AI Agents Have Brains, But Where Are Their Wallets?

Amias Gerety is a partner at QED Investors, a fintech-focused VC firm with $3.8 Billion under management. He was previously the Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Treasury. And he graduated from Harvard.

Amias's favorite book: The Origin of Species (Author: Charles Darwin)

(00:01) Introduction and Setting the Stage
(00:29) The Status Quo: AI Agents and Online Purchases
(02:20) The Current Payment Infrastructure Explained
(04:42) Automation Today: Auto-Complete and Recurring Payments
(06:09) Why AI Agents Need Dedicated Financial Infrastructure
(08:29) Historical Examples: Auctions, Bots, and Payment Systems
(09:32) Identifying and Verifying AI Agents in Commerce
(11:59) Risks of Agentic Commerce: Lessons from Knight Capital
(14:47) Stripe’s Role in Agent Payments: SDKs and Gaps
(19:46) Opportunities for Startups in Agentic Frameworks
(22:49) Challenges: Disputes, Chargebacks, and Reversals
(26:32) Regulation and Governance in Agentic Payments
(28:24) Building Merchant Trust in AI Transactions
(30:11) Needs of AI Developers: Reliability in Transactions
(33:04) The Future of Agentic Commerce and Microtransactions
(35:42) Building Consumer Trust in Agentic Systems
(38:45) Broader AI Applications in Finance
(40:13) Rapid Fire

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