Visa Invests in Replit to Enable Agentic Payments for Developers

Summary

Visa has announced an undisclosed investment in Replit, the AI coding platform, as part of a strategic partnership to integrate Visa's payment infrastructure into the platform. The collaboration aims to enable developers and AI agents to accept payments directly from customers without leaving Replit, leveraging Visa's Intelligent Commerce suite and newly introduced Trusted Agent Protocol—a system that allows AI agents to securely identify themselves and verify payment transactions.

Replit is also launching self-serve enterprise access, enabling companies to sign contracts up to $200,000 without sales involvement. The tier includes enterprise-grade compliance features such as single sign-on (SSO), audit logs, and advanced permissions. More than 1,000 Visa employees have been using Replit for prototyping and development, signaling strong internal adoption.

The investment reflects a broader industry race to establish agentic payments infrastructure—a world where AI agents autonomously buy and sell on behalf of users. Other major players, including Google and Robinhood, are also moving rapidly in this space. The partnership comes as Replit's valuation has surged to $9 billion following a $400 million Series D round in March, tripling from $3 billion just six months prior. Replit's CEO emphasized the company's low churn and exceptionally high net retention (300% in some cases), demonstrating strong customer stickiness.

• Replit's valuation has tripled to $9B in six months following $400M Series D round; company reports exceptionally low churn and 300% net retention rates