# Nava

Nava builds verification infrastructure for agentic finance. The system is designed for a world where agents that move money can propose, verify, and execute high-value actions with deterministic checks and human-configurable policy constraints.

## What Nava Does

Nava helps agents that move money transact safely by checking each action against the user's policy and returning a verdict before money moves. The product focus is agent guardrails: catching unsafe, malformed, or policy-violating actions before they run.

## Core Architecture

### Guardian

Guardian is Nava's deterministic policy-verification engine. It checks each agent action against the user's policy and returns an independent verdict with a reason, across networks and venues. The checks are explicit constraints that can be audited and repeated. Semantic intent-alignment, checking an action against the user's natural-language instructions, runs as a later, external layer rather than in the live approval path.

### Gateway

The Gateway is one endpoint an agent sends any payment or escrow request to. The Guardian checks it against the user's policy before it settles, which turns verification into a payments product. Phase 1 is an x402 facilitator.

### NavaChain

NavaChain is the EVM-compatible execution layer for verified agent workflows. It supports the broader infrastructure needed for agent transaction verification and settlement.

### MCP and Agent Integrations

Nava supports agent-oriented integration patterns, including MCP-style tool discovery and API-driven verification workflows. Developers can connect agents, submit actions for verification, and use Nava infrastructure as a verification layer.

## Audiences

- Agent builders shipping agents that move money.
- Payment platforms routing agent payments.
- Institutions that need independent verification and audit trails.
- Protocols and applications that want verifiable agent access.
- Traders using verified agents.

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- Website: https://navalabs.ai/
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## Suggested Summary

Nava is verification infrastructure for agentic finance. Its Guardian is a deterministic policy-verification engine that returns an independent verdict for every action an agent takes, before money moves, for agent builders and payment platforms.