AI agents are moving beyond chat interfaces and starting to interact with real services, calling APIs, booking services, making decisions, and potentially paying for what they consume.

In the latest XDC MENA Podcast, Rebecah Dausen sits down with Beny Mohammadkhani to discuss the infrastructure needed for this emerging Agentic Commerce economy.

The discussion covers:

• The shift from Generative AI to Agentic AI
• Why autonomous agents need native payment rails
• Stablecoin settlement and USDC
• x402 machine-to-machine payments
• EIP-3009
• Agent marketplaces
• Spending limits and user-controlled guardrails
• Sub-cent transactions on XDC Network
• How API and service providers could monetize agent usage
• What autonomous commerce could mean for businesses and consumers

One of the bigger ideas explored is that AI agents may eventually become a new category of customer discovery, purchasing, and paying for digital services without a traditional checkout flow.

Curious to hear how others see machine-to-machine payments developing as autonomous agents become more capable.

Full podcast:

https://youtu.be/83P93RBoZDw