--- title: WAVE: Video infrastructure for the agentic internet. description: WAVE is video infrastructure for the agentic internet: one API for live and on-demand video, agent-payable over x402 and MPP. canonical: https://wave.online/ last-updated: 2026-09-02 --- # WAVE: Video infrastructure for the agentic internet. > One API for live and on-demand video. People make it; agents pay for it. WAVE is an open protocol and one API for live and on-demand video. HTTP-402 payments, did:wave-* identity, and a public x402 + MPP facilitator are built in. Agents and people call the same endpoints: payment, identity, and metering are native to every request. - [Read the docs](https://docs.wave.online) - [Get an API key](https://dev.wave.online) ## How WAVE works 01 **Integrate once**. One API, one key. Ingest and deliver across every streaming transport from a single contract. People integrate through the SDK; agents integrate through the same OpenAPI surface. 02 **The gateway enforces**. Every call routes through one edge gateway: authentication, scope, entitlement, and metering. Agents settle for access over HTTP-402 (x402) with no human in the loop. 03 **Deliver at the edge**. Live and on-demand video streams from the edge, close to viewers. Attribution and audit records carry end to end. ## What WAVE gives you - **One API, every protocol**: Ingest and deliver across every streaming protocol from a single contract. You integrate once. WAVE handles the transports. - **Agent-native payments**: WAVE settles payment over HTTP: x402, WWW-Authenticate: Payment, Authorization: Payment, and Payment-Receipt. Server-side replay protection and OFAC screening run on every request. See agents.wave.online for the protocol surface. - **Gateway-enforced trust**: One edge gateway enforces authentication, scope, entitlement, and metering. 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. ## Who it's for - **For builders**: Ship video without standing up transport infrastructure. One key, one API, predictable edge delivery. - **For agents**: Agents get a machine-readable surface: OpenAPI, x402 payment negotiation, and skill descriptors. Autonomous systems transact for media directly. - **For the enterprise**: Enterprises get a documented compliance posture: EU AI Act, GDPR/CCPA, HIPAA under BAA, and a signed DPA. Every action is auditable by design. ## Compliance - EU AI Act Article 26 record-keeping - GDPR & CCPA aligned ยท DPA available - HIPAA-ready under a signed BAA - A2P 10DLC compliant messaging ## The agent surfaces - Discovery index: https://wave.online/llms.txt - OpenAPI (the gateway's authoritative spec): https://wave.online/openapi.json - Pricing (machine-readable): https://wave.online/pricing.md - Auth walkthrough: https://wave.online/auth.md - MCP server (66 tools): https://api.wave.online/mcp - Agent-payable terms: https://wave.online/.well-known/x402