AEON raises $8m pre-seed led by YZi Labs
The May financing supports settlement infrastructure and partnerships for commerce conducted by AI agents.
Financing and operating context
IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund, Oak Grove Ventures, SevenX Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Draper Dragon, Contribution Capital and Uphonest Capital also participated.
The announcement followed the launch of AEON’s first AI-payment product and its BNB Chain x402 facilitator. New capital will support the next verification-and-scale phase; a proposed agent credit system remains on the roadmap.