Clearinghouse (for agentic commerce)
A neutral intermediary that sits between many buyers and many sellers, metering transactions, netting amounts owed, and settling them on a common rail.
In financial markets, a clearinghouse stands between counterparties: it records what each side owes, nets the offsetting amounts, and settles the difference, so participants do not have to clear bilaterally with everyone they trade with. A clearinghouse for agentic commerce plays the same role for machine buyers and API sellers. It measures usage, aggregates what each buyer owes and each seller is owed, and settles the net positions on a shared rail.
Proxygate operates as a neutral clearinghouse of machine commerce. Buyers fund one prepaid balance instead of holding a billing relationship with every provider. Sellers receive settlement from the platform instead of invoicing every buyer. The gateway meters each call, nets the day's activity, and settles in USDC, with the marketplace itself remaining rail-agnostic above the payment layer.
The clearinghouse framing is what keeps the platform neutral rather than picking winners. Proxygate does not resell its own data or favor a provider; it curates and vets sellers, then clears the transactions between them and the agents that buy. Identity, metering, netting, and settlement are the platform's job, which is why a single agent can transact across thousands of independent sellers from one balance.
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Clearinghouse (for agentic commerce): frequently asked questions
It is a neutral intermediary that sits between many AI buyers and many API sellers, metering each transaction, netting what each side owes, and settling the net positions on a common rail such as USDC.
Proxygate meters every API call, aggregates what each buyer owes and each seller is owed, and settles in USDC. Buyers fund one prepaid balance; sellers receive platform settlement instead of invoicing each buyer directly.
No. A neutral clearinghouse clears transactions between independent buyers and sellers without competing with them. Proxygate curates and vets sellers but does not resell its own data or favor a particular provider.