Circle co-founder opens AI-native bank: Sean Neville, who remains on the board at stablecoin giant Circle, announced his latest project Catena Labs, which is designing open-source protocols for AI-powered payments and identity verification. Neville argues that the future of banking will be entirely run by autonomous #Artificial Intelligence  agents, with no humans or businesses directly interacting with financial transactions on any level. While in stealth, Catena has raised $15 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Breyer Capital, Coinbase Ventures, NFL icon Tom Brady, and others.

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Circle co-founder opens AI-native bank: Sean Neville, who remains on the board at stablecoin giant Circle, announced his latest project Catena Labs, which is designing open-source protocols for AI-powered payments and identity verification. Neville argues that the future of banking will be entirely run by autonomous #Artificial Intelligence  agents, with no humans or businesses directly interacting with financial transactions on any level. While in stealth, Catena has raised $15 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Breyer Capital, Coinbase Ventures, NFL icon Tom Brady, and others.  https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/05/20/sean-neville-catena-labs-18-million-a16z-breyer-circle-coinbase-tom-brady/?_bhlid=766479590880fa75260395ad4793f975ecb4de15

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