Alchemy, a leading provider of cryptocurrency infrastructure, has launched AgentPay, a revolutionary tool that enables AI payment systems from prominent companies such as Coinbase, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, and Circle to interact with each other seamlessly. This innovation addresses the longstanding problem of agentic payment systems being unable to communicate with one another, which had previously required merchants to develop separate integrations for each protocol. According to Alchemy CTO Guillaume Poncin, "AgentPay solves this issue by allowing merchants to register their existing API with us, and we provide them with a new endpoint, enabling any agent on any supported protocol to make payments through it." As a key player in the Web3 space, often referred to as the 'AWS of Web3', Alchemy offers essential infrastructure, developer tools, and node services for building blockchain applications. AgentPay promises to simplify transactions by providing a single integration point for multiple protocols, including x402, MPP, A2P, and L402, acting as a translation layer that routes instructions without touching the funds.
This development is particularly significant in the emerging field of agentic finance, which is expected to play a major role in internet payments, including micro-transactions and nano-payments between AI agents and humans. Following a private beta soft launch, Alchemy is planning a general release of AgentPay in the coming weeks.