Payouts.com warns on AI agent payments
Payouts.com co-founders say the future of agent payments combines stablecoin rails with programmable control layers built for enterprise trust.Payouts.com CEO Leor Ceder says programmability, not wallets alone, will define which AI agents enterprises can trust by 2027.Co-founder Barak Hirchson lists five non-negotiable controls that make autonomous agent spending safe and auditable at scale.Stablecoins win in cross-border and machine-to-API micropayments; programmable infrastructure determines which rail gets used everywhere else. Payouts.com co-founders Leor Ceder and Barak Hirchson say the next wave of AI agent commerce runs on stablecoin rails, and on the programmable control layer built on top of them. In their view, wallets are a necessary foundation, but the durable enterprise value sits in what governs them. The position adds a critical dimension to the wallet-led narrative dominating agent payments today. Juniper Research forecasts cross-border B2B stablecoin payments will hit $5 trillion by 2035, up from $13.4 billion in 2026, with B2B taking 85% of total stablecoin transaction value. Where stablecoins win and where smart rail selection matters Hirchson, Payouts.coms chief solutions officer, said rail selection is decided by the recipient: country, payment method, urgency, amount, and cost all factor in. Stablecoins win cleanly in two scenarios. The first is cross-border versus SWIFT, where wire fees