The Solana Foundation, a non-profit organisation that governs the Solana protocol, has launched a new payments gateway service in partnership with Google Cloud which will allow AI agents to discover, access and pay for APIs autonomously using stablecoins on the Solana blockchain.

The service, called Pay.sh, allows developers to connect a Solana wallet to AI tools such as Claude Code, Gemini, Codex and Openclaw, enabling agents to access and pay for APIs on a pay-per-request basis without requiring manual onboarding.

The Foundation said the service aims to remove traditional barriers to API access, including account creation, API key management, subscriptions and billing relationships.

The platform supports APIs from Google Cloud, including Gemini, BigQuery, Vertex AI, BigTable and Cloud Run, alongside more than 50 community-supported APIs across ecommerce, communications, blockchain infrastructure and data intelligence services.

The Solana Foundation said the initiative operates as an API proxy hosted on Google Cloud infrastructure. The service uses the agent’s Solana wallet as its identity layer, while handling payment settlement autonomously.

Payments settle in stablecoins over Solana’s blockchain network before being reconciled with API providers in fiat currency. The Solana Foundation said the system removes the need for subscriptions or minimum spend commitments, allowing developers to pay only for the services they consume.

The platform also provides support for machine-native payment standards x402 and MPP, which the organisation described as open protocols designed for agent-to-API commerce.

According to the Solana Foundation, the launch reflects growing demand for infrastructure capable of supporting autonomous AI agents interacting directly with enterprise-grade services.

The Foundation added that the registry behind Pay.sh will remain fully open source, allowing developers and API providers to contribute integrations and expand the ecosystem over time.

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