April 16, 2026

How Payments Foundations Models are Fuelling Agentic Commerce Ft. Nvidia

41 minutes

On Ep. 5 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Pahal Patangia, Head of Global Industry Business Development and Payments @ NVIDIA to discuss open source models for financial services adoption, agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

5:03 Payments foundation models using transformer architecture

10:44 Open source models for financial services adoption

17:53 Cost and latency tradeoffs for AI inference

20:24 Token economics and efficiency in AI systems

23:21 Agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce

25:45 Consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce

30:17 Open source runtime OpenShell for agent security

33:33 Stablecoin advantages for agent to agent microtransactions

35:36 Real traction in search over payments for agents

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is also presented by Mesh

As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh connects over 300 wallets, exchanges and payments platforms, and enables anyone to pay and get paid instantly, anywhere, in any asset. Mesh makes digital transactions seamless, secure and universal, fuelling the next era of agentic commerce. Learn more at meshpay.com

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Music by Henry McLean

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