Solving the trust problem in agentic payments. An interview with Madeleine Charity from Privy

AI agents are rapidly becoming autonomous, but giving them the ability to make payments introduces entirely new trust and security challenges. In this video, Madeleine Charity from Privy joins us to discuss the future of agentic payments and how we can programmatically protect user funds. We explore how digital-native financial infrastructure like wallets and stablecoins act as machine-native payment rails, the emerging shapes of agent commerce like data-buying microtransactions, and how Stripe Projects is streamlining the onboarding developer experience. Madeleine also shares safe guardrails we can implement today and paints a picture of what a highly productive, agent-supported economy looks like just three years from now. sections 00:00 Introduction and the agent trust problem 02:11 Why agents need machine-native wallets 03:59 The rise of microtransactions for agents 06:11 Implementing guardrails and spending controls 08:20 Reimagining the developer experience for AI agents 10:18 Current use cases: Crypto trading and proprietary data 13:38 Lessons from history on paying for software 15:14 A three-year outlook on the agentic economy