Natural has raised $30 million in Series A funding to accelerate the rollout of its AI-native payments platform, bringing the company’s total funding to $40 million since its launch.
The round was led by Forerunner, with participation from a group of angel investors. The new capital follows a $10 million Seed round that the startup secured shortly after publishing its vision for what it describes as “agentic payments.”
Founded in 2025 by Kahlil Lalji, Eric Wang, and Walt Leung, Natural is developing a payments infrastructure platform designed specifically for AI agents. Rather than building standalone payment products, the company aims to provide a complete technology stack that allows autonomous AI systems to initiate payments, manage wallets, monitor transactions, detect fraud, and handle compliance.
Natural’s platform currently includes 13 products covering different stages of the payment lifecycle. Six of those products are already available, including Connect, Wallets, Transfer, and Vaults. One of the platform’s security-focused features, Vaults, allows AI agents to deposit funds into accounts while preventing withdrawals.
The company has also introduced Pay and Request, enabling AI agents, businesses, and consumers to send or request payments through the platform.
Product development is expected to continue throughout the year. Natural plans to launch Voice, which will securely collect PCI-sensitive payment information during phone interactions, alongside Accept, a service designed to enable AI agents to function as merchants, and Cards, allowing agents to use debit and charge cards for transactions.
Looking further ahead, the company intends to introduce additional products covering billing, credit issuance, direct payment rail access, and API-based charging, further expanding the financial capabilities available to AI-driven applications.
As businesses increasingly explore autonomous AI systems, payment infrastructure is emerging as one of the key building blocks required to support agent-to-agent and agent-to-business commerce. Investors are betting that platforms capable of combining payments, compliance, identity, and financial controls into a single infrastructure layer will play a central role as AI agents become more deeply integrated into enterprise operations.
