Natural Raises $30M for AI-Agent Payments, Challenging Stripe

Natural has raised $30M in a Series A round, bringing total funding to $40M.

The startup is building an orchestration layer for AI agents so they can not only find suppliers and negotiate, but also pay, receive funds, and execute transactions with people and other agents.

Natural is natively supporting both stablecoins and traditional bank payments, while openly positioning itself against Stripe and other major players.

Why it matters: if agents start paying at machine speed, the payments market could expand dramatically.

Do you think today’s payments infrastructure is ready for the AI-agent economy?

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