Overview

Turnkey micropayments for AI agents and APIs.

PayWeave lets you charge for any HTTP endpoint using the Machine Payment Protocol (MPP) on Tempo. AI agents pay with USD stablecoins, and funds settle to your wallet in real time. No payment forms, no subscriptions, no invoicing - just a price on an endpoint.

The problem

AI agents are becoming the primary consumers of APIs. But traditional monetization - API keys, usage dashboards, monthly invoices - was designed for human developers, not autonomous software. When an agent discovers an API, it needs to pay and use it immediately, without signing up for an account or waiting for approval.

Meanwhile, API builders lack a simple way to price individual endpoints for machine consumption. You shouldn't need a billing system, a Stripe integration, and a usage tracking pipeline just to charge a penny per request.

What PayWeave solves

Monetize APIs for AI agents - Any HTTP endpoint can become a paid endpoint. When an agent makes a request, it gets a standard 402 Payment Required response with payment instructions. MPP-compatible agents read this, pay via Tempo, and get the response - all in a single round-trip.

Zero-friction payments - No sign-ups, no API keys for the payer, no invoicing. The agent pays per request with stablecoins. You receive funds directly. The entire flow is handled by MPP and PayWeave.

Four ways to add payments

Apps - Drop a one-line middleware into your Express, Fastify, Hono, or Next.js app. You control pricing in code, with support for dynamic per-request pricing.

Gateways - Create a reverse proxy that sits in front of any upstream API. Configure pricing per endpoint from the dashboard - no code changes to the upstream required.

Functions - Deploy serverless TypeScript handlers with built-in pricing. Write code, set a price per request, and start earning instantly - no infrastructure to manage.

Files - Sell digital downloads with per-download pricing. Upload datasets, model weights, reports, or any file - agents pay and download directly.

Referral rewards

Earn by sharing - Append ?ref=WALLET_ADDRESS to any PayWeave payment URL. When someone pays through your link, your wallet receives a percentage of the payment — settled on-chain in the same transaction. Workspace owners can configure the referral percentage from Settings.

Use cases

Paid AI tool endpoints - Build APIs that AI agents can discover and pay for. Weather data, search, code analysis, image generation - any capability you expose as an HTTP endpoint can be priced per call.

Monetize existing APIs without code changes - Already have a running API? Put a PayWeave gateway in front of it. The gateway handles payment verification and proxies paid requests to your upstream.

Micropayment-gated content - Serve premium content - reports, datasets, research - behind a paywall that machines can navigate. Set the price per document or per query.

Multi-model AI orchestration - Build AI pipelines where different models and tools charge for usage. Each service prices its own endpoints; the orchestrating agent pays as it goes.