❯ Baselayer raises $35 million for AI-agent identity verification

Existing businessBaselayer already helps financial institutions verify businesses and assess fraud risk: before onboarding or a transaction, a bank needs to know that the applicant exists and its information is credible. Baselayer is extending that logic to agents acting for people or companies, aiming to identify the party behind an agent and the bounds of its authorization.

Business historyBaselayer already helped financial institutions verify business identities and assess fraud. Before opening an account or approving a transaction, a bank needs to know that a company is real and its information credible. As AI agents start acting for users, verification must also cover who stands behind the agent and what authority it actually has. Baselayer extended its existing risk-control experience into agent identity infrastructure, launching the new product alongside the round.

The financingAccording to Crunchbase News and a company release, fintech company Baselayer raised a $35 million Series A led by M13, with Torch Capital, Picus Ventures, Afore Capital and others participating. It also introduced identity infrastructure for AI agents.

Industry impactThe company is targeting agent builders, card networks and financial institutions. If agents initiate payments or other consequential actions, confirming software origin alone does not show whether an action was authorized; the chain also needs to verify delegation and permission scope. Baselayer could supply that trust layer, but adoption and interoperability will determine whether it becomes a common standard.

▪ SIGNALWhen agents transact for people and companies, identity checks may extend from onboarding to each machine-initiated action.