Stripe and Tempo Launch MPP, a New Payment Protocol Built for AI Agents
glenbeer · x · 2026-10-05
A deep-dive article explains Stripe and Tempo's new Agent Payment Protocol (MPP). It argues that 30 years of online commerce assumed human customers—browsing, entering card numbers, clicking buy—and that the rise of AI agents requires payment rails redesigned so autonomous agents can authenticate and pay securely on behalf of users, a key building block for the agent economy.
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