Pylon Pay-Per-Request APIs

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Pay-per-use access to utility APIs without managing API keys or subscriptions.

• 2

  That require instant micropayments in USDC to authenticate and access APIs.

• 3

  Orchestrate multiple API calls in a single chained request with one payment.

Description

Pylon provides a suite of over 20 utility APIs that AI agents can call and pay for instantly using USDC micropayments via the x402 protocol on the Base blockchain. It eliminates the need for API keys, subscriptions, or billing dashboards by using payment as authentication. The platform supports chaining multiple API calls in a single request and is designed for autonomous agents that cannot manage traditional billing. All APIs are self-hosted, open source, and run on Fly.io with scale-to-zero deployment.