Mastercard has launched Agent Pay for Machines, a new payment framework that allows AI agents to authorize, coordinate, and settle transactions across its

Agent Pay for Machines is one of a slew of recent attempts from big companies to build payment networks optimized for AI.

Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines with Aave, Coinbase, OKX, Polygon, Ripple, and Solana among over 30 partners enabling AI agent payments.