Insights & Tutorials

Notes on paid runtime capabilities, agent treasuries, and commerce infrastructure.

Jun 26, 2026

Why AI Agents Break the Moment a Task Needs Payment

Agents can discover services mid-task but stall when payment starts — no runtime payment surface, no shared credentials, no unified liquidity. Here's why agents break at payment, and what closes the gap.

Jun 18, 2026

Multi-Rail Agent Payment Routing: One Wallet, Every Rail

As agent payment rails multiply — x402, MPP, Circle Gateway — builders pay an integration tax that grows with each one. Here's the case for rail-neutral routing: one wallet, one signature, every rail.

Jun 10, 2026

x402 vs MPP: Which Agent Payment Protocol Should You Use? (2026)

x402 and MPP both let AI agents pay for APIs over HTTP 402 — but they settle differently. A builder's comparison of rails, costs, and when to use each (or both).

Jun 5, 2026

How AI Agents Pay for APIs: A Builder's Guide to Agentic Payments

AI agents can now pay for APIs, data, and compute mid-task — no human checkout. Here's how agentic payments actually work, from HTTP 402 to wallets, rails, and spending limits.