AI with wallets? What’s next, pets?

Skeptical of “AI meets crypto”? So were we. But agents need wallets — and real autonomy requires payments. In this post, Grindery’s CEO lays out why most projects miss the point, what we’re building instead, and how we’ll prove it one feature, demo, and transaction at a time.
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Tim Delhaes
So we updated our website. Changed our profile pictures. Posted a few docs. Declared a new direction: agentic AI, powered by crypto. 🌀
And the response?
Fair enough :)
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A few years ago, I would’ve rolled my eyes too. Back when I was still running InboundLabs, crypto seemed like a bad joke with good branding. Later, as a marketing agency, we actually had a client pitching “Crypto meets AI.” I thought it was pure BS.
And I still think most of it is.
But somewhere underneath the mess, there’s a crack of light. Not because of hype. But because something practical is missing — and we think we can build it.
Here is the thing: Multi-agent systems are the next logical step in AI. Think less ChatGPT, more teams of autonomous bots that can coordinate, delegate, and transact without hand-holding. But the moment you try to make that useful, you run into a problem: money.
Agents need to pay each other. Developers need to monetize. Users don’t want to deal with a half-dozen subscriptions just to get one assistant to work. Traditional payment systems? Completely incompatible.
  • They require human approval.
  • They can’t do microtransactions.
  • They don’t play well globally.
  • They weren’t made for autonomous systems.
That’s the gap we’re going after.

No big promises, just the plan

We will give agents wallets. And give assistants limited, secure access to those wallets. So they can pay, get paid, and unlock real autonomy.
Imagine: I message my travel assistant on Telegram. It books flights, reserves a hotel, finds surf rentals, and schedules a lesson — coordinating five different bots behind the scenes. All of them get paid automatically, in crypto, without me clicking “Confirm” five times. No open tabs. No forgotten passwords. No payment loops.
That’s the system. One wallet. One currency. Seamless AI coordination.
And yes, we’ll start small. Here’s what we’re doing:
  1. Telegram-first: Because we already have users there.
  1. Demo after demo: Build it. Show it. Repeat.
  1. No-code tooling: So more devs can join in fast.
  1. Token-based payments: Users fund their wallet. Agents charge what they want. Assistants handle the rest.
  1. Open ecosystem: Anyone can build and plug in.
Call it the Minimum Viable Economy — a micro-version of the agent economy we think will emerge.

What’s next?

We keep building. One step at a time. No pitch decks. No grandstanding. Just features. Just progress. We will show your every day how we are progressing towards the MVE.
I want to encourage you to to read through the vision and roadmap we were able to bring together over the last few weeks.
Starting tomorrow you will see the first real world demos 😃 🚀
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