# About Shoal

> Shoal is a research media firm covering the machine economy: machines that
> work, learn, transact, and pay, and the people building for them.

Machines are becoming economic actors. Software agents already buy compute,
data, and services. Payment rails are being rebuilt so machines can settle in
seconds for fractions of a cent. Robots are entering physical work, and the
data that trains them is becoming a market of its own. One economy, covered
from every side.

## What we do

We enable institutions with cutting edge market intelligence to execute at
the frontier: long-form interviews, evidence-backed theses, and living
intelligence models mapping every player, protocol, and tech stack.

- Research: evidence-backed theses on agentic payments, AI agents, stablecoins,
  DeFi, tokenization, and infrastructure. https://shoal.xyz/research/writing/
- Shoal Signal: long-form interviews with the people building the machine
  economy (Visa, Circle, MoonPay, Browserbase, Privy, Laso, Paxos, CertiK).
  https://shoal.xyz/signal/
- Intelligence models: a living, evidence-backed graph of the agentic economy.
  https://app.shoal.xyz

## Contact

info@shoalresearch.xyz | https://x.com/shoalresearch | https://t.me/shoalresearch | https://shoal.gg | https://www.youtube.com/@ShoalResearch