Skyfire issued a statement today indicating it has exited Beta after reporting the rapid adoption of its services.
Skyfire is a payment network for artificial intelligence. The company states that it enables autonomous transactions, enabling AI agents, LLMs and enterprises to transact securely
Amir Sarhangi, CEO and co-founder of Skyfire, believes that LLMs and AI agents have a major roadblock that his company solves. This is access to paywalls or paid services that you can now give AI agents the ability to pay.
“AI agents are the new consumers of the internet and the key to the AI economy. Traditional payment rails were not built for that economy and struggle with the scale and speed required for AI. Skyfire bridges this gap, providing AI-driven businesses with a financial infrastructure that is global, programmable, and built for scale.”
Skyfire explains that around 80% of high quality data sits behind firewalls and APIs. Skyfire offers a monetization solution to make this data accessible for all types of Agentic buyers.
The company offers a “Skyfire Playground,” which is a real-time testing environment where developers can simulate transactions.
“AI has payment and identity requirements that are different from anything we’ve seen before. Skyfire’s infrastructure isn’t an upgrade, it’s an entirely new approach to how Ai agents will access and pay for services,” says Craig DeWitt, co-founder.
Skyfire’s Beta period was said to experience tremendous growth and traction, adding Pricing Culture, Bazaars, and Linkup among others, to the Skyfire Payment Network, and enabling thousands of instant, global transactions daily.
Skyfire’s backers include a16z CSX, Coinbase Ventures, Neuberger Berman, Brevan Howard Digital, and others.
