Michael Blake

Researching · UK

Researching the friction layer above the new agentic-payment rails.

Cataloguing capabilities, pricing, and friction across the new agentic-payment rails — x402, AP2, Stripe MPP, PayPal Agentic, Coinbase, and others emerging.

The friction in agent-to-agent commerce sits above the rails, not inside them.

Talking to agent developers about the friction they're actually hitting. Open to chat.