# Aaron Frank

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Real Alpha has cut one moment of Aaron Frank (Partner, Lightspeed) talking, from an interview on TBPN published Jan 27, 2026.

- Role: Partner, Lightspeed

## What Aaron Frank said

- [Agent payments need better economics and a clear use case](https://realalpha.app/s/agent-payments-need-better-economics-and-a-clear-use-case/)
  TBPN · Jan 27, 2026 · 8 min
  > “Agentic payments have to actually be more efficient for the system to be adopted. Otherwise, we're just going back to card.” — Aaron Frank · [3:39:48](https://realalpha.app/v/c4kLgSWUfC8/?t=13188)

## The episode

- [🦞 Moltbot / Clawdbot Creator Peter Steinberger, Palmer Luckey, and more](https://realalpha.app/v/c4kLgSWUfC8/) · TBPN · Jan 27, 2026