Everything we announced at Sessions 2026

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Stripe announced 288 new products and features at Sessions 2026, focusing on programmable payments, AI economic infrastructure, fraud prevention, and global money management.

Software isn’t dying, but it is becoming more honest — Helen Min
The SaaS subscription model is evolving toward outcome-based billing, enabled by AI agents, aligning vendor incentives with customer results.
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Agents will pay like locals, not tourists - a16z crypto
Agentic commerce will shift from retail payment rails to pre-negotiated B2B credit and stablecoins, as agents behave like local businesses with long-term vendor relationships.
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How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions - The New York Times
Stablecoins enable criminals to launder money and evade sanctions through complex layering, swapping, and mixing that obscure the trail of funds.
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GitHub - stripe/link-cli: Let your agents spend on your behalf. Your payment credentials are never exposed. You approve every purchase.
Stripe's Link CLI lets AI agents generate one-time-use virtual cards or shared payment tokens for purchases, with user approval required and real card details never exposed.
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ClawCard.sh — Give your agent some claws
ClawCard gives AI agents isolated identities with email, phone, virtual cards, and spend controls, enabling autonomous payments without sharing human credentials.
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