Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers

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Visa has invested in Replit to enable AI agents to process payments directly within the coding platform.

Summary

Visa has made an undisclosed investment in the AI coding platform Replit to integrate payment capabilities for developers and their autonomous AI agents. The partnership aims to leverage Visa Intelligent Commerce and the Trusted Agent Protocol, allowing AI to identify itself and execute secure transactions. This move reflects a growing industry trend toward agentic payments, where AI agents act on behalf of users to conduct commerce. Additionally, Replit is expanding its enterprise offerings with a new self-serve tier to accommodate its rapid growth.

(Source:TechCrunch)