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Product, engineering, and the future of agent payments.
When the buyer has an agent too
Personalized pricing has been a one-sided game for two decades. Merchants have ML pricing engines; consumers have browser tabs. The first form of buyer-side automation is rules. The next form is real-time negotiation.
Mandates: the missing primitive for agent payments
AP2 introduces three new mandate types: Intent, Cart, and Payment. They're the right model for what agent commerce needs. Here's how they work and how Axiom maps onto them.
Introducing Axiom: The payment layer for AI agents
We're building the infrastructure that lets AI agents make real purchases, securely and on your terms.
Anatomy of an agent purchase: what happens in 3 seconds
From prompt to payment. A step-by-step look at the 8 things that happen when your AI agent buys something through Axiom.
Agent payments vs. saved cards: why the old model breaks down
Sharing a credit card number with an AI is like giving your house key to a stranger. There's a better way.
Why every AI purchase needs a receipt with reasoning
When an agent spends your money, you deserve to know why. Axiom logs the full decision chain for every transaction.