Justin Blau and Michael Blau, co-founders of Drip, explain how their pay-per-use platform lets AI agents access paywalled content. Can AI agents make the micropayment model finally make sense?
Posted July 10, 2026 at 9:15 am EST.
In this episode of Unchained Premium, Laura spoke with Justin Blau and Michael Blau, co-founders of Drip, a platform that enables AI agents to pay independent publishers for paywalled content on a per-use basis.
The conversation covers how Drip works under the hood, from x402 and MPP agentic payment standards to USDC settlement on Base and Tempo, and why the Blaus chose financial analysis as their launch niche.
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