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Cloudflare has partnered with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to develop authentication protocols for 'agent commerce' — an emerging sector where AI-based software agents make purchases on behalf of users.

On October 14, the company from San Francisco announced a collaboration with Visa on a new trusted agent protocol that allows sellers to verify AI-based trading bots using their Web Bot Auth standard. Mastercard and American Express are implementing similar integrations into their own networks, the company stated.

This collaboration expands Cloudflare's participation in digital payments and blockchain infrastructure. Recently, the company announced plans to launch the NET Dollar stablecoin and partnered with Coinbase under the x402 Foundation to establish standards for machine-to-machine transactions.

Cloudflare's collaboration with major payment systems signals early steps in defining the principles of AI-based agents and online authentication — a potential bridge between fintech and cryptocurrencies.

Agent commerce is a category of transactions processed by autonomous AI systems that can search for, negotiate, and pay for goods or services. Cloudflare stated that such agents will require programmable, verifiable payment channels that support real-time settlements and compliance with existing payment networks.

"The future of commerce lies with agents, and Cloudflare is creating a robust foundation for it," said Stephanie Cohen, Cloudflare's Chief Strategy Officer. The initiative aims to align authentication rules for AI-based payments for payment systems, fintech processors, and blockchain issuers.

In addition to card systems, the first partners included Adyen, Checkout.com, Circle, Fiserv, Microsoft, Nuvei, Shopify, Webflow, and Worldpay, forming a coalition of payment, software, and crypto companies developing compatibility standards for agent-driven transactions.

Cloudflare's solution follows the growing interest in combining artificial intelligence with blockchain-based financial systems. Earlier this year, Tether's CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that, in his expectations, within the next 15 years, "a trillion AI agents" will be using Bitcoin and USDT. Such predictions have accelerated the development of infrastructure enabling AI entities to autonomously store, transfer, and account for digital assets.

The NET Dollar project from Cloudflare, introduced in September, will be integrated with Cloudflare's products for identifying and verifying bots, allowing for legitimate and traceable payments between human users and AI-based systems. The company's collaboration with Coinbase under the x402 Foundation aims to create open protocols for such interactions, including stablecoin-based micropayments.

By collaborating with Visa, Mastercard, and AmEx, Cloudflare positions its network as a neutral layer for verifying and routing agent payments in both traditional and crypto systems. The trusted agent protocol is expected to be presented to developers and payment systems in early 2026 after testing on individual commercial platforms is completed.

Although this technology is still in its early stages of development, Cloudflare's expansion into authentication and settlement infrastructure allows it to enter a small group of companies defining how AI-based transactions can be safely conducted at scale. The partnership reflects the growing interaction of cloud networks, payments, and decentralized finance — sectors uniting around a common goal: automating trust in digital transactions.

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