The Agent Economy Needs Infrastructure, Not Custody

The AI agent economy is about to get very real. When Claude needs to call an API, when a trading bot wants to execute a swap, or when an autonomous researcher needs to purchase a dataset — how do they pay? Today's answer is simple: they don't. Humans set up accounts, deposit funds, and babysit every transaction. But that doesn't scale when you have thousands of agents operating independently. The missing piece isn't smarter AI or better models. It's financial infrastructure that agents can operate autonomously — wallets they control, policies they respect, and payment rails they can use without human intervention. Why Agent Wallets Matter More Than Agent Intelligence We're building increasingly sophisticated AI agents that can write code, analyze markets, and make complex decisions. But when it comes to money, they're still toddlers with allowances. Every economic action requires a human to pre-fund an account, approve transactions, or manually handle payments. This creates a fundament