In brief
- Catena Labs raised $18M from a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Circle, and Tom Brady, among others.
- The startup is building AI-native finance rails for autonomous agents using stablecoins.
- Brady’s crypto comeback follows his losses in the FTX collapse and lawsuits that marred his post-NFL life.
Tom Brady is making a cautious but deliberate return to crypto.
This time, he’s backing Catena Labs, a Boston-based startup aiming to build what it’s positioning as the world’s first AI-native financial institution, according to a report by Front Office Sports.
Catena’s pitch is rooted in the idea of agentic commerce: autonomous AI agents that transact on users’ behalf.
Co-founded by Circle’s Sean Neville, best known for co-creating the USDC…
Jun 24 2025
