An AI agent that can use a product may still be unable to buy it.

Software must be able to find the service, authenticate and transact within the right limits.

That changes how products need to be designed. Product teams need to rethink access, pricing and oversight, while investors assess where value and control may sit across the agent-commerce stack.

In a recent EUVC Podcast episode, Viggo Stenseth, Co-Founder and CEO of SolvaPay, joined Redstone General Partners Samuli Sirén and Mickaël Bellaïche to discuss the infrastructure needed when AI agents become customers.

Viggo expected autonomous agent-to-agent transactions to remain months away until prospective customers began requesting them. One already wanted agents to purchase specialised datasets, dashboards and analytics tools through its existing revenue-share model.

The discussion raises three practical questions: Can an agent find and use the service? Does its pricing reflect machine usage? Can it transact with clear identity, authorisation and appropriate oversight?

The episode explores SolvaPay’s approach, while the selected reads extend the discussion into browser access, agent adoption and where defensibility may develop across identity, authorisation and payments.

We have also included a few other updates worth checking out this week.

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Test what happens before and after the API call. Can an agent reach and operate the product? Will people trust it to act independently? Can the pricing and payment model support autonomous usage? These resources cover machine access, adoption and transaction design.

For investors, the key question is where the moat will sit: agent identity, authorisation, orchestration or settlement. These resources help assess which providers can own the agent relationship, earn enterprise trust and build advantages that payment incumbents cannot quickly replicate.

On October 15, EUVC Co-Founder Andreas Munk Holm will reveal the Claude setup taking him 60% towards a self-running business:

Al Simpson of Goodfit will add the sales-team perspective, followed by 45 minutes of questions. Limited to 20 participants and a replay for registrants only.

Atomico’s 2026 State of European Tech survey is open.

Share your experience to inform the evidence used by European tech leaders, policymakers and media. Responses are anonymous, take 5–15 minutes and include the option to enter a draw for one of four Slush tickets.

Luxembourg Venture Days brings startups, scaleups and investors together around the next stage of growth.

Join Oliver Schmäschke of T.Capital on October 8 to examine when a balance-sheet CVC should move to a GP/LP structure, where that model creates friction and what treasury teams need before approving it.

Complir has raised an $11 million seed round as it builds AI agents for risk assessments, labelling, testing requirements and documentation.

Co-Founder and CEO Gustav Bang explains what YC taught the team about speed and pricing and why Complir believes global product compliance needs a single system of record.

Government and sovereign funding have supported the asset class while pension fund participation remains limited.

Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen, and Priyanka Savjani of SuperSeed examine what that means for European venture, alongside the AI safety debate, infrastructure spending and physical AI.

Backing James Dacombe first at CoMind and later at OLIX changed how Crane Venture Partners assesses founders and fund-returning potential.

Co-Founder and Partner Krishna Visvanathan explains why humility, self-awareness and the ability to attract exceptional specialists can matter more than resemblance to past winners.

High energy costs, slow grid connections and external dependencies could constrain Europe’s technological growth.

Norrsken Evolve General Partner Alex Bakir explains why electricity now sits at the centre of competitiveness and sovereignty and what Europe must change to build a cheaper, cleaner and more resilient system.