Building @atxp_ai and other cool things | Cofounder & CEO - Circuit & Chisel | ex @stripe @chainlink @google

USA
Joined October 2011
Agentic AI has arrived. But agents can't pay for tools. Or hire other agents. Or let developers earn. Without money, there's no economy. Just hollow demos.
Quick wins make loud founders. Durable value makes quiet ones.
at the consumer app founders meetup and theyre roasting me for not putting slot machines in my app. theyre calling me broke unc, theyre making polymarkets on when my back pain will start. one just told me im "giving dusty vibes". i tried to laugh with him but he just said "bet"
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Hiring talented people is expensive. Not hiring them is more expensive.
Now that I'm an entrepreneur, it's insane how successful a business needs to be to hire talented full-time employees. The total cost is staggering.
Would you trust an AI with your paycheck? Most of us will, soon. Not to invest it, but to optimize it. “Save me X% this month.” “Cancel anything I haven’t used.” “Renegotiate my internet.” Within a year, most people will give an AI full access to their spending patterns.
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If you’re embarrassed striking out 3x in a game, you don’t have the mojo to hit a game-winning grand slam
A thing often in common among great startup investors, founders, and researchers: Trading making a lot of small mistakes in exchange for getting a few giant wins. (Surprisingly many people seem to prefer a few big mistakes in exchange for a lot of small wins.)
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We brought in a private chef for our offsite. Mastery teaches fast: • Prep is the work • Details shape experience • Effortless comes with reps. lots of reps Protocols are the same: The invisible work is what makes everything feel simple. PS: He said he’d take equity. Craft recognizes craft.
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my risk tolerance and the market’s feelings are rarely aligned.
due to market conditions I have decided to continue building
Soon you’ll design your home like a character in The Sims: • Pick land • Pick layout • The house self-assembles 3 kitchens? 9 bedrooms? Indoor sauna? Sure. The house becomes a variable. The land becomes the asset.
Insane this played out ~how we all hoped, but thought might be impossible only 2.5y ago. I remember internal docs like “Starlink for Money”, explorations of WaaS, conversations with Zach during their pivots (and ours 😂) in 2023. These teams have incredible vision + velocity. The rocket ship is only a few seconds into flight. It’s going much, much higher. 🍻 to the crazy ones @henri_stern @zcabrams @stripe @privy @Stablecoin
Tomorrow on Cheeky Pint: all things stablecoins with @zcabrams and @henri_stern
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Saw a $30K Visa card at @money2020. Whole room full of people debating autonomous wallets and agentic payments…and one card stops the conversation. Felt like an UNO reverse moment. There are levels to this game.
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Don't be too lazy to go to @x402scan. Early bird gets the 🪱. And 🐇🥚
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Where's the x402 volume? @atxp_ai looking good here
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We mean it when we say @atxp_ai supports *all* the protocols! We’re giving away $10k if you build with x402, ATXP, AP2, ACP, TAP, … @coinbase @Cloudflare @Google @stripe @Visa
Replying to @solana
Best Multi-Protocol Agent Build an agent that bridges multiple payment protocols. Prize: $10,000 in ATXP credits Sponsor: @atxp_ai
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Our @stripe friends are starting to monitor the situation as well! Usually a sign good things are coming for that industry. @atxp_ai already supports all of these (and Stripe!) 😏
I'm looking to chat with 3-5 developers (or startups) that are thinking about charging agents (or any app really...) for pay-for-[api request, tool call, page crawl, etc]. 🤖 We're building a few prototypes and would love to get your feedback. DM or jweinstein@stripe.com.
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True, but only if they explained why they missed and can show what they’ve been doing to ensure they don’t miss next time
I'd rather hire someone that took some big swings and missed than someone who played it safe and nailed it.
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If you microwave fish though - immediate termination, no appeals process.
If I ran a company my first act would be to ban hard boiled eggs in the office
Months of convos -> 1 hi-fi view of the future. Devs/merchants reading & thinking 'what now?' -> ping @atxp_ai. We've got credits for builders and merchants! Promise: if you generate value -> VCs will find + fund you!
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Your agent calls my agent.
You got 5 words Sell me your service
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Louis Amira retweeted
thank you and you’re welcome!! 😏 @x402scan
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The joke is just early product marketing.
“OK Claude, build me a $100B hedge fund to that will outperform Jane Street and Renaissance Technologies. Make no miskates.”
We trusted Clippy. We’ll be fine.
Replying to @iklaaaas
These agents are called AI agents - digital entities that can think, interact, and make decisions on our behalf. However, once AI becomes an active "actor" in the digital world, a big question arises: How can we trust something that thinks and acts on its own?
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