INTRODUCING | Coinbase Launches 2 AI Agents Showing Up in Slack and Email at Work

Coinbase has introduced two artificial intelligence agents designed to help workers automate tasks and interact with crypto systems on Slack and email as the company deepens its push into the emerging ‘agent economy.’

The tools allow AI agents to carry out functions such as

• executing transactions,
• managing funds and
• interacting with blockchain-based applications.

The move is part of Coinbase’s broader strategy to build infrastructure enabling autonomous software systems to operate financially on-chain.

“To start we’re shipping two which are modeled after legendary former Coinbase employees, Fred and Baaji,”  said Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong.

The agents are integrated with Coinbase’s developer platform and can be deployed with pre-set commands, enabling activities such as trading, sending payments and earning yield with limited human intervention. Developers can also set spending limits and controls to manage risks associated with autonomous operations.

The initiative aligns with a wider industry trend in which crypto firms are investing in tools that allow AI systems to transact independently. Executives, including Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, have argued that blockchain networks – with their always-on, programmable payment capabilities – are well suited for machine-to-machine commerce.

AI agents are already beginning to conduct transactions such as paying for data, compute power and online services, though the sector remains at an early stage of development.

Coinbase is positioning its layer-2 network, Base, as a key platform for this activity aiming to support a future where autonomous agents play a larger role in digital markets and payments.

According to Brian, CEO of Coinbase:

“Soon, it will be easy for any employee to spin up a new agent for themselves or their team. I suspect we will have more agents than human employees at some point soon.”

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