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Visa Invests in Replit to Build AI Agent Payment Infrastructure

Visa has made an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit, as the two companies explore integrating Visa’s payment products directly into Replit’s development environment — enabling both human developers and the AI agents they build to accept and process payments without leaving the platform.

The partnership centres on Visa Intelligent Commerce and Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol, a system that allows AI agents to securely verify their identity and intent during transactions. More than 1,000 Visa employees are already using Replit internally for prototyping.

Replit CEO and founder Amjad Masad said growing enterprise traction made Visa a natural partner in building secure, accessible coding infrastructure. The deal arrives as Replit’s valuation has tripled to $9 billion since September, driven by surging demand for AI-assisted development platforms alongside rivals Cursor and Lovable. The company is also launching self-serve enterprise access for contracts up to $200,000.

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