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Personal Agent Protocol

Business
BusinessOctober 20, 2026, 18:21

Sierra and Stripe let AI agents take card payments within one call

Sierra has partnered with Stripe so that customers can talk to an AI agent, pay and receive a receipt on the same call, without being transferred or sent a payment link.…

For developers
For developersOctober 9, 2026, 21:56

Sierra publishes draft of Poppy, a protocol for personal agents

Sierra has published a draft of Personal Agent Protocol, known as Poppy, an open standard for how consumers' personal agents work with businesses. The company also named…

Models
ModelsOctober 8, 2026, 19:32

Sierra launches fleming-1 to detect when a phone caller is an AI agent

Sierra has launched fleming-1, a model that detects in real time when the caller on a phone call is another AI agent. According to the company, it is meant for calls…