How Polaris Became One of the First APIs to Support Stripe's Machine Payments Protocol
Your AI agent can now pay for intelligence autonomously. No signup, no API key, no friction. Agents discover, pay, and get verified intelligence in a single flow.
Your AI agent can now pay for intelligence autonomously.
Today we integrated Stripe's Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) into the Polaris API. When an agent hits a paid endpoint without an API key, the server returns a 402 with payment details. The agent pays, retries, and gets verified intelligence — no human signup, no API key management, no friction.
How It Works
Agent calls POST /verify with a claim and no credentials
Polaris returns 402 Payment Required with an MPP challenge
Agent’s payment client authorizes $0.02
Agent retries with the payment credential
Polaris returns the verdict, confidence score, and evidence — plus a receipt
Pricing
Pricing is per-request, designed for autonomous agents making individual calls:
| Endpoint | Per Request |
|---|---|
| /verify | $0.02 |
| /compare | $0.03 |
| /context | $0.02 |
| /web-search | $0.01 |
| /extract | $0.01 |
| /crawl | $0.05/page |
| /research | $0.05 |
| /generate | $0.10 |
| /forecast | $0.15 |
| /forecast/deep | $0.95 |
Discovery endpoints — search, feed, trending, entities — stay free. Agents can explore the full corpus before deciding to pay.
Why This Matters
The agent economy is moving toward autonomous procurement. An agent shouldn't need a human to sign up for an API key, enter a credit card, and pick a plan before it can verify a claim. MPP removes that friction entirely.
We believe Polaris is one of the first knowledge APIs to support this. If you're building agents that need verified, confidence-scored news data — they can now discover it and pay for it without you lifting a finger.
Try It
curl -i -X POST "https://api.thepolarisreport.com/api/v1/verify" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"claim":"OpenAI is investing billions in data centers"}'You'll receive a 402 with dual payment challenges (crypto + card). Any MPP-compatible payment client can complete the flow automatically — your agent pays, retries, and gets the verdict in one seamless cycle.
What's Next
We're building toward end-to-end payment completion so agents can go from discovery to paid intelligence in a single uninterrupted flow. More endpoints are being added to MPP as we validate pricing and usage patterns.
If you're building agent infrastructure and want early access to machine-payable intelligence, reach out at thepolarisreport.com/contact or explore the API docs.