Coinbase’s AI payments system joins Linux Foundation, gathers support from Google, Stripe, AWS and others

The Coinbase-engineered agentic commerce protocol x402 has garnered support from a long list of big names like Google, Cloudflare and Stripe. What to know : An initial governing body, the x402 Foundation, includes internet services firm Cloudflare and payments giant Stripe, with support from a long list of other big players. The open-source consortium also includes initial intent and support being expressed by the likes of Amazon Web Services, American Express, Ant International,Visa and Microsoft.