AI-driven commerce often feels awkward. I’ve watched smart agents bump into old checkout flows that were built for people clicking buttons, not software making decisions. x402 fixes that. It’s an HTTP-native payment protocol designed for software agents to pay and get access without a checkout screen. No pop-ups, no prompts – just standard web…

Picture an AI assistant trying to read a paywalled article. No credit cards. No forms. It just pays on its own, instantly, and gets in. That’s programmatic payments in action: software sending money directly to other software, without a person clicking “buy” or typing details. With programmatic payments, software checks the price, pays, and…