Optimizes AI API calls for cost and speed, settling payments with gasless USDC.
Product memo
P402 routes AI API calls across over 300 models, optimizing for cost, speed, and quality. It targets AI developers and autonomous agents, providing an economic layer for agentic workflows. Its core wedge is gasless USDC settlement on Base, enabling efficient micropayments and verifiable on-chain transactions critical for AI-to-AI commerce.
For who
AI developers and autonomous agents
Solves what
Optimizing AI API calls for cost, speed, and quality with gasless USDC settlement.
- Smart routing across 300+ AI models
- Gasless USDC settlement on Base
- OpenAI-compatible endpoint
In their own words
Pay lessfor AI.Smart routing.
We route each request to the cheapest model that meets your quality bar, optimizing continuously across 300+ models. Payments settle gaslessly on Base. Every request traced, evaluated, and attributed.
Commercial cues
Model
hybrid
Free tier
Yes
Trial
Available
Pricing Strategy
- • A free tier offers 5 integration audits monthly to attract new AI.
- • Tiered pricing aligns costs with usage, reducing friction for high-volume users.
Operator context
Operating setup
Founded
Jan 2026
Platform
API
Audience
Developers
Social footprint
Builder Strategy
- Strategy Type
- Niche Specialist
- Stage
- Vc Growth
- Effort
- Small Team
About P402 Expand
P402 provides an economic layer for autonomous AI agents, optimizing API calls across more than 300 models. It helps AI developers manage costs, improve speed, and ensure quality for their AI applications.
The platform's unique positioning centers on gasless USDC settlement on Base, which enables efficient micropayments and verifiable on-chain transactions. This approach addresses a critical need for agentic workflows, providing a specialized product for the nascent market of AI agent economics.