Mastercard demonstrated Agent Pay for Machines at Cloudflare Connect, showing how an AI agent can find and pay for digital services on a business's behalf while adhering to budgets and rules the business sets. The company is opening the product to Early Access after pilots with Cloudflare, Ant International, BVNK, AIsaOne, Coinbase, Base and Hype Partners. Mastercard is inviting developers to test the system. The announcement frames the capability as enabling AI agents not just to find what they need but to pay for it as well.

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  1. First reportMastercard opens early access to AI agent payments after pilots with Coinbase, Base and Cloudflare14 acc.
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  • @TheBlockCo The BlockFirst reportOn X ↗

    Mastercard opens early access to AI agent payments following pilots with Coinbase, Base and Cloudflare https://t.co/yo3LPES6rP

  • @RTB_io Roundtable NetworkOn X ↗

    NEWS: Mastercard has opened early access to its AI-powered payments platform after pilots with Coinbase, Base and Cloudflare, allowing AI agents to buy services using cards, bank accounts and stablecoins. #Mastercard #AI #Crypto

  • @hypepartners HypeOn X ↗

    AI agents paying for services is now a reality, and we got to be the first to test it. We were proud to put Agent Pay for Machines to work on a test campaign with @Mastercard. Huge thanks to @Cloudflare, @Ant_Intl, @coinbase, @AIsaOneHQ, and @BVNKFinance for making the demo…

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  • @baseposting Base PostingOn X ↗

    MASTERCARD IS BUILDING AGENT PAYMENTS WITH CLOUDFLARE, LETTING AI AGENTS PAY FOR DIGITAL SERVICES WITH x402 ON BASE

  • @baseOn X ↗

    Mastercard is building agent payments with Cloudflare Agent Pay for Machines lets AI agents pay for digital services using x402 on Base

  • @stabledashOn X ↗

    Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines now runs on x402 and the Coinbase facilitator, so AI agents can pay for digital services.@kleffew94 on what x402 opens up, back in September: “Stablecoins are a great way, and also credit cards are a great way to enable access to these…

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