Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith

Developer advocate at Stripe teaching AI agents how to safely transact on the web.

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Benjamin Smith builds developer engagement programs at Stripe. He focuses on the mechanics behind global cloud and fintech platforms, drawing from his past work at AWS and Broadcom.

Recently, his attention has turned to the emerging field of AI agent commerce. He teaches developers how to build secure, predictable payment flows for AI interfaces. His sessions break down the Agent Commerce Protocol, showing teams how to manage permission-based tokens and checkout flows without exposing sensitive user data.

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Your next customer won’t be human

Benjamin Smith · Stripe

World Congress North America · 2026

Teaching agents to pay: what devs need to know

Benjamin Smith · Stripe

World Congress Europe · 2026

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