Solana Foundation and Google Cloud have launched Pay.sh, a new payment gateway that lets AI agents access and pay for APIs using stablecoins on Solana.
The gateway is designed to remove the manual steps that still define much of the software economy, including account creation, credential management, KYC, billing relationships, and subscriptions. Pay.sh allows agents to discover APIs, receive live rates, and pay per request directly from a Solana wallet.
The service supports select Google Cloud APIs, including Gemini, BigQuery, BigTable, Cloud Run, and Vertex AI, giving agents access to AI inference, data warehousing, cloud infrastructure, and onchain intelligence through a unified marketplace.
The platform also includes more than 50 community API facilitators across ecommerce, market data, communications, and blockchain infrastructure.
Pay.sh operates as an API proxy built on Google Cloud, sitting in front of services such as BigQuery, Gemini, and Cloud Run. Instead of relying on traditional credentials, an agent’s Solana wallet acts as its identity, while payment through x402 authorizes the request through a verified endpoint with rate limits, quotas, and access controls.
Settlement happens in stablecoins over Solana, with providers receiving funds after reconciliation. The Solana Foundation said the gateway is built on open standards including x402 and MPP, which are designed for machine native payments and agent to API commerce.
The launch adds to the growing push to build payment infrastructure for AI agents as software shifts toward autonomous workflows. Solana describes x402 as an open payment protocol built on the HTTP 402 status code, allowing APIs or web services to require payment before serving content.
Source: https://cryptobriefing.com/google-cloud-pay-sh-launch/
