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What The Economy Looks Like When Machines Can Pay Each Other

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MAY 25, 2026

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AI agents are evolving from simple chatbots into autonomous economic actors. And that could completely change the global financial system. We sat down with Guillaume Poncet (Head of Engineering at Alchemy) on Milk Road AI to dig into why AI agents are going to need their own financial infrastructure. Here's the thing: traditional banking rails aren't built for machines. They're built for humans with IDs, signatures, and bank accounts that take 3 days to settle. Agents need something different. Faster. Programmable. Always on.

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