What is Nevermined?
Nevermined is a comprehensive payment infrastructure platform designed specifically for AI agents and digital services. It enables autonomous agents to make real purchases using virtual cards on existing credit card rails, with users defining strict spending rules, transaction limits, and merchant categories. The platform provides framework-agnostic support, working with various agent frameworks including OpenAI, LangChain, CrewAI, and OpenClaw, as well as protocols like MCP, A2A, and x402.
The platform offers payment multiplexing across multiple providers including Stripe, PayPal Braintree, and Visa Cybersource, allowing services to accept payments without per-provider integration. Real-time metering enables per-request billing for agents, APIs, datasets, and digital services with cost, usage, or outcome-based pricing models. Nevermined handles enrollment, access control, entitlements, and settlement automatically, providing full cost visibility and revenue analytics through a unified dashboard.
Features
- Virtual Cards for AI Agents: Enable autonomous agents to make purchases using virtual cards with user-defined spending rules and limits
- Payment Multiplexing: Single integration works across multiple payment providers including Stripe, PayPal Braintree, and Visa Cybersource
- Real-Time Metering: Per-request billing for agents, APIs, datasets, and digital services with various pricing models
- Framework Agnostic: Works with any agent framework including OpenAI, LangChain, CrewAI, and OpenClaw
- Spending Controls: Set per-transaction limits, daily caps, and merchant categories with instant revocation capability
- Revenue Analytics Dashboard: Comprehensive tracking of transactions, revenue, and agent activity in real-time
Use Cases
- AI agents purchasing API calls and SaaS subscriptions
- Monetizing web content for AI crawlers and research
- Agent marketplaces requiring payment infrastructure
- Metered billing for AI services and digital tools
- Autonomous agents making purchases for cloud storage and compute credits
- AI services accepting payments across multiple protocols
- Businesses implementing outcome-based pricing for AI solutions
FAQs
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What is Nevermined Pay?
Nevermined Pay lets AI agents make real purchases with a user's existing credit or debit card, within strict spending rules the user defines. Think of it as a power-of-attorney for payments: scoped, time-limited, and instantly revocable. -
Which agent frameworks are supported?
Nevermined works with any agent framework including OpenAI, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenClaw, plus MCP, A2A, x402 protocols, and plain HTTP. -
How do I revoke an agent's spending ability?
Users can instantly revoke an agent's spending access through the platform's controls, similar to revoking a power-of-attorney for payments. -
Do merchants need to integrate with Nevermined?
Merchants can accept agent payments by registering their service and connecting their payment provider, with settlement handled automatically by Nevermined. -
What is the difference between usage-based and outcome-based pricing?
Usage-based pricing charges per request or usage volume, while outcome-based pricing ties charges to specific results or outcomes achieved by the AI service.
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