Tether Leads $15M Series A Round for AI Payment Infrastructure Startup Mural

Tether led a $15M Series A funding round for New York-based financial infrastructure startup Mural, bringing the company's total funding to $28M with participation from North Island Ventures and existing investors. Founded by former Palantir $PLTR engineers, Mural provides fintechs and other platforms with infrastructure to manage accounts, payments, identity verification, and regulatory compliance across traditional banking networks and blockchains. The startup's customers include payroll platform Deel and browser developer Opera. Mural's tools allow businesses to set transaction limits, restrict counterparties, and require extra approvals for larger payments as companies build safeguards for AI systems that execute transactions on behalf of users. "As agents start moving money, that connection to the banks, payment networks and compliance systems the world still runs on becomes essential." — Paolo Ardoino, Tether CEO.