Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers

Visa has announced an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit. The companies are exploring integration of Visa payment products into the platform. This would allow developers and the AI agents they build to accept payments directly from customers without leaving Replit. More than 1,000 Visa employees have used Replit for prototyping and development. The partners are examining Visa Intelligent Commerce for AI-powered payments. They are also reviewing the Trusted Agent Protocol, which enables AI agents to identify themselves securely by sharing intent and customer details for payment verification. All projects remain in an exploratory stage with no joint products formally announced. The investment reflects a broader race to establish infrastructure for agentic payments. Retail investing platform Robinhood wants people to use agents to trade while Google seeks to let users deploy agents for shopping. Replit is launching self-serve enterprise access. Companies can sign contracts worth up to 200,000 dollars without talking to a salesperson. The tier provides compliance features including single sign-on, audit logs, and advanced permissions. Amjad Masad, CEO and founder of Replit, said enterprise traction has been growing. He noted that Visa coming on board underscores the mission of making coding available to anyone in a secure manner. Masad also said churn is very low and net retention is high, reaching 300 percent in some cases, as customers keep apps on Replit after setting up single-tenant environments.