The Solana Foundation has teamed up with Google Cloud to introduce Pay.sh, a payment platform that enables AI agents to discover, access, and pay for API services using stablecoins on the Solana blockchain.
The solution was built to address a common friction in modern software and AI development: even sophisticated autonomous agents often require human intervention to create accounts, manage credentials, and handle billing. Pay.sh streamlines that process by providing a compliant, agent-friendly payment layer.
Solana’s AI Agent-Driven Payment Layer
Announced on May 5, Pay.sh creates a model where AI agents can independently locate, access, and pay for APIs on a per-request basis without requiring service accounts, API keys, or traditional subscriptions. The platform operates as an API proxy running on Google Cloud, combining payment handling with familiar security controls such as rate limiting and access permissions.
Vibhu Norby, chief product officer at the Solana Foundation, said the product was partly motivated by the rise of unregulated machine payments. The collaboration with Google Cloud aims to provide a compliant alternative to informal payment channels so agent-driven commerce can scale more reliably.
“Most agentic payments are being done through gray or black market facilitation, which means they can be disabled or banned without notice by the underlying provider,” he wrote.
Pay.sh connects a user’s Solana wallet to popular AI tools and agent platforms, enabling funding in roughly 60 seconds via stablecoins or a credit card. Once funded, an agent can immediately begin accessing paid Google Cloud services such as BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Run. Transactions move quickly on Solana using stablecoins and are then converted to fiat for service providers, ensuring prompt and predictable settlement without forcing providers to build subscription or billing systems.
Because payments are tied directly to usage, developers pay only for what they consume, while providers receive funds reliably. In addition to Google Cloud APIs, the platform serves as a marketplace where agents can access more than 50 community-contributed services across categories like e-commerce, data intelligence, communications, and blockchain infrastructure. Supported services include offerings from Rye, Dune Analytics, Nansen, StableEmail, Helius, and The Graph.
Pay.sh Introduces Open-Source Payment Solution
Pay.sh is built on open standards, including x402 and multiparty payment protocols (MPP) for machine-to-machine transactions, and is fully open source. Developers can review the code, contribute, and create custom integrations. The platform aggregates services from multiple agent providers into a searchable catalog within the Solana ecosystem, simplifying discovery and integration for builders.
Launch partners supporting the platform’s community include PayAI, Crossmint, Merit Systems, Corbits, Moonpay, Sponge Wallet, ATXP, and Tektonic.
The release of Pay.sh comes as crypto and technology companies compete to establish payment infrastructure tailored to autonomous AI systems. Coinbase has launched an x402 app store for agents to standardize micropayments between bots, while other major players are exploring agent payment protocols to support the growing agent economy. Google itself has been advancing related work, developing an Agent Payments Protocol backed by industry collaborators.
By combining blockchain-based stablecoin rails with cloud-scale API access and an open, standards-driven approach, Pay.sh aims to make agent-driven commerce more secure, transparent, and easy to adopt for developers and providers alike.