# Modexia > The financial firewall and settlement layer for autonomous AI agents. Building the machine-to-machine (M2M) economy on Base. ## Recent Posts - [The Architecture of Intents: How AI Will Safely Navigate the New Economy](https://paragraph.com/@modexia/the-architecture-of-intents-how-ai-will-safely-navigate-the-new-economy): Why declarative payments are the only way to scale machine-to-machine commerce, and why Modexia is shifting entirely to 'Intent-to-Pay'. - [The Financial Nervous System for AI: Why Autonomous Agents Need Ephemeral Vaults](https://paragraph.com/@modexia/the-financial-nervous-system-for-ai-why-autonomous-agents-need-ephemeral-vaults): Static API keys and human-managed crypto wallets are a Web2 patch for a Web3 reality. Enter Modexia: The settlement layer for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) commerce. - [ KYA (Know Your Agent): The Missing Identity Layer for Autonomous Commerce](https://paragraph.com/@modexia/kya-know-your-agent-the-missing-identity-layer-for-autonomous-commerce-1): Why giving AI a bank account is useless without a Cryptographic Passport. - [The Missing Primitive for the Agentic Economy: Why We Built Modexia on Base](https://paragraph.com/@modexia/the-missing-primitive-for-the-agentic-economy-why-we-built-modexia-on-base): Giving autonomous AI swarms secure, policy-guarded USDC treasuries onchain. ## Blog Information - [Homepage](https://paragraph.com/@modexia/): Main blog page - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@modexia): Subscribe to updates ## Optional - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@modexia/): Complete post archive - [Sitemap](https://paragraph.com/@modexia/sitemap-index.xml): XML sitemap for crawlers