Celo has launched buy, an online marketplace that allows artificial intelligence agents to purchase digital tools and services directly on its blockchain, with payments supported in USDC, USD₮, and USA₮. According to the announcement, the platform offers access to more than 700 tools, including computing resources, data services, and application programming interfaces (APIs).

The launch is backed by partners including helloSQD, Cencori, and Chainstack, which provide infrastructure and services for the AI agent ecosystem.

The marketplace is designed to let AI agents independently access and pay for digital resources using stablecoins, establishing a payment infrastructure for automated, software-driven commerce on Celo, a layer-1 blockchain network focused on payments and stablecoin use cases.

AI Agents Gain Access to Digital Tools

AI agents are software systems built to perform tasks with varying degrees of autonomy, including gathering information, interacting with applications, and executing workflows. As these systems grow more capable, they increasingly require access to external data, computing capacity, and specialized software services to complete their tasks.

Buy addresses this need by offering a marketplace where AI agents can discover and purchase the resources required for their operations. Its catalog spans more than 700 tools across categories such as computing, data, and APIs, giving agents access to digital services through a single platform.

The model could reduce the need for human operators to manually select services and arrange individual payments for every task. Instead, agents may be able to obtain the tools needed to complete workflows through automated purchasing, subject to the marketplace's available features and the permissions configured by their operators.

Because agents operate as software rather than account holders, they cannot independently open bank accounts or hold conventional payment credentials — a gap that wallet-based, programmable payments are being explored to fill.

The approach also opens a potential commercial channel for developers and service providers seeking to make their products accessible to AI-driven applications.

Announcing the launch on X, Celo wrote:

@CeloDevs @selfxyz Agents are rapidly gaining autonomy, but every tool still needed a human to create the account, copy an API key & ensure a subscription is paid. Until now buy allows agents to ask for a service, get a price quote & pay directly from their wallet — Celo (@Celo) October 13, 2026

Stablecoins Support Automated Payments

Buy supports payments in USDC, USD₮, and USA₮, providing multiple stablecoin options marketplace transactions. Stablecoins are digital assets designed to maintain a relatively stable value against a reference asset, most commonly the U.S. dollar. USDC, issued by Circle, and USD₮, issued by Tether, are among the most widely used dollar-pegged stablecoins.

Integrating stablecoin payments could facilitate transactions between software agents and service providers without a separate manual payment process for each purchase. Blockchain-based settlement may also support programmable transactions, enabling services to be purchased as part of automated digital workflows.

The practical benefits, however, will depend on the marketplace's payment implementation, transaction costs, supported services, and the ability of AI agents to manage spending securely. Stablecoin availability alone does not establish that every transaction can be completed without human oversight.

By combining a catalog of more than 700 digital tools with stablecoin payment options, buy positions Celo as a platform for AI agents to access resources and conduct blockchain-based transactions. Developer documentation for building agents on the network is available here.

Infrastructure Partners Support the Launch

The marketplace launch includes support from SQD, Cencori, and Chainstack. Their participation connects the initiative with providers operating across the broader blockchain and AI infrastructure ecosystem.

Data access, computing resources, and APIs are core components of autonomous software systems. AI agents may need to retrieve information, process data, and communicate with external services while carrying out assigned tasks. A marketplace that consolidates these resources could simplify how developers integrate external capabilities into agent-based applications.

For service providers, the model offers a potential route to reach customers that are software agents rather than individual human users, which could create new approaches to pricing and delivering digital services as AI-driven activity expands.

Implications for Blockchain-Based AI Commerce

The launch reflects an emerging use case for blockchain networks in which software agents may need to identify services, authorize purchases, and make payments with limited human intervention. Stablecoin transactions could provide the financial layer for these activities, while the marketplace serves as a discovery and access point for the underlying tools.

The longer-term significance of buy will depend on adoption by AI developers, the quality and reliability of its listed services, and the extent to which agents can make purchases safely and efficiently. Celo's launch establishes marketplace infrastructure for this emerging category, though broader adoption will require effective spending controls, reliable service delivery, and clear safeguards against unauthorized transactions.

This article was originally published by CoinTrust.