Catenaa, Sunday, May 11, 2025- BitGPT has unveiled 402Pay, a cutting-edge machine-native payment infrastructure designed to power autonomous AI commerce through frictionless microtransactions.
Based on the HTTP 402 status code, the system enables AI agents to directly pay for resources such as compute power, data access, and APIs through HTTP requests, bypassing the need for human-led checkouts or traditional payment platforms.
The launch of 402Pay addresses a critical bottleneck in the rapidly growing AI agent market, which is expected to reach $47.1 billion by 2030. With the ability to process transactions as small as $0.0005 per token or $0.03 per image resize, the system is optimized for scalable, cost-effective operations.
Developers can leverage 402Pay’s infrastructure to create programmable pricing models for services, integrating them through an SDK, while a Creator Console offers control over pricing strategies. Additionally, embedded wallets allow agents to manage budgets autonomously.
BitGPT’s competitive 0.25% fee structure offers a significant advantage over platforms like Stripe or PayPal, with full agent-to-agent payment functionality that legacy systems lack.
At the core of 402Pay’s innovation is the reimagined HTTP 402 status code, previously underused, now facilitating rapid, scalable payments at web speed. This allows AI agents to carry out complex workflows—such as translation or image generation—without human intervention.
The 402Pay launch is part of BitGPT’s broader vision to create a decentralized, privacy-preserving AI network, with plans to onboard 100 providers by mid-2025 and deploy 10,000 GPU nodes by 2026.
