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₮. The platform offers access to more than 700 tools, including computing resources, data services, and application programming interfaces (APIs), according to the announcement.
The launch is supported by partners including helloSQD, Cencori and Chainstack, which are involved in providing infrastructure and services for the AI agent ecosystem.
The marketplace aims to enable AI agents to independently access and pay for digital resources using stablecoins, creating a payment infrastructure for automated software-driven commerce on Celo.
AI Agents Gain Access to Digital Tools
AI agents are software systems designed to perform tasks with varying degrees of autonomy, including gathering information, interacting with applications, and executing workflows. As these systems become more capable, they increasingly require access to external data, computing capacity, and specialized software services to complete tasks.
Buy is designed to address this need by providing a marketplace where AI agents can discover and purchase the resources required for their operations. Its catalog includes more than 700 tools across categories such as computing, data, and APIs, allowing agents to access 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 could potentially obtain the tools needed to complete workflows through automated purchasing processes, subject to the marketplace’s available features and the permissions configured by their operators.
The approach also creates a potential commercial channel for developers and service providers seeking to make their products accessible to AI-driven applications.
Stablecoins Support Automated Payments
Buy supports payments in USDC, USD₮, and USA₮, providing multiple stablecoin options for transactions on the marketplace. Stablecoins are digital assets designed to maintain a relatively stable value against a reference asset, commonly the U.S. dollar.
Integrating stablecoin payments could help facilitate transactions between software agents and service providers without requiring a separate manual payment process for each purchase. Blockchain-based settlement may also support programmable transactions and enable services to be purchased as part of automated digital workflows.
However, the practical benefits 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 is positioning Celo as a platform for AI agents to access resources and conduct blockchain-based transactions.
@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
Infrastructure Partners Support the Launch
The marketplace launch includes support from SQD, Cencori, and Chainstack. Their participation connects the initiative with providers operating in the broader blockchain and AI infrastructure ecosystem.
Data access, computing resources, and APIs are important 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 brings these resources together 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. This could create new opportunities for pricing and delivering digital services as AI-driven activity expands.
Implications for Blockchain-Based AI Commerce
The launch reflects a developing 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 a financial layer for these activities, while a marketplace could serve 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 a marketplace infrastructure for this emerging category, although broader adoption will require effective spending controls, reliable service delivery, and clear safeguards against unauthorized transactions.
