RelAI Goes Live on SKALE on Base: Adding more Firepower to the API Micropayment Movement

Machine-to-Machine Commerce Gets a Boost with RelAI’s Gas-Free Launch on SKALE on Base

In today’s hyper-connected digital world, APIs are the lifeblood of modern applications. They’re the unseen force behind AI agents, mobile apps, automated workflows, and the everyday digital conveniences we take for granted. But as the demand for API access explodes, one outdated assumption still reigns supreme: that monetizing APIs must be clunky, expensive, and reliant on bloated subscription models or third-party payment processors. It’s a model that’s broken, especially in a world increasingly driven by automation and machine-to-machine interaction.

Enter RelAI, a project rewriting the rules of API monetization with a vision rooted in simplicity, fairness, and precision. And now, RelAI is officially live on the SKALE on Base chain, bringing its revolutionary x402-powered payments infrastructure to life on a gas-free, high-performance blockchain built for scale while using their native facilitator launched on SKALE.

RelAI is building the future of programmatic payments for APIs, turning every API call into a billable, metered interaction. Designed for developers, AI builders, and infrastructure teams, RelAI enables API providers to monetize access through pay-per-call micropayments, eliminating the need for KYC-heavy payment platforms like Stripe or PayPal. No subscriptions. No invoices. No payment walls. Just pure, usage-native monetization that aligns with how services are actually consumed.

What makes it even more powerful is how easy it is to integrate. RelAI acts as a reverse proxy, layering x402 payments on top of any API without code changes or infrastructure refactors. Providers continue serving their endpoints as usual while RelAI takes care of payment verification, settlement, and tracking. A built-in dashboard delivers real-time metrics on revenue and usage, and white-label support ensures flexibility for brands and platforms.

This infrastructure is critical for a future of autonomous agents, AI services, and automated digital economies. In this world, every bot, script, and AI agent needs a seamless way to pay for services in real-time. RelAI delivers exactly that, and it does so with zero gas fees on SKALE.

By choosing to launch on SKALE on Base, RelAI not only gains access to privacy features enabled by the BITE Protocol, but also unlocks the scalability and cost-efficiency that API micropayments demand. Traditional L1 and L2 fee structures make per-request monetization impractical. Even small gas fees add up when API calls occur thousands of times per minute. SKALE solves this with:

• Zero gas fees for users
• Instant transaction finality
• High throughput for high-frequency requests
• App-specific execution environments tailored for performance

These features enable RelAI to support a growing ecosystem of API providers already leveraging the platform, ensuring every call is seamless, fast, and economically viable.

“RelAI is built to unlock machine-to-machine commerce through seamless API micropayments. SKALE’s zero-gas, high-performance architecture allows us to scale pay-per-call usage without sacrificing speed or usability, which is essential for AI-driven and automated applications. On top of that, having built our own x402 facilitator on the SKALE network gives us a great flexibility and agility.”
— RelAI Team

With the launch of RelAI’s, SKALE on Base continues to prove itself as the de facto home for scalable, real-world Web3 infrastructure. This partnership is a signal of what’s coming: a future where APIs not only connect apps and data but also power economic exchange between intelligent systems.

To learn more about RelAI and start exploring its capabilities, visit relai.fi, follow @relayaisolana, or join the conversation on Telegram.