TL;DR
- Tether led a $15 million funding round for Mural, a company specializing in AI-powered payment infrastructure.
- The investment brought Mural’s total funding to $28 million, with participation from North Island Ventures and other investors.
- Mural develops tools that allow businesses and AI agents to manage payments, verify identities, and meet regulatory requirements across banking and blockchain systems.
Tether led a $15 million Series A funding round for Mural, a US startup developing financial infrastructure to manage payments through artificial intelligence agents.
The round included participation from North Island Ventures and other existing investors. With the new funding, Mural has raised a total of $28 million.
The New York-based company was founded by former Palantir engineers and provides tools that connect traditional banking systems with blockchain networks.
Its technology enables financial platforms to manage accounts, execute transfers, verify identities, and meet regulatory requirements.
Tether Backs AI-Powered Automated Payments
Mural develops infrastructure for agentic finance, a model in which artificial intelligence systems can initiate and execute financial transactions on behalf of individuals or businesses.
Its platform allows companies to set transaction limits, restrict recipients, and require additional approvals for larger payments.
These features are designed to help businesses maintain control over transactions carried out by autonomous agents and determine which payments are authorized.
Mural’s customers include Deel, a platform specializing in payroll and international hiring, and Opera, the web browser developer.
Mural Connects AI Agents to Banking Infrastructure
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, explained that artificial intelligence agents will need access to banks, payment networks, and compliance systems to conduct financial transactions.
The executive emphasized the importance of connecting automated payments to the infrastructure currently used by financial institutions.
Through Mural, Tether is supporting the development of programmable payment systems that allow AI agents to execute transactions under conditions established in advance by their users
