Everything we announced at Sessions 2026
Stripe announced 288 new products and features at Sessions 2026, expanding on their existing payment infrastructure. Key updates include the Agentic Commerce Suite, which enables selling through AI agents using the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), and the optimized Checkout Suite, which introduces Checkout studio and an embedded form. Other significant announcements include the Stripe Reader T600, a countertop device with custom app support, and upgrades to Radar, Stripe's anti-fraud solution, which now includes free trial abuse prevention, bot abuse prevention, and additional payment signals for early fraud warnings. In the optimization of payments infrastructure, Stripe announced the ability to use Managed Payments as a merchant of record solution, handling indirect tax compliance, fraud prevention, and customer support for digital businesses. The company also previewed a new checkout experience, Checkout studio, which uses AI to help configure and optimize checkouts. Additionally, the Payments Intelligence Suite was previewed, which provides A/B testing for Authorization Boost,