Find XO: Cards and ACH Assume Humans, Agent Payment Rails Target Stripe's Weakness (techcrunch.com)

- Natural, which builds agent payment rails, raised $30 million in a Series A led by Forerunner, with a post-money valuation around $150 million. - Cards and ACH are designed assuming human approval, so autonomous agents have no way to pay on their own. - While approval can be solved with technology, liability and refunds are not defined in code. - The company that convinces who and how to protect in case of incidents will win this game.