Stripe Ships x402: A Payment Protocol for Charging AI Agents in USDC
Stripe launched x402 on Base, enabling AI agents to pay for services autonomously using USDC — a quietly significant step toward the infrastructure needed for an autonomous AI economy.
Stripe launched x402, a payment protocol built on Coinbase's Base network that allows AI agents to be charged in USDC for services they consume, as @base announced. The protocol addresses one of the most mundane but critical gaps in the agentic AI stack: how does an autonomous agent actually pay for things?
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