Pre-Launch · March 2026
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The Payment Layer
for Autonomous AI

AI agents can't sign up for accounts, manage API keys, or swipe credit cards. We're building the infrastructure that lets agents transact — autonomously, securely, and at micropayment scale.

No spam. First to know when we launch.

The Problem

AI Agents Have a Money Problem

Agents orchestrate tasks at machine speed. But every API still requires a human to sign up, pay, and manage credentials.

1

Create an account

← agent can't do this
2

Enter a credit card

← agent doesn't have one
3

Generate an API key

← static credential = security risk
4

Store the key securely

← one leak = unlimited spend
5

Monitor billing

← agents don't check invoices
$47B
AI agent market by 2030
(Gartner)
10×
Annual growth in
active agents
60%+
API calls too small
for subscriptions
$0
Infrastructure built
for agent payments

"Every AI framework — LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGPT, OpenAI Assistants — treats API access as 'someone else's problem.' Developers hardcode keys, pray they don't leak, and eat the monthly minimums. This is 2004-era web architecture applied to 2026-era AI. It's broken and everyone knows it."

The Solution

The Payment IS the Authentication

We replace API keys with per-call micropayments using HTTP 402 — a status code reserved since 1997, now activated. No accounts. No keys. No credential risk.

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Agent

Makes API call

GET /api →
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LobsterFarm

Payment broker

pays via x402 →
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API

Responds instantly

// 1. Agent makes a request GET /v1/tts?text=hello // 2. Server responds with price ← 402 Payment Required Price: $0.024 | Per-call | Cryptographic // 3. Agent pays and retries — automatically GET /v1/tts?text=hello X-Payment: <signed micropayment> // 4. Done. No signup. No key. No leak. ← 200 OK + audio
No accounts to create
No API keys to leak
No credit cards to manage
Per-call spending limits
Cryptographic auth per transaction
Works with ANY existing API
Why Now

Five Forces Converging in 2026

The timing isn't a coincidence. The market, protocol, and security landscape have reached an inflection point.

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Agent Explosion

Every major AI lab is shipping agent frameworks in 2025–2026. Millions of autonomous agents are about to hit production.

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Protocol Momentum

Coinbase open-sourced x402, validating payment-per-call as a real architecture. The standard is forming now.

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Security Pressure

API key leaks are front-page news. CISOs are asking hard questions. Static credentials are a liability.

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Micropayment Viability

Blockchain infrastructure now supports sub-cent transactions at scale. The cost of a payment is now less than the cost of auth.

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Zero Tooling Exists

No governance, no budget controls, no audit trails for autonomous spending. Gartner says 40%+ of agentic AI projects will fail for exactly this reason.

The Team

Built by people who've done this before

Deep experience in payments, blockchain, and platform engineering.

🧑‍💻

Jerry David Chan

CEO

Built production payment SDKs in Rust/WASM and Elixir. 10+ years in crypto and fintech. Business architecture and fundraising.

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John Calhoon

CTO

Built the agent harness PoC from scratch. Deep systems architecture and platform engineering experience.

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Paul Calhoon

Engineering Lead

Co-built the agent harness. Core infrastructure and wrapper development. Wrapper template deployed on Cloudflare edge.

The agentic economy needs
a payment layer.

We're building it. And it works today.
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