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An AI agent paid me $9 with no human involved - here's the full architecture

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Last week my API got its first payment from a customer who has never filled in a form, cannot click a checkout button, and does not own a credit card. It was an AI agent. It sent 9 USDC on Base, claimed its upgrade through an API endpoint, and started working. No human touched anything. I run RagSc…

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  1. 2026-09-26 08:34 · DEV Community — AI
    An AI agent paid me $9 with no human involved - here's the full architecture

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