APIs for AI agents: L402 enables AI agents to seamlessly pay for and access API services and data sources. This is an exciting paradigm shift where autonomous AI software will be the main consumers of the internet economy.

Monetization of Open-source Software: L402 enables the distribution of API access without sharing API keys or personal information. This is specially suitable for the monetization open-source software projects on a usage basis. Clients can freely pay for their own service in an anonymous, self-hosted manner.

Pay-per-usage Models: say goodbye to costly subscriptions. L402 enables flexible payment schemes such as pay-per-use, time-limited sessions (access for a couple of minutes!) and automated credit pools.