Stripe economist on building economic infrastructure for AI agents and token fraud
emilygsands · x · 2026-09-18
Stripe economist Emily Sands sits down with Nate Jones to discuss how Stripe is building economic infrastructure for AI. Key topics: trust in the agentic economy (how agents pay and establish identity), why Patrick Collison calls January 1, 2026 "day one of the singularity," and how Stripe works with Cursor to stop fraudsters from stealing tokens.
Related event: Stripe Economists on Building Payments and Trust for the Agentic Economy(2 posts)→
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