chinese capital efficiency.
spend multiple times less, release frontier open source models and get more out of your money with more accessible api costs.
time will tell if its brute force that wins or efficiency and accessible distribution.
Vyper on Arc Testnet shows what comes after agentic payments.
Agents need more than wallets. They need identity, settlement, and programmable controls.
@vyperlang is building toward agentic economic workflows with:
→ ERC-8004 agent identity
→ x402 payment flows
→ USDC settlement
→ Escrow, subscriptions, splits, and spending limits
A blueprint for agents that transact under rules, not just send funds.
https://t.co/0NL6OHW5QY
Agents Already Spent $76 Million: Circle's AI Agent stack, x402, stablecoins and the Agentic Economy
Shoal Signal with @corey__cooper, Senior Manager, DevRel at @circle, hosted by @zaddycoin
We cover how Circle is building the agent money stack with $USDC, @ARC, x402, why EIP-3009 makes payments gasless, who is actually transacting today, whether SaaS is dead, and why agents buying their own services points to a trillion dollar TAM.
0:00 What Circle is building for agents
3:01 Why x402 matters for builders
6:54 USDC, gasless transfers, and facilitators
10:57 The Circle agent stack and nano payments
14:17 Who is using x402 and for what
16:46 Pay-per-use flattens the internet
19:50 A new persona, and $76 million transacted
23:03 What is missing for agent to agent
28:05 Every app has APIs, the TAM is trillions
29:26 Is SaaS dead
31:57 Discovery as the real value layer
36:28 How Circle curated its marketplace
41:23 Why it has to run on stablecoins
46:00 Cash App to agent in one second
49:38 Where the alpha is, trading on Robinhood
52:08 Try it yourself
A year ago today @Gradient_HQ demonstrated Parallax for the first time.
Serve open models and build clusters from anywhere in the world. Heterogeneous mix bringing accessibility to another dimension. GPU and Macs in one