Ampersend, a management platform for agent payments, has integrated Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments to build a pay-per-intelligence routing layer for autonomous AI agents. This collaboration addresses infrastructure challenges in agentic AI by enabling agents to transact programmatically and instantly across multiple model providers using the x402 payment protocol. The system uses a two-hop payment routing pattern where an agent pays Ampersend, which then settles with the upstream model provider.

The integration architecture utilizes several key components of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments. A Payment Manager defines wallet connections and spending policies, while a Payment Session sets budget caps for agent tasks. When an agent encounters a paid endpoint, it calls the ProcessPayment API, which uses Coinbase Developer Platform for wallet custody and signing. The agent assumes a scoped AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role, ensuring it can process payments without modifying budgets or accessing private keys directly.

This infrastructure allows for secure, governed autonomous transactions without requiring developers to build custom wallet custody or billing systems. Spending governance is enforced at the infrastructure layer, ensuring agents remain within deterministic boundaries. The system supports both v1 and v2 of the x402 protocol and provides native observability through standard logs and metrics.

Ampersend completed the full integration in under two weeks. The team estimates that building equivalent wallet custody, signing, and spending control infrastructure from scratch would have required 3–4 months of engineering effort. The implementation successfully demonstrates agent-to-agent micropayments on the Base network using USDC, with the agent experience abstracted into a single, transparent request that hides underlying provider complexity.

Ampersend, a management platform for agent payments, has integrated Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments to build a pay-per-intelligence routing layer for autonomous AI agents. This collaboration addresses infrastructure challenges in agentic AI by enabling agents to transact programmatically and instantly across multiple model providers using the x402 payment protocol. The system uses a two-hop payment routing pattern where an agent pays Ampersend, which then settles with the upstream model provider.

The integration architecture utilizes several key components of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments. A Payment Manager defines wallet connections and spending policies, while a Payment Session sets budget caps for agent tasks. When an agent encounters a paid endpoint, it calls the ProcessPayment API, which uses Coinbase Developer Platform for wallet custody and signing. The agent assumes a scoped AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role, ensuring it can process payments without modifying budgets or accessing private keys directly.

This infrastructure allows for secure, governed autonomous transactions without requiring developers to build custom wallet custody or billing systems. Spending governance is enforced at the infrastructure layer, ensuring agents remain within deterministic boundaries. The system supports both v1 and v2 of the x402 protocol and provides native observability through standard logs and metrics.

Ampersend completed the full integration in under two weeks. The team estimates that building equivalent wallet custody, signing, and spending control infrastructure from scratch would have required 3–4 months of engineering effort. The implementation successfully demonstrates agent-to-agent micropayments on the Base network using USDC, with the agent experience abstracted into a single, transparent request that hides underlying provider complexity.