San Francisco startup Sapiom, founded by former Shopify engineering director Ilan Zerbib, is developing a financial infrastructure layer designed to enable AI agents to securely purchase software, APIs, data, and compute services. The company has raised a $15 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Okta Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Array Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, and Coinbase Ventures.
The platform aims to simplify how AI applications connect to external services requiring authentication and payments, supporting emerging “vibe coding” tools that allow nontechnical users to build software using natural-language prompts. Amit Kumar, partner at Accel, indicated the infrastructure could address a critical gap in enterprise AI adoption by enabling autonomous agents to manage service access and micro-payments across software ecosystems.
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