Goldman Sachs-backed Stripe has unveiled a new payment feature that would essentially allow AI agents participate in financial transactions directly with the developers using the USDC stablecoin. Stripe has partnered Coinbase-backed blockchain Base to enable this feature, the payments giant announced on Wednesday.
Stripe is tapping into the x402 technology to welcome AI agents into its payment ecosystem.
“Developers can now charge AI agents directly. Microtransactions. 24/7 global rails. The current financial system was built for humans. Agents need something new,” Stripe said. “Businesses can now accept machine payments via Stripe’s API, charging agents alongside traditional subscriptions,” Stripe said in its announcement video.
Developed by Coinbase last year, the x402 is a stablecoin payment protocol that facilitates autonomous machine-to-machine commerce. The protocol provides AI agents with a machine-readable invoice that removes traditional paywalls. In December 2025, Circle also teamed up with OpenMind to roll out x402 USDC microtransactions for AI agents.
This links both, Coinbase as well as Circle to the x402 system, bringing Stripe to join hands with the Base blockchain to process agentic AI transactions.
Jeff Weinstein, the head of product at Stripe shared more details on the development on X.
“Stripe is building economic infrastructure to help businesses thrive in the soon-future world where agents, humans, and business all transact. There’s billions of us but we expect trillions of agents,” Weinstein noted.
Jesse Pollak, the chief of Base, has expressed gratitude to Stripe for building on Base.