Technology · 01 / 06
AI Payments
AI services on the ARL network will be paid for in ARL, per use: the payer signs a ceiling, the service meters actual usage and settles that amount, never more than the ceiling.
Built
- Payment integration on the open x402 protocol (upto scheme, Permit2): the payer signs a ceiling, the facilitator verifies it and settles the metered amount
- Settlement rules: one settlement per authorization, never above the signed ceiling
- Facilitator service on the standard x402 facilitator API, with its settlement record kept on disk, tested end to end
Not yet built
- Per-use x402 payments are not deployed on Base Mainnet yet
- No agreement with any AI provider exists; third-party models would be used as a regular customer through their public APIs