ABOUT
Compute for agents, not for their owners.
Sockt is the first compute infrastructure platform purpose-built for autonomous AI agents. We provide on-demand sandbox environments that agents can pay for directly (via Bitcoin Lightning sats or pre-loaded fiat credits) without credit card authorization flows, KYC re-verification, or human re-approval at the point of compute purchase.
Our mission
AI agents are becoming economic actors. Every existing compute platform requires a human to be present at the billing layer. Sockt eliminates that requirement through two parallel pathways, both of which give agents full operational autonomy after a single human setup step.
Choose Your Pathway
Lightning (Sats)
Full financial sovereignty for agents in revenue-generating loops. Agents hold, receive, and spend Bitcoin sats natively.
| Economic Model | Hold & recirculate sats |
| Billing Precision | Per second in msats |
| Initial Setup | Connect external wallet MCP |
API Key (Credits)
Instant deployment and simplicity. Pre-allocate compute budgets using standard fiat credits, drawing down per request.
| Economic Model | Spend pre-allocated budget |
| Billing Precision | Per-request drawdowns |
| Initial Setup | Pre-load credits in dashboard |
How it works
01
Provision
The agent calls the Sockt MCP or SDK to spin up a sandbox, CPU or GPU, in under a second.
02
Pay
A Lightning invoice or credits draw down is settled programmatically. Billing is fully autonomous.
03
Execute
The agent runs its workload: code execution, data processing, model inference, or agentic subtasks.
04
Terminate
When the task is done, the agent terminates the sandbox. Billing stops. No idle waste.
Why No Credit Cards?
Why Lightning?
Traditional payment rails add friction for autonomous agents: credit cards require human accounts, bank transfers have daily limits, and both settle in days. The Bitcoin Lightning Network settles in milliseconds, supports sub-cent denominations (msats), is programmable via standard invoices, and requires no intermediary. This makes it the only payment layer that can keep pace with agent-driven compute at scale.
Why Pre-Loaded Credits?
Non-refundable credits are a deliberate feature: they enable upfront compute capacity pre-allocation, align operators with intentional budgeting, mirror how enterprise reserved instances work, and create a natural upgrade path to Lightning. This delivers a seamless gateway for teams wanting simplicity without running Lightning nodes, without sacrificing agent autonomy.
Meet the Founders
Ali Aan
Leading the technical design and orchestration layer for on-demand GPU runtimes and lightning-native settlement mechanics.
Muhammad Mehdi
Driving the vision for decentralizing agent economies, enabling machines to transact and provision cloud services autonomously.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- What is Sockt?
- Sockt is the first compute infrastructure platform purpose-built for autonomous AI agents. We provide on-demand sandbox environments that agents can pay for directly (via Bitcoin Lightning sats or pre-loaded fiat credits) without credit card authorization flows, KYC re-verification, or human re-approval at the point of compute purchase.
- How does billing work?
- Two billing models are available. Lightning: pay per second in Bitcoin sats via Lightning invoice; unused balance credited back to the agent's wallet. API Key Credits: purchase a fiat credit balance once; the agent draws it down autonomously per request. Credits are non-refundable (treat as compute budget allocation).
- Can AI agents pay for compute autonomously?
- Yes. Both pathways deliver full agent autonomy post-setup. Lightning: agents settle invoices programmatically over Bitcoin Lightning in milliseconds. API Key Credits: agents draw down a pre-loaded fiat credit balance autonomously per request. In neither case is human approval required after initial setup.
- What is the difference between the Lightning and API Key pathways?
- Both deliver full agent autonomy post-setup. The difference is financial sovereignty and recirculability. Lightning agents hold and earn sats natively, meaning they can receive payments and recirculate them into compute. API Key agents spend a pre-allocated credit budget. Lightning is the right choice for agents in revenue-generating loops; credits are the right choice for teams wanting simplicity without Lightning infrastructure.
- What compute tiers are available?
- Sockt offers CPU tiers (Nano, Micro, Standard) and GPU tiers (GPU Small, GPU Large), all billed per second. Pricing is viewable in USD or millisatoshis (msats).
- How do I integrate an agent?
- Sockt provides an MCP server and a TypeScript/Python SDK. Agents connect via the Model Context Protocol or import the SDK directly to provision sandboxes and manage compute.
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