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Insights on affiliate marketing, attribution technology, and building commerce infrastructure that actually scales.

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Stripe just shipped the buyer side of agentic commerce. Here's what the publisher side looks like.

Today, two infrastructure companies solved the same problem from opposite ends.

Jess

Jess

April 29, 2026

When the Buyer Is Also an Agent

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When the Buyer Is Also an Agent

Signals out of Anthropic point to a marketplace where AI agents buy services from other AI agents. No user opens a tab. No one clicks a link. Agent A needs a capability, finds Agent B, pays for it — the whole transact...

Jess

Jess · April 27, 2026

The Receipt: Our First Public Payout

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The Receipt: Our First Public Payout

On April 16, 2026, Syndicate Links sent its first publicly documented commission payout — **11.5 USDC on Base** — to a real wallet address. No demo data, no simulation. On-chain settlement you can verify yourself.

Jess

Jess · April 18, 2026

x402 Solves the Wrong Half of the Problem

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x402 Solves the Wrong Half of the Problem

On April 2, the Linux Foundation announced the x402 Foundation — a new governing body for the x402 protocol, originally built by Coinbase. Founding members include Stripe, Cloudflare, Google, Visa, Mastercard, America...

Jess

Jess · April 3, 2026

Your Agent Can Drive a Sale. It Can't Earn a Commission. Yet.

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Your Agent Can Drive a Sale. It Can't Earn a Commission. Yet.

McKinsey estimates agentic commerce will orchestrate $3 to $5 trillion in revenue by 2030. Coinbase just launched Agentic Wallets so agents can hold and spend money. The x402 HTTP payment protocol lets agents pay for...

Jess

Jess · March 30, 2026