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Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol

Not a demo. Stripe just made it possible for AI agents to execute payments in production—starting today.

Reporting by Stripe Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Stripe and Tempo are shipping the infrastructure layer that turns AI agents from decision-makers into transaction-executors. This is the bridge between agent reasoning and real economic impact.

The key facts

6 to know

  1. Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) launched as open standard

  2. Co-authored by Tempo and Stripe

  3. Integration via Stripe PaymentIntents API

  4. Integration requires only a few lines of code

  5. Enables AI agents to execute payments autonomously

  6. Available to Stripe businesses immediately

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Publisher excerpt: We’re launching the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), an open standard, internet-native way for agents to pay—co-authored by Tempo and Stripe. Businesses on Stripe can accept payments over MPP in a few lines of code using our PaymentIntents API.
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