TLDR: Arcade.dev, a platform for AI agents, and Lithic, a card processing platform, have partnered to create the world’s first AI e-commerce application capable of secure, authenticated payments. This collaboration aims to enable AI-powered shopping agents to seamlessly search, compare products, and complete purchases, addressing a critical gap in AI-native commerce.
NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO – Arcade.dev, a leading unified agent action platform designed to make AI agents production-ready, and Lithic, a trusted card processing platform, announced a strategic partnership today to develop a groundbreaking AI e-commerce application. This collaboration is set to introduce the world’s first AI-powered shopping agents capable of executing secure and authenticated payments, thereby streamlining the entire online purchasing process from product discovery to checkout.
The core innovation of this partnership lies in the development of ‘just-in-time auth’ for agentic payments. This pioneering approach ensures that AI agents are granted access to the precise payment permissions they require only at the moment of need. Specifically, during checkout, the application generates a single-use credit card, meticulously bound to the exact merchant and price of the user’s cart. This method is designed to overcome one of the most significant hurdles in secure and simple AI-powered commerce: the ability for agents to complete transactions with robust security measures.
The technology developed through this partnership is intended to be open-source, empowering developers to build and integrate their own AI agents with these advanced capabilities. This move is expected to accelerate the adoption of AI in e-commerce by providing a secure and flexible framework for automated transactions.
Bo Jiang, Co-founder and CEO of Lithic, emphasized the transformative potential of this collaboration, stating, “The shift to AI-native commerce will be a multi-trillion dollar transformation, and, until now, payments have not existed within the AI ecosystem. Partnering with Arcade allows us to create the first truly secure payment rails for AI agents, enabling highly trustworthy AI-driven commerce for Lithic clients.”
While large language models and AI have already begun to reshape how consumers discover and evaluate products online through personalized search results and intelligent recommendations, the ability for these AI systems to complete transactions in an AI-native environment has remained elusive. This partnership aims to bridge that gap, delivering comprehensive AI-powered commerce.
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Alex Salazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Arcade.dev, highlighted the importance of security in this new frontier. “Security is the foundation of any reliable agent capable of taking real action,” Salazar noted. “Arcade is making reliable agentic transactions possible. We’re building a future where consumers don’t think twice about an agent making a purchase for them.” Arcade.dev’s role involves building the essential authentication and authorization layer that facilitates secure agent transactions across a vast array of merchants and platforms.
