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t54 says it is working with Cline on agent payments for compute through Mastercard

According to a post on X by @t54ai, t54 said it is working with Cline to let AI coding agents pay for the compute they use. The payments would run through Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines, with x402 payments settled in RLUSD on the XRP Ledger. The post frames this as a test of how agents could pay their own bills without a human approving each charge. The snippet does not provide further details on scale, timing, or availability.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-03T14:40:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-03T18:23:07+00:00
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According to a post on X by @t54ai, t54 said it is working with Cline to let AI coding agents pay for the compute they use. The payments would run through Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines, with x402 payments settled in RLUSD on the XRP Ledger. The post frames this as a test of how agents could pay their own bills without a human approving each charge. The snippet does not provide further details on scale, timing, or availability.

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t54 said it is working with Cline to let AI coding agents pay for the compute they use through Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines, with x402 payments settled in RLUSD on the XRP Ledger. Why it matters: It tests how agents could pay their own bills without a human approving each charge. Original post on X Section:...

Builders of AI coding tools and companies that sell compute could see a new way for autonomous agents to buy resources directly. Anyone tracking agent payments will want to see whether this moves from a test into a live product. Details on rollout, pricing and approval limits are not given in the source.

Teams using AI at work may want to compare this against current productivity and review workflows.

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