Base said AI agents are becoming a new class of internet customers as wallets, stablecoins, and x402 payment rails allow them to pay for online services without constant human intervention.
The network said agents are already using Base to pay for inference, live search, market data, browser sessions, research workflows, travel tools, and other services. The shift follows an earlier wave of agent activity focused mainly on social posting, media creation, community building, and token launches.
Between October 2024 and February 2025, nearly 16,000 agents launched on Base through Virtuals, an AI agent platform that lets users create agents and tokens. Since then, Base said agents have started handling more complex workflows as AI models improved at planning, using tools, and maintaining context.
The network said x402 has become a key piece of this activity by allowing payments to become part of regular internet requests. Over the last 30 days as of May 29, 2026, x402 activity on Base reached 3.1 million transactions and $1.2 million in value transferred, while sellers grew 23% and buyers grew 37%.
Base said the emerging agentic economy is being built around services that agents need to complete tasks. Research agents need sources, finance agents need market data and execution tools, travel agents need pricing and booking paths, and hiring agents need job listings, salary data, and company context.
