AI Could Break Payment Systems | Will Beaumont CPO Algorand

What happens when millions of AI agents start transacting 24/7?

As AI moves beyond chatbots and begins making decisions, buying data, accessing compute and executing transactions autonomously, the infrastructure behind the digital economy may need to change with it.

In this episode of the AllInCrypto Podcast, we sit down with Will Beaumont, Chief Product Officer at the Algorand Foundation, to explore the convergence of AI, blockchain and the future of finance.

Will explains why today's payment infrastructure was built for humans rather than machines — and why an economy of always-on AI agents could demand faster settlement, dramatically lower transaction costs and entirely new models for identity, trust and reputation.

We explore how Algorand is positioning itself for this emerging machine economy, from low-cost high-frequency transactions and instant finality to AC2, its proposed framework for keeping humans in control when AI agents need to perform sensitive actions.

We also go deep into the rapidly growing world of real-world asset tokenization, institutional adoption, emerging markets, cross-border finance, the role of the ALGO token and Algorand's roadmap toward post-quantum resilience.