The x402 Foundation has officially joined the Linux Foundation, becoming a completely neutral and open HTTP payment standard (based on the classic 402 Payment Required status code). AI agents can directly embed payments into HTTP requests, using stablecoins like USDC and DIEM to automatically pay for API calls, purchase computing power, and obtain inference results with a single click, requiring zero human approval. Google, Stripe, AWS, Cloudflare, and others have participated, and Venice AI has already launched x402 support (agents can directly and autonomously pay to call Venice's inference). Previously, "paying" involved cumbersome invoicing/manual review in Web2, now, it has become a browser-native, seamless, AI-friendly standard. The agent economy will continue to grow.