Blog
Notes on securing autonomous payments — what to check before an agent spends, and why those checks have to run before execution rather than after settlement.
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Research
Why agent payments need a firewall, not a rule list
Allowlists answer “is this endpoint known?” A firewall answers “should this payment happen at all?” The difference matters once agents transact on their own.
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Product
Four checks before the money moves
Policy, purpose, budget, counterparty. What each check actually asks, and why all four have to clear before execution rather than after settlement.
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Company
The control layer above autonomous commerce is still open
The rails for machine-to-machine payments are landing now. The layer that decides which of those payments should execute has not been built yet.