"Ilan Zerbib, who spent five years as Shopify's director of engineering for payments, is building a solution that could eliminate these backend infrastructure headaches for non-technical creators. Last summer, Zerbib launched Sapiom, a startup developing the financial layer that allows AI agents to securely purchase and access software, APIs, data, and compute - essentially creating a payment system that lets AI automatically buy the services it needs."
"Every time an AI agent connects to an external tool like Twilio for SMS, it requires authentication and a micro-payment. Sapiom's goal is to make this whole process seamless, letting the AI agent decide what to buy and when without human intervention. "In the future, apps are going to consume services which require payments. Right now, there's no easy way for agents to actually access all of that," said Amit Kumar, a partner at Accel."
Ilan Zerbib created Sapiom to remove backend infrastructure and payment hurdles for non-technical creators using AI-built apps. Sapiom builds a financial layer that enables AI agents to securely authenticate, make micro-payments, and access software, APIs, data, and compute when connecting to external services like SMS providers. The platform aims to automate decisions about what services to buy and when, eliminating manual intervention. Accel led a $15 million seed round with participation from Okta Ventures, Array Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, and Coinbase Ventures. The company is focused on enterprise use cases over consumer products.
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