Alfonso Gómez-Jordana on Why Every AI Agent Will Need a Wallet

About this episode

Alfonso Gómez-Jordana discusses the necessity of wallets for AI agents and the collaboration between major card networks and crypto infrastructure.

Alfonso Gómez-Jordana joins AI Supercycle to break down scope cards, verifiable intents, and why Mastercard and Amex are now partnering with crypto-native infrastructure to power agent payments. Alfonso Gómez-Jordana is the founder of Crossmint, a programmatic finance infrastructure company building stablecoin enablement and AI agent payment solutions for developers, fintechs, and major card networks. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Crossmint Catch-Up 02:11 Why Mastercard Takes You Serious 03:40 Scope Cards Explained 05:57 Lobster Cash Explained 07:25 Verifiable Intents Explained 10:02 Agent Adoption Targets 12:08 How To Set It Up 13:48 Stablecoins vs. Scope Cards 16:35 How Agents Actually Pay 18:02 Agent Security Explained 20:56 Blast Radius Minimized 22:18 Agents Ready For Commerce? 24:33 Payment Inventory Still Small 26:00 Alfonso's Agent Stack Website: https://therollup.co/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd... Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupco Follow Rob on X: https://x.com/robbieklages…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robbie, Andy

Guest: Alfonso Gómez-Jordana

Topics covered

• AI agents
• crypto payments
• stablecoins
• financial technology
• programmatic finance
• digital assets

Keywords

• AI agents
• wallets
• crypto payments
• stablecoins
• Crossmint
• Mastercard
• Amex

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crossmint, Mastercard, Amex

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