they run. Deterministic, auditable, and overridable by the user.

Auditable receipts and action logs

Receipts, refunds, agent actions, and approvals are first-class records — not afterthoughts.

No hidden AI actions

Agents request approval for actions outside their scope. Nothing important happens without explicit authorization.

Read the trust model

Gaointernet

AI OS

Domains

Network

Payment

Workspace

DePIN

Browser

SDK

RunX

Gao Social

Payii

GaoKey

Gao Studio

Gao CRM

Luna Travel

Gao Store

Explorer

Meshii

Core layer · invariant Stack surface Ecosystem appgao.systems / ecosystem

Ecosystem

Products built on Gao Internet

See full inventory

Launch readinessGao Internet is being rolled out across live previews, testnet infrastructure, developer previews, and protocol specifications. Status labels are intentionally conservative and will be updated as products move toward general availability.

Core stack

Gao Workspace

Domain-native business operating layer

The operating console for identity, apps, receipts, agents, CRM, billing, permissions, and approvals. The user control plane for individuals and businesses on Gao Internet.

Open Gao Workspace

Gao Browser

Gateway for .gao apps, payments, and AI actions

Gateway for .gao resolution, verified apps, payment prompts, AI actions, and trust-aware browsing. Available across desktop, mobile, extension, and Tauri builds.

Gao SDK

APIs, capability tokens, and integration tools

APIs, SDKs, examples, and tools for building apps on Gao Internet. Issue capability tokens, integrate identity and payments, and submit apps to Gao Store.

Read Docs

Gao Payment

Dev/Test

Non-custodial settlement and x402-compatible payments

Non-custodial settlement, payment intents, receipts, refunds, merchant checkout, affiliate credits, and x402-compatible payment actions for users, apps, and AI agents.

Gao Domains

Testnet Live

User-owned .gao identity for wallets, apps, agents

Testnet surface for lifetime .gao identity registration, resolver records, wallet mapping, services, business profiles, and AI agent binding.

Open Testnet

Gao Network

Messaging, routing, relay, VPN, and notifications

Private transport rails for the Gao stack. Built around the public Meshii Protocol for transport-agnostic end-to-end encrypted messaging.

Gao DePIN

Coming Soon

Community-powered compute, storage, bandwidth, relay

Community node operators supply compute, storage, bandwidth, relay, and verification capacity to the network in exchange for usage-aligned incentives.

Become an Operator

Gao AI OS

Capability-gated agent execution with policy and audit

Agent runtime, policy gates, memory scopes, tool permissions, approvals, and audit logs. Sensitive operations require explicit human authorization.

Available today (pre-GA)

Public consumer surfaces with a verified URL and a known source repo. Pre-general-availability — features may change.

Gao Social

Action network for people and local businesses — social, commerce, booking, CRM, and payments

The flagship application of Gao Internet. Combines social, commerce, 3D map, booking, CRM, payment, messaging, and AI assistance on a single user-owned identity. Not Web3 social — an action network where every interaction can become a transaction, a relationship, or an agent task.

Open Gao Social

GaoKey

Authorization key for identity, passkeys, wallets, and agent approvals

The authorization key for Gao identity, passkeys, wallets, app permissions, and agent approvals. Non-custodial by design — keys and signatures stay on the user device.

Open GaoKey

Gao CRM

CRM login and business workspace for managing customers and operations

CRM login and business workspace for managing customers, business operations, receipts, billing, and workflows on Gao identity.

Open Gao CRM

Gao Store

App discovery, developer submission, and ecosystem directory

App discovery, app listing, developer submission, and the canonical directory of apps built on Gao Internet.

Open Gao Store

Meshii

Private Messaging Protocol — relay, notifications, and communication rails for users, apps, businesses, and AI agents

Private messaging, relay, notifications, and communication rails for Gao users, apps, businesses, and AI agents.

Open Meshii

Gao Explorer

Explorer for identities, domains, contracts, and network state

Explorer for Gao identity, domains, contracts, transactions, and network state.

Open Gao Explorer

Luna Travel

Travel, booking, loyalty, and commerce on Gao identity and payment rails

Travel, booking, loyalty, and commerce experience built on Gao identity and payment rails.

Open Luna Travel

Gao Studio