# Moneylab Real AI Economy Index

> Moneylab Real AI Economy Index is a paid API for AI agents from money-lab.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-18).

Returns a time-series index of real AI economy metrics, including x402 payment volumes and Moneylab USDC earnings, updated daily

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://money-lab.app/api/agent/ai-economy?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-18
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/moneylab-real-ai-economy-index-e2f1d94e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_CExdEmL-ps23TJSK71Gu_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability moneylab-real-ai-economy-index-e2f1d94e
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest Real AI Economy Index from Moneylab — I want to see today's x402 7-day payment volume and the all-time USDC received figure.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a real-time, structured time-series view of AI economy activity — specifically x402 micropayment volumes and Moneylab's own USDC revenue — rather than general crypto market data or broad fintech statistics. It is the only known public index tracking x402 protocol adoption metrics alongside a live AI business's earnings, making it uniquely useful for researchers, journalists, or agents monitoring the emerging AI micropayment economy.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received (402) — caller must supply 0.05 USDC via x402 protocol before data is returned
- Empty or null history array if insufficient historical data has been collected
- Stale data if the daily update job has not yet run for the current date
- Malformed properties parameter may return default response or error
- Network timeout if the upstream data aggregation is slow

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the index name, the latest daily data point (including x402 7-day total USD volume, x402 gross USD, and Moneylab all-time USDC received), and a history array of prior daily snapshots with the same structure.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "index": "Real AI Economy Index",
  "latest": {
   "day": "2026-09-26",
   "data": {
    "x402": {
     "window7d": {
      "totalX402Usd": 192466.39,
      "totalGrossUsd": 11061808.11
     }
    },
    "moneylab": {
     "usdcReceivedAllTime": 0
    }
   }
  },
  "history": [
   {
    "day": "2026-09-26",
    "data": {}
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/moneylab-real-ai-economy-index-e2f1d94e/health.json
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