What Are AI Agent Payments?
Autonomous payment processing by AI agents using programmatic APIs.
AI agent payments refer to the ability of AI agents (autonomous software programs powered by large language models) to initiate, process, and confirm payments without human intervention. Zateway's REST API is designed to be AI-agent-friendly with idempotency keys, status polling, and programmatic session creation.
How AI Agents Use Zateway
An AI agent can: 1) Create a payment session via POST /api/v1/sessions. 2) Present the checkout URL to a user or another agent. 3) Poll GET /api/v1/sessions/:id for status updates. 4) Process webhook callbacks for real-time confirmation.
Why Zateway for AI Agents
Zateway's API features make it ideal for autonomous agents: Idempotency keys (no duplicate payments), deterministic status codes, OpenAPI spec (machine-readable), sandbox mode (safe testing), and budget controls via spending limits.