The market for agent infrastructure is fragmented. Model aggregators solve "which model do I call." Payment gateways solve "how do I get paid." Neither solves the actual problem an autonomous agent faces: discover a capability, use it, and settle for it — without a human in the loop.
Aperture merges the capability layer (LLMs, APIs, packaged skills) and the settlement layer (Circle Nanopayments, MPP, x402) into one entry point. One API key. Everything an agent needs to do real work.
Why now
Agents went from demos to production faster than anyone expected. The bottleneck moved from "can the model reason" to "can the agent transact." An agent that can plan a research task but can't pay for a search API is stuck. An API provider with great data but no way to meter machine traffic is invisible.
The agent economy doesn't need another aggregator. It needs rails.
What you get
- One integration — 1,000+ models, APIs, and skills behind a single key.
- Agent-native payments — HTTP 402–style settlement per call. No accounts, no invoices.
- Production runtime — Foundry hosts your agents with monitoring, guardrails, and billing built in.
Set APERTURE_API_KEY, hand your agent the docs, and make your first call in under 30 seconds.
Written by The Aperture Team
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