Bitcoin software company Breez says demand for its developer tools has surged since AI coding agents went mainstream, with inquiries about partnerships increasing by approximately 14 times, as developers—and increasingly the agents they deploy—are integrating Bitcoin payments into their applications.
The company attributed this growth directly to Anthropic’s Claude Code in a blog post. Claude Code was launched in February 2025 as a research preview and became fully available to all users three months later.
Breez states that, prior to 2025, most potential partners primarily fall into three categories: dedicated Bitcoin enthusiasts, crypto developers, and fintech companies that view Bitcoin as an asset class.
Since the launch of Claude Code, the company says it has connected with many developers who have little to no experience with Bitcoin. Inquiries have come from teams behind a fitness app, a messaging app that wants users to send payments to each other, an eSIM service for travelers, and a mushroom identification app.
Breez says many developers choose Bitcoin because it’s faster. Setting up traditional payment integrations, including bank accounts and cross-border transfers, can take weeks or months, but the company says its SDK can be up and running in minutes.
Breez says that an increasing portion of inquiries today come from software rather than humans. The company reports that it frequently receives requests sent by coding agents instead of their deploying companies.
The company believes that agents prefer Bitcoin because it is permissionless. Agents can build applications and set up payments for users worldwide without needing to open a bank account, undergo onboarding reviews, or sign forms.
“Bitcoin doesn’t care whether its current owners and users are composed of DNA base pairs or weights in a neural network,” Breez wrote.
This low-barrier feature has long been under scrutiny by financial regulators, as traditional payment providers are required to verify customer identities.
Breez stated that its latest SDK implementation is built on the Bitcoin scaling protocol Spark and has handled increased traffic smoothly without any issues.
The company described this shift as an update to Marc Andreessen’s 2011 article, “Software is eating the world,” stating that now it is AI that is eating software. Breez also compared Bitcoin’s role to background infrastructure such as power outlets and undersea cables.