This essay was originally published on LinkedIn.

Read the full article on LinkedIn:
Decision Trace: The Insight Opportunity in Agentic Payments


Why I still like this piece:

  • It frames decision trace as “decision telemetry” (not just logs)
  • It connects agentic payments to an insight layer that businesses will actually pay for
  • It’s a good snapshot of what I was thinking as agentic systems started becoming real