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Skyfire

Payment and identity infrastructure that lets AI agents autonomously sign up, authenticate, and transact with services—bypassing human-oriented billing walls and login flows.

skyfire.xyz · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·SKYFIRE·26
StageSeedOctober 2024 · led by Coinbase Ventures[7][3][8]
Raised$9.5Mdisclosed rounds[7][2][3]
Headcount16as of Apr 2026[1]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Foundednot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Money

Raised $9.5M across disclosed rounds.[7][2][3]

Seed closed October 2024, led by Coinbase Ventures.[7][3][8]

Round size and post-money valuation are not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Coinbase Ventures, a16z CSX (Crypto Startup Accelerator), Neuberger Berman, Brevan Howard Digital, DRW, Polychain Capital, Intersection Growth Partners, Inception Capital, Arrington Capital, RedBeard Ventures, Sfermion, Circle, FBG, Gemini, Crossbeam Venture Partners, EveryRealm, Draper Associates, ARCA, Ripple, Balaji Srinivasan, Tobias Lütke (Shopify CEO).[2][7][3][8]

People

Amir Sarhangi, CEO & Co-founder[2][8][3]

Craig DeWitt, Co-founder[2][8][3]

Signals
Jun 26 2025launchSkyfire publicly launched identity and payments platform with 'dozens' of partner integrations across SaaS, data, developer tools, content, and MCP providers company claim, not independently confirmed[1]
Mar 6 2025launchSkyfire exited beta and launched v1.0 with programmatic wallets, enterprise offering, and payment rules; cited thousands of daily transactions during beta company claim, not independently confirmed[8]
Oct 24 2024fundingClosed additional seed tranche with Coinbase Ventures and a16z CSX, bringing stated total to $9.5M; integrated with Base L2 for agent payment rails[7]
Aug 21 2024fundingRaised $8.5M seed with backing from Neuberger Berman, Brevan Howard Digital, Circle, Gemini, Ripple, Draper Associates, and others[2]
Comps

Nevermined · nevermined.io · Agent-to-agent payment protocol positioning itself as 'PayPal for AI', enabling AI systems to transact with each other.

Payman AI · paymanai.com · Payments infrastructure letting AI agents hold and spend money on behalf of users via programmable wallets.

Stripe Agent Toolkit · stripe.com · Stripe's first-party SDK enabling AI agents to create payment links, manage billing, and process transactions through existing Stripe rails.

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[1]

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Skyfire

CALL NO.CS·SKYFIRE·26

Payment and identity infrastructure that lets AI agents autonomously sign up, authenticate, and transact with services—bypassing human-oriented billing walls and login flows.

skyfire.xyz · San Francisco

StageSeed
Raised$9.5M
Headcount16
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Foundednot publicly disclosed
CompsNevermined +2

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