One API for live and on-demand video — built for the people who make it and the agents that pay for it.
WAVE is an open protocol and one API for live and on-demand video — with HTTP-402 payments, did:wave-* identity, and a public x402 + MPP facilitator built in. Autonomous agents and people use the same surface; payment, identity, and metering are native.
One API, every protocol
Ingest and deliver across the streaming protocols from a single contract — you integrate once, WAVE handles the transports.
Agent-native payments
x402 over HTTP — WWW-Authenticate: Payment, Authorization: Payment, Payment-Receipt — with server-side replay protection and OFAC screening. See /agents for the protocol surface.
Gateway-enforced trust
Authentication, scope, entitlement, and metering are enforced at one edge gateway — every product and agent goes through the same enforcement plane.
Compliance built in
EU AI Act Article 26 record-keeping, GDPR/CCPA alignment, HIPAA-ready under BAA, and immutable audit records with multi-year retention.
How WAVE works
Integrate once
One API and one key. Ingest and deliver across streaming transports from a single contract — people through the SDK, agents through the same OpenAPI surface.
The gateway enforces
Every call routes through one edge gateway: authentication, scope, entitlement, and metering. Agents settle for access natively over HTTP-402 (x402) — no human in the loop.
Deliver at the edge
Live and on-demand video is served from the edge, close to viewers, with attribution and audit records carried end to end.
Build anything on the video layer
One API, every capability — called by you through the SDK or by an agent over x402.
Every capability is callable by you and payable by an agent over x402. See agent commerce
Who it's for
For builders
Ship video without standing up transport infrastructure. One key, one API, predictable edge delivery.
For agents
A machine-readable surface — OpenAPI, x402 payment negotiation, and skill descriptors — so autonomous systems can transact for media directly.
For the enterprise
A documented compliance posture (EU AI Act, GDPR/CCPA, HIPAA-via-BAA) and a signed DPA, with auditability by design.
Build on the open video layer.
Start with the docs, claim an API key, and ship. Agents and people, same rails.