PayPal on How To Prepare APIs for Agentic AI Future
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PayPal expects 20-30% of customers to shop via AI agents within five years. They're developing a Model Context Protocol server to make their APIs AI-friendly, handling payments, transaction history, and account information. The company is focusing on identity validation and adapting API design for AI compatibility. They're also exploring UI and security management in AI-driven shopping. This shift requires developers to improve API design for AI consumers. PayPal uses Postman's tools to test AI agent interactions with their APIs.
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