AI agent payment layer AEON raises $8M in pre-seed funding

AEON, a layer project for settlement and payments between AI agents, has raised $8 million in a pre-seed investment round led by YZi Labs, The Block reported. Other participants in the round included IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, and the Stanford Blockchain Builder Fund. In May, AEON launched a payment product that allows AI agents to connect with over 50 million real-world offline merchants. Through its "x402 Facilitator," which runs on the BNB Chain, the project provides transaction verification, on-chain settlement, and the issuance of tamper-proof receipts.