THE MACHINE ECONOMY
Machines are becoming economic actors.
We track the infrastructure that makes it possible.
MACHINE ECONOMY INDEX (MEI)
How ready is the infrastructure?
31.7
Out of 100. The machines are being built. The law that lets them transact is not.
Score history
Payment
38
4 metrics
Physical
51
6 metrics
Legal
12
LRRS
Macro
43
4 metrics
Arithmetic minus geometric — measures how uneven the four components are
MEI last updated 2026-08-05 11:55 UTC · 14 metrics · 4 components
What the MEI measures
The machine economy is built on three infrastructure rails — Payment, Physical, Legal — and the index also tracks realized demand (Macro). The four components are weighted equally.
The index updates daily.
The briefing that reads it is coming. Join the waitlist.
- · Where the index moved — and which rail moved it
- · Legal frameworks scored the day they come into force
- · The gaps: what the machine economy still can't do, and what's blocking it
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