Alchemy, a leading provider of cryptocurrency infrastructure, has launched AgentPay, a revolutionary tool that facilitates the integration of various AI payment systems from prominent companies such as Coinbase, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, and Circle. This innovation addresses the pressing issue of agentic payment systems currently being developed, which do not communicate with one another, thereby requiring merchants to establish separate integrations for each protocol.
According to Alchemy CTO Guillaume Poncin, "This approach is unsustainable and will only lead to further fragmentation as more systems emerge. AgentPay resolves this issue by allowing merchants to register their existing API with us, providing them with a new endpoint that enables any agent on supported protocols to make payments through it." As a pioneer in Web3 infrastructure, Alchemy is often regarded as the "AWS of Web3" due to its comprehensive suite of infrastructure, developer tools, and node services for building blockchain applications. AgentPay ensures a single integration for all protocols, including x402, MPP, A2P, and L402, by acting as a translation layer that routes instructions without directly handling funds. The emergence of agentic finance, anticipated to become a cornerstone of internet payment activity, involves micro-transactions and nano-payments between AI agents, often with human oversight in the background.
Alchemy has initiated a private beta launch, with plans for a general release in the coming weeks.