Stripe just launched Link balance for AI agents. Its first integration is Instinct, an iMessage-native AI agent.
Link is Stripe’s digital wallet, which lets consumers pay with saved payment methods quickly and securely.
Link Agent Wallet allows popular agents like Muse, Grok Bot, and Instinct to spend on the user’s behalf with Link credentials. But you approve every purchase by hand. It launched April 29. Agentic purchases on Link grew 38x in September (volume 20x, ~$100 average ticket), with no base disclosed.
Link balance, released
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