Oct. 30, 2024

VC Pitch: PayPal for Agents – Skyfire Powers AI-to-AI Commerce at Scale

Are you ready for a world where AI agents can autonomously make purchases and monetize their services? How will commerce and payments evolve as intelligent software agents become ubiquitous?

 

In this episode, Chris Saad is joined by Amir Sarhangi and Craig DeWitt, co-founders of Skyfire, to explore the cutting-edge intersection of AI, payments, and open protocols.

 

They discuss Skyfire's mission to become the "Visa for AI" by enabling seamless financial transactions between autonomous agents.

 

In this episode, you will:

  • Discover how Skyfire is building an open protocol for AI agent payments
  • Learn about the challenges of creating a new payments network for machine-to-machine transactions
  • Understand Skyfire's strategy for solving the "chicken and egg" problem of supply and demand
  • Explore potential use cases for agent-to-agent payments in areas like data access, marketing, and recruiting
  • Gain insights into Skyfire's business model and approach to monetization
  • Hear the founders' vision for how AI agents will transform internet commerce

 

Learn more about the startup

Skyfire Website: https://skyfire.xyz/ 

Follow Amir Sarhangi on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asarhangi/ 

Follow Craig DeWitt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigdewitt/ 

 

The Pact

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Learn more about Chris and Yaniv

Work 1:1 with Chris: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://chrissaad.com/advisory/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow Chris on Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

 

Credits

Editor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Justin McArthur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Content Strategist: Carolina Franco https://www.linkedin.com/in/francocarolina/

Intro Voice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeremiah Owyang⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠