Blockchain infrastructure company Alchemy said AI agents with its AgentCard now have access to the Visa (V) network with full identity and payment capabilities, allowing them to make online purchases on behalf of consumers.
The integration allows AgentCard, a virtual ID and spending card for AI agents, to access Visa Intelligent Commerce to book a vacation, order food or renew a subscription, for example, without the consumer touching the checkout screen.
Native agent payment protocols are seeing early adoption, and companies like Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard (MA) are making a big push in this new area, known as agent commerce. AgentCard works with agents built on models from any vendor, including OpenAI or Anthropic.
“Every major computing change has produced a new type of economic actor,” Nikil Viswanathan, co-founder and CEO of Alchemy, said in a statement. “The Internet created online business. Mobile devices created the app economy. AI agents are next, and they need to be able to tap into the global economy, and AgentCard is how that starts.”
