Mastercard Opens AI Agent Payment Pilot to Developers With Nine-Payment Demo

Mastercard opened developer access to its Agent Pay for Machines pilot on Oct. 20, pairing a nine-payment demonstration with tools that let businesses test AI purchases under approved spending limits. At Cloudflare Connect, marketing agency Hype assigned an AI agent to plan a protein bar campaign. Within one approved budget, it made nine payments involving two providers: it bought social media research from AIsa and paid for eight campaign images through Cloudflare AI Gateway. Under the x402 protocol, a paid digital service can return an HTTP 402 payment request. The agent then signs a voucher within its approved limit.

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