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Mastercard Opens AI Machine-Payment Pilot to Developers
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Fusion42 · 22 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Mastercard has launched early access for developers to test Agent Pay for Machines, a pilot infrastructure enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for digital services within preset spending limits via APIs and a sandbox environment. The pilot involves partners including Coinbase, Cloudflare, and Base, supporting both fiat and stablecoin settlement with offchain payment voucher verification.
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You can now build and test AI agents that pay autonomously using Mastercard's new pilot tools. Start integrating these APIs this week to lead in automated digital service payments before it becomes mainstream.
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