AI of the week: @ampersend_ai agents already pay for compute, model calls, software access, data, and services as part of doing work online. ampersend gives each agent a wallet and a budget, then adds controls around how those payments happen. 1. on the buy side > budgets for each agent > policy checks before funds move > approvals, blocks, and monitoring from one dashboard 2. on the sell side > pricing and rate limits > agent verification > minimum-balance rules before a service responds 3. around the transaction itself > self-custody > audit trails > human-in-the-loop escalation > visibility across endpoints the Ampersend team is also part of the x402 Foundation following the recent announcement from @coinbase. agents spend. agents earn. teams set the rules. the infrastructure for AI builders, both human and agent, is accelerating.