SAN FRANCISCO – November 10, 2026 -- The A-Comm Evidence Protocol Consortium has grown to 22 companies after A-Comm Technologies, Inc. confirmed eight additional founding members: AiPrise, AstraSync, Beltic, CartAI, Cartograph, Forter, SablePay and Trulioo.
The eight join 14 founding members announced on Oct. 28. The consortium stewards the A-Comm Evidence Protocol (AEP), an open standard for a tamper-evident record of agent-initiated transactions.
Each member gets one vote, and A-Comm Technologies holds no veto
Every company in the consortium holds a single vote, including A-Comm Technologies, which authored AEP and serves as interim secretariat. A-Comm Technologies has committed to transfer AEP to a neutral standards host, chosen by the members, within 12 months.
Consortium charges no dues and commits to royalty-free patents
Membership carries no dues. The consortium's patent commitment is royalty-free and modeled on the W3C Patent Policy. AEP is open source under Apache 2.0.
Implementing AEP does not require membership, and anyone can comment on the specification publicly on GitHub.
Founding members hold their first meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12
Membership remains open to additional companies, which can apply through the secretariat.