Tether leads $15M funding for Mural to power AI agent payments

Tether has led a $15 million Series A funding round for New York-based Mural, supporting the financial technology company’s development of payment infrastructure for businesses and artificial intelligence agents. Summary Tether led Mural’s $15 million Series A, bringing the New York startup’s total funding to $28 million. North Island Ventures and existing investors participated, with proceeds allocated to payment infrastructure and international expansion. Mural has processed $2.1 billion in payments across 128 countries since launching its API in 2025. The platform connects traditional banking, stablecoins and compliance tools to support payments authorized for AI agents. Tether recently backed AIsa and Tenstorrent as part of its investments in AI technology. According to Mural’s October 20 announcement, North Island Ventures and existing investors participated in the financing, bringing its total capital raised to $28 million. Tether backs Mural as total funding reaches $28 million Mural plans to use the investment to expand internationally and develop the banking, payment and compliance services needed for software agents to conduct financial transactions. Founded in 2022 by fo...