Cloudflare has opened closed beta access to its Monetization Gateway, enabling websites to charge AI agents on a pay-per-use basis. The system utilizes the HTTP 402 payment required status code to facilitate billing per request, query, or token, with settlements processed in USDC on the Base blockchain. Current supported use cases within the beta include AI inference, web search, market signals, and PDF generation services. This infrastructure allows content providers and service operators to monetize automated AI traffic directly through stablecoin payments.