Mastercard has teamed up with Lobstercash and Crossmint to facilitate AI agent payments via existing credit and debit cards, integrating into current financial systems with no new wallets needed. This partnership allows AI to automate transactions, enhancing efficiency and security.

OpenAI's upgraded Codex evolves from a coding assistant to an autonomous agent for desktop environments, capable of managing applications, automating workflows, and integrating with over 100 apps. This shift enhances task continuity and workflow automation, reflecting a competitive landscape in AI coding tools.

Gate News message, April 17, according to Gate market data. As of the time of writing, PIPPIN (pippin) is trading at $0.0362. It is up 39.78% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.0436 and a low of $0.02575. The 24-hour trading volume is $12.4612 million, i.e., $12,461,200. Its current market cap is approximately $36.1977 million. Pippin is an SVG unicorn drawn using the latest LLM benchmarks on ChatGPT 4o. Pippin was created by Yohei Nakajima, a widely recognized innovator and thought leader in the AI VC space. He is known for his public build approach and has been at the forefront of the "AI for VC" movement, launching more than 100+ AI-driven prototypes, automated agents, and open-source projects. Its most well-known release is BabyAGI (March 2023), the first popular open-source autonomous agent with task-planning capabilities. It went viral on Twitter, accumulating millions of impressions, and generated tens of thousands of GitHub stars, dozens of Arxiv citations, and coverage by major global online publications. This news is not investment advice. Please be aware of market volatility risks when investing.

Bytedance denied reports of researcher Guo Daya joining its Seed team with a 100 million yuan salary. Guo confirmed his role as an Agent lead, but salary details are undisclosed, while compensation structures for the team are uniform.

Sahara AI has launched Sorin, an investment agent for trading across various assets like cryptocurrencies and stocks. It offers autonomous trading, quantitative strategy automation, and personalized risk management to all users, following testing with 20,000 participants.

Claw Wallet has partnered with GoPlus to enhance AI Agent security and ecosystem incentives. The collaboration includes integrating GoPlus's SafuSkill Launchpad and introducing AgentGuard for real-time security monitoring, aiming to improve wallet security and rewards.

Gate News message, according to Gate official announcements. Gate Yu Ebao is now live with AIA fixed-income wealth management products, offering three lock-up periods: 7 days, 14 days, and 30 days. The annualized return rate can be as high as 25%, and the minimum initial investment is 10 AIA. DeAgentAI is an AI agent infrastructure that covers the Sui, BSC, and BTC ecosystems, providing trustless autonomous decision-making capabilities for AI agents on-chain. Interest will be paid out in the form of AIA to participating users.

Gate News message: According to Gate’s official announcement, the subscription page for Gate Pre-IPOs Phase 1 project SpaceX (SPCX) has been officially launched. This round of subscription supports participation in two currencies: USDT and GUSD. The subscription period is from 2026年4月20日18:00 to 2026年4月22日18:00 (UTC+8). After the subscription is completed, asset certificates will be distributed in a 100% unlocked format. The distribution time has been moved up to 2026年4月22日22:00 (UTC+8). Once assets enter the pre-trading stage on Gate, pre-market trading will begin at 2026年4月24日18:00 (UTC+8). Eligible VIP users and super agent partners can receive additional free Airdrop rewards, distributed in sync with the subscription distribution. SPCX is an imaged security based on SpaceX, used to map its value performance before and after its listing. Users can use the Pre-IPOs mechanism to obtain value exposure in advance before the target company enters the public market.

0G Labs launched the 0G App, a no-code platform enabling users to create AI applications through natural language. It combines decentralized computing and AI capabilities, addressing centralization issues while enhancing privacy. This launch aims to boost AI Agent adoption and integrates with 0G's broader AI economy.

GitLab announced a partnership with Google Cloud, boosting its stock by nearly 7%. The collaboration integrates GitLab's Duo Agent with Google Cloud's Vertex AI, enhancing enterprise developer workflows. A new commercial model allows cloud customers to use existing commitments for GitLab services.