Airwallex Secures $320 Million in Funding, Valuation Hits $11 Billion
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Airwallex has announced a $320 million Series H funding round to accelerate product development across autonomous finance and agentic commerce, while also expanding its infrastructure and regulatory footprint into new markets.
Ten years ago, nobody could have predicted the rise of agentic commerce. But what is clear today is that those with solid foundations in real financial infrastructure will be better positioned to lead it. That's where Airwallex's competitive advantage lies.
"We believe this is the most consequential moment in the history of global finance, and we are building accordingly," said Jack Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Airwallex.
The licenses, local network integrations, and settlement rails that Airwallex has spent the past 10 years building may be exactly what pays off as the company makes its bet on agentic commerce.
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🇺🇸 Airwallex secures $320 million in Series H funding, valuation hits $11 billion. The investment will help Airwallex accelerate product development across autonomous finance and agentic commerce, expand its infrastructure and regulatory footprint into new markets, and continue scaling the teams building its next generation AI native financial software.
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