Agentic payments — Tempo Solutions

Serve customers through their agents

Let AI agents purchase services on behalf of your customers or their applications.

Charge for exactly what agents use

Price each API call, tool use, or request alongside subscriptions and prepaid credits.

Set your prices and access rules

Decide which products or services agents can access and under what conditions.

MPP

A protocol for machine payments that lets agents pay for API services.

Mercator

A discovery layer and tool-router for agentic workflows.

Request payments with MPP

Use the Machine Payments Protocol to request payment as part of an API or service interaction.

Settle payments on Tempo

Receive stablecoin payments from customers through their agents in seconds, with low network fees.

Connect payments to your records

Use transaction records and payment references to connect purchases to your reporting and reconciliation.

For agents to buy on someone's behalf, they need a way to pay without a person stepping in at checkout. Stripe solves that with Link balances, settled in stablecoins on Tempo.

What is the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)?

MPP is an open protocol co-authored by Tempo and Stripe for machine-to-machine payments. It uses HTTP 402 responses to let APIs request payment. The client authorizes payment, and the service verifies it before returning the requested resource.

How do AI agents pay for APIs and services on Tempo?

Agents use a compatible wallet and the Machine Payments Protocol to pay participating services for API requests, tool calls, or content. The service requests payment, the agent authorizes it, and the service verifies payment before returning the requested resource.

Can we set spending limits for AI agents?

Yes. Tempo access keys let you set a spending limit and expiry for each agent. Tempo enforces the configured limits when the key makes a payment. Assign each agent its own key so you can revoke access individually. Check which controls your wallet integration supports.

Can we charge AI agents per API request instead of a subscription?

Yes. Machine payments on Tempo lets services charge per API request and return a receipt after verifying payment. For metered usage, pay-as-you-go sessions let charges accumulate without a separate onchain payment for every request. You set your service’s prices and access rules.

Can AI agents make payments smaller than one cent on Tempo?

Yes. Tempo supports sub-cent payments. Pay-as-you-go sessions can combine small charges into periodic settlement. Some collection or custody providers process only whole cents, so check the funding provider constraints before setting sub-cent prices.

Who pays network fees for AI agent payments on Tempo?

The agent’s account can pay network fees, or a platform can cover them through fee sponsorship. For sponsored payments, the agent does not need its own fee balance. Your integration defines the sponsor, supported fee token, and funding arrangement. The API or service charge is separate from network fees.

Work with Tempo to define pricing, spending permissions, and the payment experience.