important notes
- TravAI allows users to book travel through conversations with an AI concierge, and autonomously search, plan, and complete payments across the chain.
- The platform processes transactions at layer 2 of the ADI chain and accepts BTC, ETH, and SOL via the NEAR Intents cross-chain protocol.
- Despite the partnership momentum with Brave browser and Kalshi prediction market integration, NEAR price is trading bearishly at $1.67.
NEAR Protocol and ADI Chain have partnered to launch TravAI, a travel booking platform powered by AI agents and intent-based operations. The platform allows users to tell an AI concierge where and when they want to go. Agents search for providers, create itineraries, book everything, and complete payments without any manual steps.
All transactions are settled on the ADI Chain, an enterprise-grade layer 2 blockchain. Users can pay with Bitcoin BTC $89081 24 hour volatility: 3.3% Market capitalization: $1.78 trillion Vol. 24 hours: $50.40B Ethereum Ethereum $3,011 24 hour volatility: 4.1% Market capitalization: $363.29B Vol. 24 hours: $2.868 billion Solana sol $131.5 24 hour volatility: 6.5% Market capitalization: $7.361 billion Vol. 24 hours: $520 million or other key tokens supported by the NEAR intent. According to an official announcement on the NEAR blog published on December 5th, the chain abstraction, intent-based protocol powered by the NEAR stack handles cross-chain transformations behind the scenes.
TravAI is developed and operated by Datrics, while ADI Chain is powered by Sirius International, the digital arm of UAE-listed IHC. This partnership is aimed at both corporate travel teams and frequent solo travelers seeking a faster, auditable booking flow.
NEAR co-founder Ilya Poloskin called the launch the arrival of “proxy commerce” to solve real-world problems. He highlighted the fully automated plan-to-pay workflow in a post on X the same day as the launch.
Today, @NEARProtocol and @ADI_Foundation launch TravAI, the next generation travel booking platform.
By combining the power of NEAR AI agents and intents, users state their desired itinerary in natural language and TravAI takes care of the rest.
Agentic Commerce solves real world… https://t.co/Oa0DjlaJzt
— Ilia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) (@ilblackdragon) December 5, 2025
NEAR AI initiatives and price analysis
This release follows NEAR’s recent efforts into AI tools. According to Coinspeaker, the NEAR Foundation on December 3 unveiled an AI cloud and private chat feature with hardware-backed privacy that has already been adopted by projects reaching more than 100 million users.
NEAR Intents, the cross-chain engine that powers TravAI payments, has processed more than $7 billion in transaction volume since its launch, data revealed earlier this week.
All-time high for NEAR Intent exceeds $7 billion. Just keep shipping. 🔥 https://t.co/wLUyOZWKLC
— NEAR Protocol (@NEARProtocol) December 3, 2025
nevertheless, close near $1.67 24 hour volatility: 6.7% Market capitalization: $2.1 billion Vol. 24 hours: $205.92 million Price is still in bearish territory, showing a significant departure from all recent bullish news and fundamentals. We mention NEAR’s partnership with Brave, a leading privacy-focused web browser, and Kalshi, a leading US-based prediction market that has started supporting NEAR payments.
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At the time of this writing, the digital asset is trading outside its annual price range, below this range’s support at $1.67 per token.
NEAR Price Chart (1D) as of December 5, 2025 | Source: TradingView
TravAI is currently recruiting users to join its waiting list, and enterprise solutions are also available.
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