The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.

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Sapiom raised $15M in seed funding led by Accel to build a financial infrastructure layer that enables AI agents to autonomously purchase and access software services, APIs, and compute resources. The platform handles authentication and micro-payments automatically, eliminating the need for manual setup of services like Twilio or AWS. Founded by former Shopify payments director Ilan Zerbib, Sapiom targets B2B use cases, particularly vibe-coding platforms where non-technical users build apps that need backend service integrations. The solution aims to make AI agent transactions seamless by treating every API call as a payment and managing the entire process in the background.

Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

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