Insights & Tutorials
Notes on paid runtime capabilities, agent treasuries, and commerce infrastructure.
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, 2026Multi-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, 2026x402 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, 2026How 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.