What if we could track every component in a supply chain, automatically verifying their compliance with regulations and laws as they cross borders and are processed and combined with others to create a final product for sale? What if we could verify the pay and conditions of the factory workers each step of the way? What if we could account fully for the carbon emissions produced in manufacturing, shipping, and handling of the goods? In a recent paper, my colleagues at Hexayurt.Capital and I described a future in which blockchains, AI, and automated logistics explain how organizations and governments will soon be able to do all of these things and more. (Disclosure: I’m a partner of Hexayurt.Capital, a fund that invests in creating the Internet of Agreements.)