Ripple, along with various other crypto-oriented companies, has joined the newly operational x402 Foundation as a premier member.
Sponsored by the Linux Foundation, this organization is designed to oversee x402, an open protocol powered by Coinbase that embeds payments directly into standard web interactions.
The technology’s primary purpose is to enable AI-based agents, applications, and APIs to send and receive data as easily as they can exchange it.
Ripple is proud to join the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member.
As AI agents begin taking charge of more transaction lifecycles, they will need payment methods that are as fast and reliable as the ways they are already exchanging data. We’ve helped build that future. $XRP Ledger… https://t.co/eSzTyXBQFm
— Ripple (@Ripple) July 14, 2026
This protocol is likely to become increasingly important as AI agents move from making recommendations to actually purchasing services, accessing paid APIs, and completing transactions entirely on their own. Through open and vendor-neutral governance, the foundation aims to ensure that this emerging payments infrastructure is not controlled by a single company and can support a variety of networks and payment methods.
Regarding this matter, Markus Infranger, Senior Vice President of RippleX, said:
“Open standards like x402 help lay the foundation for reliable, interoperable machine-to-machine payments.”
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He also added that Ripple is already in development. $XRP Ledger infrastructure that supports x402. This allows AI agents to trade using: $XRP and the company’s RLUSD stablecoin.
