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

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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. 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.

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