• t54 Labs is constructing a “belief layer” for AI brokers that transfer actual cash, verifying agent identification, setting transaction guidelines, monitoring exercise in actual time, and creating auditable information to forestall fraud or misuse.
  • The San Francisco startup raised US$5 million in seed funding, co-led by Anagram, PL Capital, and Franklin Templeton, with Ripple and different crypto-focused funds collaborating.

t54 Labs, a San Francisco startup, is making an attempt to create a belief layer for AI brokers which are going to maneuver actual cash on behalf of individuals and companies. 

The thought is that there’s a mechanism that verifies the agent, displays it, and holds it accountable when issues go unsuitable. Proper now, there isn’t a regular system for that.

The corporate simply raised US$5 million (AU$7.02 million) in seed funding. The spherical was co-led by Anagram, PL Capital, and Franklin Templeton, with participation from Ripple and several other crypto-focused funds. 

Founder Chandler Fang didn’t share the valuation, timeline, or deal construction, and no traders took board seats, which retains management with the crew — for now.

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A Belief Layer For AI Brokers

How this belief layer works may be very easy. As an example, a enterprise routes an agent’s funds by way of t54, which verifies the agent’s identification (so it’s not an unknown bot), units guidelines round what it’s allowed to do, and runs reside danger checks on every transaction. 

If one thing seems to be suspicious, it could actually flag or block the fee earlier than funds transfer. It additionally retains an auditable file of what the agent did and why, typically utilizing blockchain rails for settlement and traceability.

So the product is mainly an embody of ID, transaction guardrails, monitoring, and audit path for autonomous funds.

Additionally, blockchain is used as an audit-friendly settlement layer, and the system can run throughout totally different fee rails and is already reside on XRP Ledger (XRPL), Solana (SOL), and Base. It additionally launched x402-secure, an open-source safety layer for the x402 agent fee protocol.

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