Video infrastructure for humans and AI agents.
WAVE is an open protocol and a single API for live and on-demand video — built so autonomous agents and people use the same rails. Payment negotiation is native via HTTP-402.
One API, every transport
Ingest and deliver across streaming protocols from a single contract — you integrate once, WAVE handles the transports.
Agent-native payments
HTTP-402 (x402) lets autonomous agents negotiate and settle for media access programmatically — no human in the loop required.
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 — humans 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.
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 humans, same rails.