🎥Solana, AI Agents & the Future of Payments | Alfonso Gómez (Crossmint)

What happens when AI agents can own wallets, spend money, and interact with the internet autonomously?In this episode of The Index Podcast, host Alex Kehaya sits down with Alfonso Gómez, Founder & CEO of Crossmint, to explore the emerging world of agentic commerce, AI-driven payments, and blockchain infrastructure built for the programmatic economy.Alfonso shares how Crossmint is building tools that make blockchain adoption as easy as integrating an API, enabling companies to add wallets, payments, and digital assets directly into real-world applications.The conversation dives into the future of AI agents with spending power, the role of stablecoins and card networks, and how new technologies could transform the way software interacts with money.You’ll also hear fascinating stories from Alfonso’s career, from helping design Google’s “I’m not a robot” CAPTCHA to shaping messaging infrastructure at WhatsApp, before founding Crossmint to power the next generation of internet payments.🚀 Topics covered include:Why the world is moving toward a programmatic economyHow AI agents will pay for tools, compute, and servicesCrossmint’s vision for agentic payments and digital asset infrastructureStablecoins vs credit cards: what will dominate AI commerce?The future of autonomous transactions powered by Solana and blockchainIf you're interested in AI agents, Solana, stablecoins, developer infrastructure, and the future of digital payments, this episode is a must-watch.🔗 Learn more about Crossmint: https://www.crossmint.com🎙️ More episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@theindexpodcastShow LinksThe Index X ChannelYouTube