Amazon Web Services Launches AI Agent Payment System With Coinbase and Stripe

Amazon Web Services rolled out Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments on Thursday in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe. The new infrastructure allows autonomous AI agents to make real-time online purchases using stablecoins. The first version focuses on micropayments for APIs, data feeds, paywalled content, MCP servers and other digital services, often for fractions of a cent.

The company said future versions would support larger purchases such as hotel bookings, travel reservations and payments to merchants. The system is built on Coinbase’s x402 protocol, an HTTP-native payment method for agent-to-agent transactions with stablecoins.

Stripe’s Privy wallet serves as the payment connection. The platform is protocol-agnostic, though x402 is the first supported standard.

Services described the infrastructure as part of an emerging “agentic economy” in which AI agents act as independent economic actors. The company said there will soon be more AI agents transacting than humans. Coinbase stated that agents need money built for the internet that is programmable, always on and global.

Stripe said the rollout is part of a broader effort to build financial infrastructure for autonomous AI commerce.

Early Testing Warner Bros. Discovery is already testing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.

The company said it sees potential for agent-driven transactions involving premium content, including live sports and major entertainment releases. Amazon said AI agents for now will be allowed to buy APIs, web content and other online services, but that future versions would enable hotel bookings, travel reservations and payments to merchants.