Agents that can think are cool; agents that can pay are useful. @SentientAGI flipping payments on with @useTria means intents don’t die in the chat they settle across chains and even hit card rails. ❯ Receipts: Sentient’s X announcement names Tria as agent payments partner for the GRID BestPath handles settlements to any chain/endpoint. ❯ Under the hood: Tria’s “BestPath AVS Permissionless Chain Abstraction & Intent Marketplace” details cross-VM routing (EVM/SVM/Cosmos) and solver competition so agents get best execution, gasless when sponsored. ❯ More context: Tria’s Mirror post shows BestPath v2 built for agents, with the TriaAI framework treating agents as both requesters and pathfinders. ❯ Scale signal: recent coverage notes BestPath routing payments/trades for 250K+ users across 70+ ecosystems (Polygon, Arbitrum, Sentient, Injective) i.e., not a fresh pipe. --- My read: this closes the loop plan → act → settle without ripping users through bridges, wallets, and tabs. The risk lives in long-tail routes and issuer quirks, but a competitive AVS should hide most edge cases behind SLAs. Quick verify / builder steps: ❯ Kick off the Sentient X post → follow to Tria’s BestPath explainer; note cross-VM examples + gas sponsorship. ❯ Wire a ROMA agent to fire a small on-chain swap via BestPath, log the route + tx, then try a card payout. Post traces if you get stuck. If you’re building assistants that touch money, this is the difference between a demo and a desk.