Stripe's house view: agent-to-agent micro-payments will dominate transactions within 3 years
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-25
- Stripe CEO Patrick Collison: within about three years, most transactions will be AI agents paying other AI agents—not by dollar volume, but a "whirling vortex" of small payments.
- Commentator: Collison is betting on payment count; agents buying API calls or datasets need wallets and spending limits.
- Someone is likely to productize agent wallets, a new business opportunity.
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