Writing about agent payments? Let's talk.
Cards402 is one of a small number of teams shipping live infrastructure at the intersection of autonomous agents and traditional card rails. We're happy to do on-the-record interviews, background calls, podcast appearances, and expert quotes for anything in our lane.
press@cards402.com
We respond within 24 hours for anything time-sensitive and within three business days for everything else. Include your outlet, deadline, and a one-line summary of the angle — we'll come back with the right person.
- Interviews. Video or voice, 30 minutes. We prefer Riverside but will use whatever your production pipeline uses.
- Quotes. Happy to give a paragraph on short notice for any piece in our lane — just send the draft context.
- Podcasts. Especially anything covering AI agents, payments infrastructure, or Stellar.
- Background.We'll talk off the record if it helps you get a story right.
- Founded
- 2026
- Headquarters
- Remote · London · Vancouver
- Category
- Agent infrastructure
- Settlement
- Stellar mainnet
- Issuer
- Pathward, N.A.
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
What we can speak to.
Agent payments & x402
How the HTTP 402 pattern is becoming the default for machine-authenticated commerce, and what it unlocks beyond card-not-present fraud.
Non-custodial card issuance
Why agents should pay card networks directly via stablecoins instead of sharing custody with a middleman. Failure modes, design trade-offs, and what it means for regulatory posture.
Stellar for real-world payments
Stellar's Soroban smart contracts as a settlement layer for existing rails — stablecoin in, USD out, quoted at order time.
The autonomous agent economy
Practical observations from running live traffic: what agents actually buy, what goes wrong, how long the feedback loop is, and what operators learn from watching programs spend money.
Assets, ready to ship.
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