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IBM and three.ws partnership

IBM and three.ws have a deep, two-way partnership that combines AI infrastructure, 3D agent tooling, and on-chain identity — enabling enterprises to deploy, pay for, and scale AI agents at the intersection of IBM Cloud and Solana. By integrating IBM Granite foundation models with three.ws's x402 micropayment protocol, enterprises can access state-of-the-art AI per call, with no contracts and no IBM Cloud account required.

Together, IBM and three.ws help organizations build and deploy 3D AI agents that can reason, generate, and transact — all powered by verifiable on-chain identity.

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Partnership highlights

200+
3D AI agents on three.ws
three.ws hosts over 200 live 3D AI agents, each with on-chain identity via ERC-8004, browseable and embeddable on any website.
Solana mainnet
Live on Solana mainnet
All agent identities and x402 payments run on Solana mainnet — fully verifiable, globally accessible, with sub-second finality.
$0.005
Per-call IBM Granite pricing
Access IBM Granite embedding models for as low as $0.005 per call, paid in USDC via x402 — no contracts, no minimum commitment.
6 models
IBM Granite models available
IBM Granite Chat, Code, Embed, Analyze, Forecast, and Vision models — all accessible via a single MCP endpoint on three.ws.
First
First x402 integration on IBM Cloud
three.ws pioneered the x402 micropayment protocol for IBM Granite, making three.ws the first platform to offer pay-per-call IBM AI via HTTP 402.
ERC-8004
ERC-8004 on-chain identity pioneer
three.ws introduced ERC-8004, the standard for 3D AI agent on-chain identity — every agent is a tradeable, ownable NFT with verifiable capabilities.

Accelerating outcomes

3D AI Agents

Give your AI agent a body — and a presence

The power of IBM Granite and three.ws's agent platform enables enterprises to deploy AI agents with 3D visual identity. IBM clients can build, host, and interact with animated 3D agents that carry on-chain provenance and can transact autonomously. IBM and three.ws have both built targeted cross-platform solutions to help enterprises deploy agents that can be seen, trusted, and verified at scale.

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Forge

Text to 3D model — in minutes

three.ws Forge lets IBM clients generate fully textured, rigged 3D models from a text prompt or image. The resulting GLB file can be embedded in any application, assigned to an agent, or minted as an on-chain identity. IBM clients can integrate Forge into their design and deployment pipelines to produce 3D agent assets at scale.

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x402 Protocol

Enterprise AI. Pay per call. No contracts.

IBM Granite models are available on three.ws via the x402 micropayment protocol — a standard that extends HTTP 402 to enable machine-to-machine payments. Any MCP-compatible client can access Granite Chat, Code, Embed, and Forecast models by sending USDC on Solana. No IBM Cloud account. No contracts. No minimum spend. IBM and three.ws collaborated to make this the most accessible path to enterprise Granite AI.

Read the x402 protocol documentation →
POST https://three.ws/api/ibm-mcp
HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required
X-Payment-Amount: 0.020
X-Payment-Token: USDC
X-Payment-Chain: Solana
→ Payment sent · Model returns response

Previous announcements

Blog — three.ws
x402: HTTP 402 for the AI age
2025 Announcement
three.ws launches x402 micropayment protocol for IBM Granite — pay per call, no account required
Blog — three.ws
ERC-8004: On-chain identity for 3D AI agents
2025 Announcement
three.ws introduces ERC-8004, the open standard for verifiable 3D AI agent identity on Solana
Blog — three.ws
Forge: text to 3D model in minutes
2025 Announcement
three.ws Forge now supports IBM enterprise use cases — generate 3D agent assets from any text prompt

Resources

Explore these resources to design, deploy, and manage 3D AI agents with IBM Granite on three.ws.

Briefing
Briefing
Building Agentic Workflows with IBM Granite on three.ws
How IBM clients can deploy structured AI pipelines with 3D agent interfaces and x402 billing.
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Briefing
Briefing
Standing up 3D AI agents on three.ws
A step-by-step guide to forging, deploying, and embedding your first 3D AI agent using the three.ws platform.
Try Forge →
Webinar
Webinar
IBM and three.ws expert webinar: Scaling AI at scale with x402
Discover how to orchestrate enterprise AI agents with IBM Granite and three.ws's pay-per-call infrastructure.
Read docs →
Governance
Governance
three.ws governance: Monitor AI models with on-chain verifiability
Understand how ERC-8004 and on-chain agent identity provide an auditable record of AI agent actions.
Learn more →

three.ws on IBM Cloud

three.ws's global presence on IBM Cloud enables enterprises to access AI agent infrastructure in the same environment where they run their core workloads. IBM clients benefit from three.ws's complete stack of 3D agent tooling, Solana-native identity, and x402 payment infrastructure — without moving data outside their preferred cloud.

Additionally, three.ws clients working with IBM benefit from direct access to IBM Granite foundation models — including IBM's flagship enterprise Chat, Code, and Embedding models — via the three.ws MCP server, payable per call with USDC through the x402 protocol.

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Forge
Text → 3D model

Browse IBM Granite models
available on three.ws

Access enterprise foundation models — Chat, Code, Embed, Forecast — via a single MCP endpoint. Pay per call with USDC.

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Next steps

Jump in — try three.ws Forge at no cost or read the IBM × x402 documentation to integrate Granite into your agent workflow.

IBM and three.ws have a joint go-to-market partnership that combines IBM's enterprise AI infrastructure — specifically IBM Granite foundation models — with three.ws's 3D agent platform, x402 micropayment protocol, and ERC-8004 on-chain identity standard. Together, they help enterprises deploy AI agents that can reason, generate, and transact autonomously.
three.ws provides direct access to IBM Granite foundation models — including Chat, Code, Embed, Analyze, and Forecast models — via the x402 micropayment protocol. Any MCP-compatible client can access these models per call, priced in USDC on Solana. No IBM Cloud account is required to get started.
three.ws is the right choice when you need to give your AI agent a visual identity, deploy it with on-chain verifiability, or integrate AI capabilities into a 3D environment. If you are building customer-facing agents, deploying into virtual or augmented reality contexts, or want pay-per-call access to IBM Granite without a cloud contract, three.ws is your starting point.
Yes. three.ws agents are embeddable via a single HTML tag (<agent-3d>) and accessible via standard MCP endpoints. No framework changes are required. IBM clients can integrate three.ws agent capabilities into existing web properties, Claude, or any MCP-compatible orchestration layer.
ERC-8004 is purpose-built for AI agent identity — it defines an on-chain record for an agent's 3D model, capabilities, and ownership history. IBM identity solutions address human and enterprise user authentication. These are complementary: use IBM IAM for human users, and ERC-8004 for AI agents that need to hold assets, transact autonomously, or carry verifiable capability metadata.