Stripe Gives AI Agents Dedicated Link Balances
Stripe launches Link balance, which lets consumers fund a balance and set a per purchase limit so AI agents can buy without approval each time.
Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, facilitating online payments and commerce.
Stripe launches Link balance, which lets consumers fund a balance and set a per purchase limit so AI agents can buy without approval each time.
Stripe Treasury now lets startups use agents such as ChatGPT and Claude to check balances, pay invoices, transfer funds, and convert currencies.
Sierra is developing an open standard for interactions between personal AI agents and businesses, with an initial specification due later in October 2026.
Meta, Walmart, Stripe and other companies are developing an open standard for communication between AI agents and businesses during online transactions.
Michael Carney is leaving Monzo to start a company that will use AI and robotics to support people with disabilities. He will remain in his role while the bank searches for a successor.
Stripe has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7 billion. OpenRouter gives developers access to hundreds of AI models and helps them switch between providers.
Shaires Holdings has announced binding agreements for exposure to private technology and AI companies including Anthropic, Stripe, ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ, and Colossal Biosciences.
Supabase has raised $500 million in a Series F funding round led by GIC, doubling its valuation to $10.5 billion and bringing total capital raised to over $1 billion. The company also introduced Multigres, an open source scaling layer for Postgres.
Runloop announced its participation in Stripe Projects at Stripe Sessions 2026, providing infrastructure for autonomous agent commerce and enabling secure, scalable agent execution environments.
Public has launched private company pages that let retail investors access data on over 60 private firms, including OpenAI, Stripe, and Anthropic, before they go public.
Stripe has launched a private preview of its Billing for LLM Tokens feature, enabling developers to track AI model usage and apply automated markups for profit margins.
OpenAI has partnered with Stripe to introduce a new feature allowing ChatGPT users in the U.S. to make purchases directly within the chat interface. This feature, initially available for Etsy and soon for Shopify merchants, is powered by the Agentic Commerce Protocol.
commercetools, in collaboration with Stripe, Lovable, and Klaviyo, has announced EcomHack.AI, a global virtual hackathon to explore AI-driven commerce solutions.
Stripe has announced the launch of Tempo, a new blockchain company focused on high-volume stablecoin processing, with partners including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm.
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