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CCaicailab.hashnode.devOct 7 · 6 min read

The agent-payment problem: three roles that make agent spending work without giving up secrets

An agent wants to do something that costs money. The user is on the hook for the cost. The agent has no wallet, and the user has no way to give it one without pasting a private key (which the user sho

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devSep 25 · 5 min read

Agent session keys: scoped, revocable credentials that never touch the password

Agent session keys: scoped, revocable credentials that never touch the password Your agent just called create-hosted-action and the user logged in. Now the agent has a fresh session. But what happens

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devSep 16 · 4 min read

When the email is the marketing surface, not the wallet

When the email is the marketing surface, not the wallet Most fintech products lead with their core feature. A payment platform leads with cheaper processing. A wallet leads with lower fees. An API-fir

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devAug 26 · 4 min read

x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

The HTTP 402 status code has been in the spec since 1992. Until now, no one built a standard way to actually use it for payments. x402 is CAI Labs' implementation of HTTP 402 Payment Required for AI a

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CCaicailab.hashnode.devAug 21 · 5 min read

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

A developer sets up a batch inference job. The agent finds the cheapest GPU provider, spins up 20 instances, runs the workload for 4 hours, and pays 9.60 USDC from the CAI custodial wallet. No one app

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Agent session keys: scoped, revocable credentials that never touch the password

When the email is the marketing surface, not the wallet

x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

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The agent-payment problem: three roles that make agent spending work without giving up secrets

Agent session keys: scoped, revocable credentials that never touch the password

When the email is the marketing surface, not the wallet

x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

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The agent-payment problem: three roles that make agent spending work without giving up secrets

Agent session keys: scoped, revocable credentials that never touch the password

When the email is the marketing surface, not the wallet

x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs

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The agent-payment problem: three roles that make agent spending work without giving up secrets

Agent session keys: scoped, revocable credentials that never touch the password

When the email is the marketing surface, not the wallet

x402 and the propose-confirm pattern: how AI agents pay for API calls without a credit card

Budgeting for Autonomous Agents: How CAI Payment Mandates Handle Cloud Compute Costs