Skyfire — Startup Profile

Financial infrastructure for autonomous AI commerce

HQ: United States | Founded: 2024 | Employees: Not publicly disclosed | Stage: Early-stage, venture-backed | Website: https://skyfire.xyz

About

Skyfire develops a payment network and identity layer that lets AI agents make and receive payments using traditional funding methods and digital assets.

The Take

Skyfire is addressing a missing primitive in AI-agent commerce: how software agents authenticate, receive budgets, and pay for services. Adoption depends on agent standards, merchant acceptance, fraud controls, and whether the market consolidates around one or several payment protocols.

Key Metrics

• Founded: 2024
• Founders: Amir Sarhangi; Craig DeWitt
• Latest signal: Skyfire launches an AI-agent payment network
• Funding rounds cited: 1

Funding Rounds

• Round: $8.5M (2024-08) — Not fully disclosed

Key People

• Amir Sarhangi
• Craig DeWitt

Key Competitors

• Incumbent platforms —
• Specialist startups —

Timeline Highlights

• 2024-08: Seed financing
• 2024: Founded

Recent News

• Skyfire launches an AI-agent payment network (2024-08-21)

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