Identity Digital spins out agentic effort, now called Known

Identity Digital has spun out Innovation Labs into a separate company called Known. The unit was created earlier this year. Its first project, DNSid, was described as "birth certificates for AI agents." The move separates the initiative from Identity Digital's core domain business.

The spin-out changes the project's corporate structure. It does not change the underlying idea: giving AI agents a way to hold verifiable identities. For domain holders, the relevant question is whether Known will rely on domain names as the basis for those identities. The brief does not say.

Identity Digital is a domain registry and registrar. Moving this project outside that structure suggests the company sees a different market for it. What is unknown includes funding, leadership, and the technical approach. Those details will determine whether Known matters beyond the announcement.

For now, the practical effect is limited. The announcement is a corporate reorganization, not a product launch. No new service is described.