Solana, Google Cloud launch Pay.sh for AI agent payments
Solana Foundation and Google Cloud unveiled Pay.sh, an API gateway that lets AI agents pay Google Cloud and 50+ APIs with Solana stablecoins on a per-request basis.
The Solana Foundation and Google Cloud announced Pay.sh, a gateway that lets automated AI agents discover and pay for Google Cloud services and more than 50 community APIs using Solana-based stablecoins. The service routes payments and API requests through an API proxy hosted on Google Cloud Platform so agents can pay fractions of a cent per call rather than buying subscriptions or meeting minimum spend thresholds.
Pay.sh connects agents to Google Cloud products such as Gemini, BigQuery and Vertex AI, and to third-party models and tools including Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, OpenClaw and Hermes. The platform also links to blockchain infrastructure providers Helius and Alchemy and to data services from Dune Analytics and Nansen, allowing a mix of compute, model and data endpoints to be accessed and paid for with stablecoins.
The gateway implements the x402 protocol, an open AI payments standard incubated by Coinbase and now overseen by the Linux Foundation. It also supports the Machine Payments Protocol developed by Tempo with input from Stripe. The proxy on Google Cloud Platform translates agent requests into backend API calls and handles the off-chain and on-chain payment flows needed to settle small, automated transactions.
Pricing is per request, so an agent pays only for each API call it makes at very small fractional amounts. That differs from traditional API terms that often require monthly subscriptions or volume commitments and is aimed at letting developers test and scale automated workflows without upfront purchases.
The launch comes amid industry activity around autonomous agent payments. Coinbase has promoted an x402 app store for agents, Google disclosed an agent payments protocol backed by Coinbase and the Ethereum Foundation earlier this year, and companies such as Stripe and MoonPay have developed tools to enable agents to transact with stablecoins on users’ behalf.
Solana Foundation and Google Cloud say Pay.sh targets enterprise developers who want programmable money to support AI-driven services and new payment workflows. The inclusion of both x402 and the Machine Payments Protocol is intended to allow interoperability between different payment standards and cloud API ecosystems.
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