Oct 06, 2026

How AI Agents Pay: Checkout in ChatGPT and Google AI Mode — Sam Parsons, PayPal

Sam Parsons from PayPal Enterprise Payments explores three distinct ways merchants can accept payments initiated by AI agents: Instant Checkout in ChatGPT (Agentic Commerce Protocol), Google AI Mode (Universal Commerce Protocol), and a custom MCP app with an external checkout page. He details the technical flows, emphasizing tokenization for secure transactions and outlining the trade-offs between in-agent experiences and full merchant control.

Sep 03, 2026

Why AI Agents Could Finally Reinvent the Credit Card

Max Levchin and Alex Rampell dive into 25 years of fintech evolution, from the surprising persistence of the card interface and the origins of Affirm's unique 'real 0% APR' model and negative customer acquisition cost, to the future prospects of AI-driven agentic payments versus shopping.

Sep 01, 2026

Agent Spending Without Controls — Rodrigo Coelho & Pranav Maheshwari, Edge & Node

Ampersand presents the critical need for a new payment infrastructure for AI agents, moving beyond traditional human-centric rails to address machine-speed transactions and stringent enterprise compliance requirements. The presentation highlights how agents require access to paid tools via a "skill file" and demonstrates agentic e-commerce, culminating in a crucial demo of real-time sanctions screening for wallet addresses.

Aug 17, 2026

Inside Stripe's AI Strategy with Will Gaybrick

Stripe's President of Product & Business, Will Gaybrick, discusses how AI is transforming Stripe from a payments company into a multi-product financial infrastructure platform. He highlights AI's role in boosting product development velocity through internal tools like "Stripe Minions," which generate thousands of pull requests weekly, enabling a "build everything" philosophy rather than cost-cutting. The conversation also explores the future of "agentic commerce," the potential return of micropayments enabled by stablecoins, and how Stripe empowers internal "founder-like agency" while maintaining high product quality in an increasingly AI-driven software landscape.

Jul 23, 2026

Building an Autonomous Delivery Experience with DoorDash Co-Founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang

DoorDash co-founders Andy Fang and Stanley Tang discuss how AI and autonomous technology are transforming consumer behavior and delivery logistics. They detail the impact of "Ask DoorDash" on restaurant discovery and grocery orders, and the operational challenges and strategic advantages behind their autonomous delivery robot, Dot. The conversation highlights DoorDash's 'use case first' approach to autonomy, the critical role of data in scaling physical AI, and their surprising prediction that more Dashers, not fewer, will be part of DoorDash's future multimodal delivery strategy.