Charging AI Agents Per Request: A Practical Guide to the Machine Payments Protocol
Charging AI agents per request with the Machine Payments Protocol: HTTP 402 challenges, verifying settlement, idempotency, and the edge cases that bite.
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Charging AI agents per request with the Machine Payments Protocol: HTTP 402 challenges, verifying settlement, idempotency, and the edge cases that bite.
Back to San Francisco for Stripe Sessions 2026 - agentic commerce, stablecoins-as-real-infrastructure, a fraud arms race, and a guy with a guitar.
Stripe's built-in payment notifications are all-or-nothing. Using Workflows, we can build custom, targeted payment notifications - like emailing the team only when a payment link is paid - without code or third-party tools.
Stripe's Billing migration toolkit lets you import existing subscriptions via CSV without writing code. Here's how it works, the critical fields to get right, and how to avoid accidentally re-billing your customers.
Cross-currency payments don’t need to be guesswork. Stripe's FX Quotes API lets you lock exchange rates, eliminate reconciliation surprises, and give customers clear, predictable pricing across currencies.
In May 2025 I went to Stripe's annual conference, Sessions, in San Francisco, to hear first-hand about the future of payments.