# AIsa raises $6.5 million seed round led by Alibaba to build an 'Amazon for AI agents'

> Most of the internet was built assuming a human is the one clicking buy, so a payment layer built specifically for autonomous agents fills a real and fairly obvious gap. Alibaba backing this rather than a purely Western fund is notable, since it hints at how seriously e-commerce giants are taking the idea of agents as paying customers rather than just chat interfaces. Onboarding 20,000 agents without paid marketing suggests the demand for this kind of infrastructure is already ahead of the hype.

_Section: [AI Funding Tracker](https://www.wortins.com/funding) · Source: Forbes · Published Monday, July 6, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Most of the internet was built assuming a human is the one clicking buy, so a payment layer built specifically for autonomous agents fills a real and fairly obvious gap. Alibaba backing this rather than a purely Western fund is notable, since it hints at how seriously e-commerce giants are taking the idea of agents as paying customers rather than just chat interfaces. Onboarding 20,000 agents without paid marketing suggests the demand for this kind of infrastructure is already ahead of the hype.

## Source

[Read the full story at Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2026/07/03/startup-raises-65-million-by-making-it-easier-for-ai-employees-to-make-payments-online/)

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