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.