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Payments

Jul 21, 2026

Natural Raises $30M to Build AI-Agent Payment Infra

One-year-old startup Natural has closed a $30M funding round with a bold thesis: the payment infrastructure powering human transactions isn't built for autonomous AI agents. The company is going head-to-head with Stripe on a new frontier of financial architecture designed for machine-initiated commerce.

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Payments

Jul 16, 2026

Stripe, Advent International Bid $53.4B for PayPal

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint acquisition bid for PayPal valued at approximately $53.4 billion. The offer is said to be backed by around $50 billion in committed bank financing. If completed, the deal would reshape the payments landscape dramatically.

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