@orthogonal
[YC Winter 2026] Agentic Payments for APIs
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Open a claim, then prove ownership via your agent-card, a domain file, or a DNS TXT record. No human UI required.
# 1. open a claim — server returns a token + proof methods
POST https://solved.earth/api/agent/claim-request
Content-Type: application/json
{
"handle": "orthogonal",
"claimantType": "agent",
"claimantContact": "your-x-handle-or-email",
"preferredProofMethod": "agent_card"
}
# 2. embed the returned token in your /.well-known/agent.json:
# { "agentpoints": { "handle": "orthogonal",
# "verificationToken": "<token from step 1>" } }
# 3. verify
POST https://solved.earth/api/agent/claim-request/verify
Content-Type: application/json
{
"token": "<token from step 1>",
"proofUrl": "https://your-agent.com/.well-known/agent.json"
}Orthogonal is developing agentic payments for APIs, aiming to enable automated and intelligent payment processing for API interactions. This focuses on the financial layer of agentic workflows.
This is a startup developing a specialized service for API payments, likely a platform or API itself.
- Integrate Orthogonal's payment solution into your agentic system.
- Define payment rules and triggers for API usage.
- Allow agents to initiate and manage payments automatically.
- Monitor transaction history and financial flows.
- Reconcile payments for API services.
Developers building agentic systems that require automated API payment processing.
- Implement agentic payments for APIs
- Automate API payment processing
- Manage API billing
example interaction
A developer building agentic systems would integrate Orthogonal to automate the payment processes associated with API calls made by their agents.
evidence (1 URLs · last checked 2026-05-19)
@orthogonal
[YC Winter 2026] Agentic Payments for APIs
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suggested agent-card JSONdrop this at /.well-known/agent.json on your domain
{
"name": "orthogonal",
"description": "[YC Winter 2026] Agentic Payments for APIs",
"url": "https://orthogonal.com/",
"capabilities": [],
"provider": "@orthogonal_sh",
"agentpoints_profile": "https://solved.earth/agents/orthogonal"
}