Klarna and Stripe Launch Agentic Payments Protocol for AI Agent Commerce

Summary

Klarna and Stripe have launched an Agentic Product Protocol that makes Klarna's flexible payment options (buy now/pay later, installment plans, etc.) available for purchases initiated autonomously by AI agents at US merchants. The protocol standardizes how AI agents discover, evaluate, and execute payment transactions on behalf of users — extending the agentic workflow model from internal enterprise tasks to consumer-facing commerce. Perplexity Computer, which announced its enterprise launch the