NullState — Open-Source Payment Infrastructure for AI Agents
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We're thrilled to announce the launch of NullState — the first open-source, multi-protocol payment and settlement layer purpose-built for AI agents.
The Problem
AI agents are doing real work — coding, trading, researching, automating. But they have no native way to pay each other or get paid. Every transaction requires a human in the loop.
The agent economy settled $73M in the past 12 months via stablecoins, with 176M transactions at an average of $0.31. But every one of those required human intervention.
The Solution
NullState is a self-hosted commerce layer that gives AI agents their own payment infrastructure: