70% of Stripe API commands now come from AI agents as agent commerce surges
KyeGomezB · x · 2026-09-29
AI agents are flooding commerce with no standard way to verify who an agent represents, meaning unsecured software is spending money on behalf of humans and institutions. Key data: the AI agent market is set to exceed $53 billion by 2030; Stripe reported in June that 70% of API data-access commands now come from agents; Visa, Mastercard, and Amex all launched agent commerce protocols in the past year; and Shopify has turned on agentic sales channels by default for 1 million merchants.
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