OpenClaw: Plug WAIaaS Into Any AI Agent Framework

AI agents are getting smarter, but they're still broke. They can write code, analyze data, and solve complex problems — but they can't pay for the APIs they need or buy the compute resources required to scale. Every autonomous agent hits the same wall: they need economic capabilities to participate in the real world. This isn't just a technical gap — it's the missing infrastructure layer that will determine whether AI agents become truly autonomous economic actors or remain dependent on human-managed accounts and credit cards. The Economic Bottleneck Think about what happens when your AI agent needs to: Call a paid API for real-time data Purchase cloud compute for intensive processing Pay for premium services or specialized tools Participate in prediction markets or DeFi protocols Today's solutions are all human-in-the-loop: corporate API keys, prepaid credits, or custodial accounts where humans hold the keys. Agents can't truly act autonomously because they can't control their own eco