$EIGEN

Google and EigenLayer are building a payment layer for AI agents

Google Cloud and EigenLayer are launching EigenCloud — an infrastructure layer for verifiable payments between AI agents. The base will be Ethereum with restaking and cryptographic verification of task execution.

📊 The idea is to connect autonomous agents with payment systems: banks, cards, and blockchains. This is the next step following AP2 from Google, which already conducts stablecoin payments.

EigenCloud will allow:

— to automatically abstract bridging, swaps, and asset delivery between networks;

— to confirm task execution through cryptographic proofs;

— to penalize agents with slashing of collateral for breach of terms;

— to support "sovereign AIs" that own assets and act as smart contracts with intelligence.

⚡ This is a real step towards the economy of AI agents. Crypto x AI is no longer just a narrative: EigenCloud + AP2 create the foundation for a multi-billion dollar market of "smart money" and autonomous machines. Infrastructure projects like EigenLayer could become its key beneficiaries.