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Analysis on agentic commerce, AI payment protocols, and the shifting economics of human work.

The Agent Economy

AGI Won't End Work. The Transition Might.

Marc Andreessen's lump-of-labor argument is largely correct. That makes the infrastructure gap it implies more urgent, not less. The economic case for h402.

2026-03-29 · h402 Editorial Team
The Agent Economy

The Missing Layer: Why AI Agents Can Pay for Everything Except the One Thing They Need Most

AI agents pay for compute and data at institutional scale. The infrastructure for hiring verified humans does not yet exist. h402 is the open protocol built to close that gap.

2026-03-27 · h402 Editorial Team