Tag: blockchain

Kite, a company specializing in the foundational trust infrastructure for the agentic web, has successfully raised $18 million in Series A funding. This latest round, co-led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst, brings Kite's total cumulative funding to $33 million. The investment will fuel the development of solutions enabling autonomous AI agents to authenticate, transact, and operate independently in real-world environments.

Google and Coinbase have partnered to integrate stablecoin payments into a new open-source protocol for AI-driven transactions, marking a significant step in blending blockchain innovation with real-world financial applications. This collaboration aims to enable AI agents to conduct secure, compliant, and user-intent-driven financial transactions.

Circuit & Chisel, founded by former Stripe executives, has secured $19.2 million in seed funding to launch ATXP, a groundbreaking web-wide protocol designed to enable autonomous AI agents to conduct commerce and payments seamlessly across the internet. The protocol aims to establish a foundational layer for agentic transactions, akin to HTTP for web browsing, facilitating secure, efficient, and low-cost micropayments.