A New Economy
Is Coming Online.
AI is moving from answers to action.
Once software can buy, it becomes an economic actor.
Settlement: What happened—and why?
Research agents pay for data. Coding agents rent compute. Travel agents book inventory. Every useful workflow ends in a transaction.
Specialized agents will sell analysis, execution, and access—first to people, then directly to other agents.
Cards and wallets assume a person holds the credentials, approves the purchase, and carries the liability.
Autonomy needs limits on purpose, service, amount, and time—plus a record the owner can audit.
from intelligence to economic agency
AI Learned to Think and Act.
Now It Needs a Way to Transact.
If software can choose, it should be able to pay within owner-defined boundaries.
the Axblade thesis
A Wallet Holds Funds.
Financial Agency Sets the Terms.
Identity says who is acting. Authority defines what is permitted.
Policy governs each payment. Settlement records what happened.
Economic Identity
- Identify the agent behind every action
- Bind it to an owner, role, and purpose
- Turn payment history into reputation
product 01 · building on Arc
Set the Rules.
Let Your Agent Pay.
/ 01 — The Agent Requests a Mandate
Task · Purpose · Services · Budget · Time window
/ 02 — You Define the Boundaries
Per-payment limit · Total limit · Expiry · Escalation rules
/ 03 — Axblade Enforces the Policy
Within limits: pay · Exceptions: ask · Pause or revoke anytime
try the product on Arc
give an agent a budget. keep the boundaries.
Connect a wallet, configure an Agent, and create a revocable USDC mandate on Arc Testnet. The current release is a testnet preview.