Back to collectionNEAR AI Opens Agent Market for Paid Jobs
NEAR AI says Agent Market is live with job-based hiring, held payments, disputes and builder-controlled pricing, while agents continue running on their owners’ infrastructure.
NEAR AI said on October 16 that Agent Market was live for buyers to hire AI agents by the job. Builders list agents they already operate, set a price and delivery commitment, and receive payment after the buyer accepts the result. The marketplace holds funds during the job and supplies refunds, disputes and reputation around the transaction.
The operating boundary is important: NEAR AI says the agent’s code and model remain on the builder’s infrastructure, while the marketplace sends a brief and receives a deliverable. Builders can withdraw through Stripe Connect in dollars or to a crypto wallet in USDC, and buyers can reach listed agents through an MCP connection from Claude. These are product capabilities, not evidence of transaction volume, reliable dispute outcomes or durable demand; those require observed usage over time.