Since late last year, I’ve been working on a project related to agentic commerce. Today I’m excited to share a little bit more about that initiative and why I think it’s more timely and important than ever that we build better infrastructure for machines to move money. In short, it’s obvious that we’re entering the “age of autonomy.” Smart machines are learning how to perform important tasks on behalf of humans and each other. But the tools available for these machines to make and accept payments today are no better than blunt rocks and clubs. If we ever want machines to be able to conduct commerce at scale, then we need totally new financial primitives that are faster, more streamlined, simpler, and more robust than anything available today. Final (@usefinal) is the new company I’ve formed to gather this work together. Part think tank, part factory, Final is a design workshop that’s building the new infrastructure for machines to move money. For the last 8+ years, our team at Flexa (@FlexaHQ) has been building onchain payments infrastructure for enterprise. Many of you are aware that Flexa today is the most licensed crypto payments provider in the US—and that’s with even more rails and corridors under active development. I’m not leaving Flexa anytime soon. For all the reasons listed above, I expect Flexa to play a critical role in helping to deploy the new technology that Final is building. And if anything, I am hoping this initiative will enable Flexa to be even more intrinsic to helping crypto payments go mainstream—because at this point, I’m fully convinced that the rise of agentic commerce will come to be known as the biggest inflection point in crypto payments adoption, period. I’ve posted some notes on how Final is approaching agentic commerce over at final.net. As the next few months unfold, I sincerely hope you’ll follow along to learn more about why we think a fresh perspective is warranted, and how equipping smart machines with better financial tools can benefit us all. More to come!