AxLabs Deploys Full Ax402 Payment Stack on Neo X for Machine-to-Machine Commerce
AxLabs has launched the complete Ax402 stack on Neo X, delivering a live payment infrastructure that enables developers to monetize REST APIs, gate resources behind a stablecoin paywall, and facilitate programmatic payments between AI agents. Transactions settle on a per-request basis using supported tokens including $USDC and xGAS.
From July Launch to Production Deployment
The release marks Ax402’s transition from its initial July launch—previously covered by NNT—to a full production deployment. Ax402 is built on x402, an open protocol that repurposes the HTTP 402 Payment Required status code as the trigger for machine-to-machine payments.
When Ax402 first launched on Neo X in July, the gateway integrated through xGAS, a wrapped GAS token deployed by Bane Labs specifically for x402 payments. This provided a Neo-native settlement option alongside the protocol’s broader $USDC support.
New $USDC Settlement Via Chainlink CCIP
$USDC settlement on Neo X became possible one day before this announcement, when $USDC.e and WETH arrived on the network through Chainlink’s CCIP-powered Transporter bridge on September 14.
Solving Friction in Machine-to-Machine Commerce
Ax402 addresses a critical friction point in machine-to-machine commerce: AI agents and API consumers currently lack a standard way to pay for resources on a per-request basis without accounts, subscriptions, or checkout flows.
Practical examples include:
- A research agent paying for a single query to a premium data API
- A coding agent paying to run a specialized security scan
- One AI agent paying another for a translation or other discrete service
Resources and Documentation
Developers can explore the protocol at ax402.io. Full documentation is available at docs.ax402.io.
The full announcement can be found at the link below:
