{"slug": "stripe-rival-natural-raises-30m-just-193-days-after-launch-to-build-the-payments", "title": "Stripe rival Natural raises $30M just 193 days after launch to build the payments stack for AI agents", "summary": "Natural, a payments startup building infrastructure for AI agents, has raised $30 million in funding just 193 days after its launch, CEO Kahlil Lalji announced. The company positions itself as a rival to Stripe, targeting the growing market of autonomous AI agents that need to make and receive payments.", "body_md": "At 13, Kahlil Lalji edited esports videos professionally. At 18, he ran brand strategy for the internet’s biggest…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stripe-rival-natural-raises-30m-just-193-days-after-launch-to-build-the-payments", "canonical_source": "https://techfundingnews.com/stripe-rival-natural-raises-30m-just-193-days-after-launch-to-build-the-payments-stack-for-ai-agents/", "published_at": "2026-07-21 10:30:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 10:55:13.365039+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-startups", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Natural", "Kahlil Lalji", "Stripe"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stripe-rival-natural-raises-30m-just-193-days-after-launch-to-build-the-payments", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stripe-rival-natural-raises-30m-just-193-days-after-launch-to-build-the-payments.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stripe-rival-natural-raises-30m-just-193-days-after-launch-to-build-the-payments.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stripe-rival-natural-raises-30m-just-193-days-after-launch-to-build-the-payments.jsonld"}}