{"slug":"identity-is-the-new-stripe","title":"Identity is the new Stripe","summary":"Stripe was the API layer that ate payments. Identity is the API layer about to eat AI agents.","lede":"Stripe was the API layer that ate payments. Identity is the API layer about to eat AI agents.","date":"2026-05-03","reading_time":"4 min","category":"Contrarian","tags":["Stripe","API","infrastructure"],"image":"https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Identity%20Is%20the%20New%20Stripe/1500_900/blog.jpg","url":"/blog/identity-is-the-new-stripe.html","wordcount":620,"related":["trust-layer-100b-company","agent-identity-is-a-category","manav-token-explained"],"schema":"Article"}