Circle cofounder Sean Neville's Catena Labs, which lets users set financial guardrails for AI agents, raised a $30M Series A and applies for a US bank charter (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
Circle cofounder Sean Neville's Catena Labs raised $30M Series A and filed for a US bank charter to let users set financial guardrails for AI agents, positioning as an AI-native fintech.
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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260520/p23#a260520p23" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ben Weiss / <a href="http://www.fortune.com/">Fortune</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/05/20/catena-labs-series-a-sean-neville-ai-native-bank/">Circle cofounder Sean Neville's Catena Labs, which lets users set financial guardrails for AI agents, raised a $30M Series A and applies for a US bank charter</a></b></span> — Sean Neville, who cofounded the stablecoin giant Circle, has raised another stash of capital from top-flight venture capitalists.</p>
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