EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 47 MIN
What happens when AI agents become customers?
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What changes when AI agents can transact on their own?Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Viggo Stenseth, CEO and Co-Founder of SolvaPay, alongside Redstone General Partners Samuli Sirén and Mickaël Bellaïche, about building payment infrastructure for the agentic economy.The conversation explores agent-to-agent transactions, usage-based billing, protocol interoperability, regulatory moats and why existing payment rails may not be designed for AI-native commerce.Key highlightsWhy AI agents need payment infrastructure built for agentic commerceHow businesses can monetise APIs, datasets and digital services used by agentsWhy SolvaPay plugs into existing financial rails rather than bypassing themThe “battle of protocols” across agent marketplaces and ecosystemsWhy regulation, licensing and identity matter in agentic paymentsTimestamps(00:00) Why payments are blocking the agentic economy(02:00) What SolvaPay is building(05:10) Why customers already want agent-to-agent transactions(06:30) Existing financial rails versus crypto-native approaches(08:10) The “battle of protocols” and AI marketplaces(12:00) Redstone on why agentic payments are real(17:20) Why Redstone invested before traction existed(27:00) Can SolvaPay become the Stripe for AI agents?(32:00) Why incumbents may struggle to adapt(36:10) Building long term versus building for exit(41:00) Does the world need an agentic bank?Subscribe to EUVC, the home of European tech, for more insights: https://www.eu.vc/subscribe
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What changes when AI agents can transact on their own?Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Viggo Stenseth, CEO and Co-Founder of SolvaPay, alongside Redstone General Partners Samuli Sirén and Mickaël Bellaïche, about building payment infrastructure for the agentic economy.The conversation explores agent-to-agent transactions, usage-based billing, protocol interoperability, regulatory moats and why existing payment rails may not be designed for AI-native commerce.Key highlightsWhy AI agents need payment infrastructure built for agentic commerceHow businesses can monetise APIs, datasets and digital services used by agentsWhy SolvaPay plugs into existing financial rails rather than bypassing themThe “battle of protocols” across agent marketplaces and ecosystemsWhy regulation, licensing and identity matter in agentic paymentsTimestamps(00:00) Why payments are blocking the agentic economy(02:00) What SolvaPay is building(05:10) Why customers already want agent-to-agent transactions(06:30) Existing financial rails versus crypto-native approaches(08:10) The “battle of protocols” and AI marketplaces(12:00) Redstone on why agentic payments are real(17:20) Why Redstone invested before traction existed(27:00) Can SolvaPay become the Stripe for AI agents?(32:00) Why incumbents may struggle to adapt(36:10) Building long term versus building for exit(41:00) Does the world need an agentic bank?Subscribe to EUVC, the home of European tech, for more insights: https://www.eu.vc/subscribe
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