Stripe's new digital wallet, Link, allows users to securely authorize AI agents to make purchases through approval flows, integrating payments with AI capabilities.
Why it matters
This development signifies a crucial step towards enabling autonomous AI agents to participate in the digital economy. By providing a secure and approved spending mechanism, Stripe's Link wallet bridges the gap between AI capabilities and real-world financial transactions, paving the way for new forms of automated commerce and services. It addresses a key challenge in AI agent deployment: secure and controlled financial interaction.
Stripe made a new digital wallet called Link. It's for people and also for AI robots. AI robots can use it to buy things, but people have to approve the purchases first, making it safe.
Stripe Introduces Link for AI Agent Payments
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