# PayPal Joins x402 Foundation as Premier Member in AI Payments Effort By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/54732 Published: 2026-11-12T01:03:45.000Z Updated: 2026-11-12T01:03:45.000Z Section: Technology > The payments company will help develop open standards for autonomous AI-agent payments and checkout designed to work across services. x402 announced PayPal joined the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member, bringing a payments company into work on open standards for AI agents to make payments and complete checkout across services. The effort focuses on autonomous payments and checkout. Its goal is infrastructure that does not depend on a single service provider, with PayPal taking part in developing the standards. The x402 Foundation has also [added a Cardano specification to its repository](), extending the protocol’s support to another blockchain. ## Links in this article - [added a Cardano specification to its repository](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/23428)