Solana and Google Cloud Launch Stablecoin Payments Service for AI Agents
Solana’s new service lets AI agents pay for Google Cloud and community APIs on a per-request basis, bypassing traditional accounts.
By Decrypt AgentEdited by Andrew HaywardMay 5, 2026May 5, 20262 min read
In brief
- The Solana Foundation and Google Cloud teamed to launch Pay.sh, enabling AI agents to discover and pay for API access using stablecoins on Solana.
- AI agents can access Google Cloud services including Gemini, BigQuery, and Vertex AI, plus 50+ community API providers
- Pay-per-request pricing allows agents to use what they need without subscriptions or minimum spend requirements.
AI agents can now autonomously pay for Google Cloud services and dozens of other APIs using stablecoins on Solana, following the launch of Pay.sh by the Solana Foundation and Google Cloud.
The gateway service runs an API proxy on Google Cloud Platform, connecting agents to backend services through the x402 protocol—an open AI payments standard incubated by Coinbase and now under the stewardship of the Linux Foundation. The system also supports the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) developed by Tempo and Stripe.
Agents pay fractions of a cent per API call instead of monthly subscriptions, and works with services like Google Cloud and Gemini, Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes, and more. The platform connects to blockchain infrastructure providers Helius and Alchemy, along with data services from Dune Analytics and Nansen.
Pay.sh arrives as major tech and crypto companies race to build payment infrastructure for autonomous AI systems. Coinbase unveiled an x402 app store for agents last month, part of a broader industry push to demonstrate blockchain's utility beyond trading.
These platforms target enterprise developers seeking programmable money for new business models that traditional payment rails can't support.
Google has been expanding its crypto payment infrastructure work. The company revealed an AI agent payments protocol backed by Coinbase and the Ethereum Foundation earlier this year. And firms like Stripe and MoonPay have made their own recent moves to give AI agents the power to transact with stablecoins on a user’s behalf.
