The Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol

Brave has added support for instant, pay-as-you-go, agentic payments using the open x402 payment protocol to its Search API. The integration allows developers and autonomous AI agents to programmatically query the search index and settle requests in real time without traditional API key management or account creation. Brave operates its own facilitator accepting USDC on the Base blockchain, pricing requests at $0.005 per query. Open article →