Skyfire
Category: AI Agents
Agent trust stack (KYA identity + agentic wallet/checkout) enabling AI agents to access sites, authenticate, and pay autonomously via open KYAPay protocol and tokenized cards/USDC. Skyfire was founded in 2022. The company is led by Amir Sarhangi. Based in San Francisco, CA. Team size: 11-50 employees. Total funding raised: $9.5 million. Latest round: Seed, $1.0M, 2024-10, led by Coinbase Ventures. Key investors include Neuberger Berman, Coinbase Ventures, a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, Brevan Howard Digital, Intersection Growth Partners, Arrington Capital, DRW, RedBeard Ventures, Sfermion, Circle, FBG, Crossbeam Venture Partners.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Team size
- 11-50 employees
- Total funding
- $9.5 million
Value proposition
Eliminates manual steps in online purchasing and payment processes by allowing AI agents to act as secure, verified intermediaries for end-to-end automation of B2B transactions globally.
Products and solutions
Agent Trust Stack: Know Your Agent (KYA) identity tokens, Agent Checkout on open KYAPay protocol, Agentic Wallet (tokenized cards Visa/MC/Discover + USDC stablecoins), Buy for Me agentic purchase experience, APIs for programmatic identity verification and payments
Unique value
Platform enabling fully autonomous, end-to-end transaction execution by AI agents, from shopping to payment, without human intervention. Provides a verifiable identity for AI agents (AgentID).
Target customer
B2B enterprises, AI developers, and data/service providers seeking to automate procurement, payments, or hiring via AI agents.
Industries served
Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Online Labor Marketplaces, Financial Services, Data Platforms
Technology advantage
Open KYA/KYAPay protocol with JWT identity tokens recognized by major bot managers (F5, Fastly, DataDome, Akamai, HUMAN, Imperva) covering majority of commercial web; agentic wallet with tokenized cards (Visa/MC/Discover) plus USDC; no merchant re-platforming required.
How they differentiate
Unlike general workflow automation tools, Skyfire focuses specifically on enabling full transactional autonomy, including payments, allowing AI agents to complete the entire purchasing cycle without human intervention. It provides a universal, open protocol for any AI agent to use.
Main competitors
Natural, Payman, Stripe
Key partnerships
F5, Fastly, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, DataDome, Apify, Forter, HUMAN Security, Rye, Fetch.ai, Akamai
Notable customers
Denso (auto parts manufacturer), Payman (gig work platform), Apify, DataDome, Forter, Linkup
Major milestones
Announced $8.5M seed round in August 2024, Secured additional funding from Coinbase Ventures and a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, total $9.5M in October 2024, Launched payment network beta with Denso and Payman, Jun 2025: Launched open KYAPay protocol and Agent Checkout, Dec 2025: Demonstrated secure agentic commerce with Visa Intelligent Commerce, Mar 2026: Partnership with F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense for KYA at enterprise edge, Jun 2026: Partnership with Fastly for verified agent identity at the edge
Growth metrics
Successfully beta tested with large enterprises like Denso and Payman prior to its public launch. The network is processing thousands of instant, global transactions daily.
Market positioning
Positioned as a foundational B2B payments and procurement infrastructure layer for the emerging AI agent economy.
Geographic focus
Global
Patents and IP
N/A
About Amir Sarhangi
Amir Sarhangi is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with extensive experience in the technology and blockchain sectors. He is the co-founder and CEO of Skyfire, a payment network for the AI agent economy. Prior to Skyfire, he founded and led Supermojo and Jibe, the latter of which was acquired by Google and became a standard for Android's messaging protocol. He also held a leadership position at Ripple as VP of Product.
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Official website: https://skyfire.xyz