Stripe’s wallet infrastructure arm Privy is now embedded inside Amazon Web Services’ AI agent platform, marking the first time AI agents built on a major cloud provider can autonomously hold stablecoin wallets and pay for digital services without human intervention.
The capability launched on May 7 as part of AgentCore Payments, a new feature set within Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. AWS announced the rollout in a blog post, confirming that the first phase is being built in partnership with Privy, a Stripe company, and Coinbase—combining Stripe’s payment infrastructure, Coinbase’s stablecoin settlement capabilities, and AWS’s AI orchestration layer.
The launch positions AI agents as independent economic participants capable of discovering services, negotiating transactions, and settling payments for APIs, web content, MCP servers, and interactions with other AI agents—all through blockchain-based rails.
Stripe and Privy power wallet infrastructure
Privy, the wallet infrastructure provider owned by Stripe, is supporting the launch by providing embedded wallet functionality for AI agents built on AgentCore.
The integration gives developers direct access to Stripe-powered payment infrastructure from within AWS’s AI ecosystem—effectively making Stripe a settlement layer for machine-to-machine commerce.
“Stripe is building the economic infrastructure for AI,” said Henri Stern, CEO of Privy. “For agents to become meaningful economic actors, they need a way to hold and spend money. That’s why we’re excited to partner with AWS to make stablecoin wallets for agents readily available to AgentCore developers.”
The two companies confirmed they are working toward future fiat payment support, aiming to expand the system beyond stablecoin micropayments into broader commercial payment use cases.
How AgentCore Payments Works
AWS stated that AgentCore is designed to help developers build, connect, and optimize AI agents at scale, with security controls enforced directly at the infrastructure layer.
Through AgentCore Payments, AI agents can now access paid content, APIs, and external infrastructure while managing transactions directly through blockchain-based settlement rails.
The system is designed to support high-frequency, low-cost autonomous transactions between software systems — a use case where traditional card rails face friction from latency, fees, and the absence of a human cardholder.
Coinbase Provides the Settlement Layer
Coinbase is contributing the stablecoin payment rails powering the initial version of AgentCore Payments, building on its earlier integration of the x402 protocol and USDC infrastructure into AWS Bedrock AgentCore. The Crypto Times previously reported on that collaboration, which first enabled AI agents to pay for services using USDC in real time.
The latest AgentCore Payments launch builds on that momentum, further positioning stablecoins as a key settlement layer for autonomous AI systems and machine-driven commerce.
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