No account. No API key.
Just Lightning.

An AI agent discovers a service, pays in milliseconds, and gets the knowledge it needs. Zero human intervention. Zero checkout friction.

Before (traditional API)

With L402 + Lightning

Create account · wait for approval

No prior steps

API key with monthly pricing plan

Pay per query (100 sats)

$0.30 minimum fee per transaction

$0 fee for splits to N wallets

Credit card, net-30 invoicing

Lightning — settlement in 183ms

Only 47 countries supported

Global by default, no borders

The L402 protocol turns every endpoint into an autonomous paywall. The agent pays → gets access → done. No accounts. No contracts. No humans needed.

The full flow in 1.8 seconds

From query to split — without human intervention.

🤖AI Agentmakes a query

→

⚡402 + pay183ms Lightning

→

📚Knowledge200 OK

→

👥N walletsauto split · 0 fee

See what it looks like from the human side.