Written by Jesse Coghlan, Staff Editor. Reviewed by Felix Ng, Staff Editor.
Written by Jesse Coghlan, Staff Editor.
Reviewed by Felix Ng, Staff Editor.
Haun Ventures raises $1B, adding AI to crypto focus
Latest NewsPublishedMay 5, 2026
Haun Ventures founder Katie Haun stated AI will “increasingly begin to conduct economic activity on our behalf,” and services will need to adapt for that world.
Haun Ventures has raised $1 billion to back early- and late-stage crypto startups, while expanding into artificial intelligence for the first time.
The funds will focus on three areas: crypto financial infrastructure, tokenization and AI agents. The firm’s founder, Katie Haun, called these areas the “new economy.”
“I’ve been following the flow of assets my entire career, and this is the most dynamic period in technology and finance I’ve ever witnessed,” stated Haun, a former US government prosecutor turned crypto executive, in a blog post on Monday.
“The foundations of capital, commerce and trust are undergoing meaningful structural changes,” she added. “The founders who can see across all of it, and build accordingly, will be defining entrepreneurs of this era.”
It’s a notable shift for Haun Ventures, as it is the first time the crypto-focused firm has looked to invest in AI startups, joining a rush of venture firms that are moving into the growing industry.
Crunchbase reported in April that AI firms received a record $242 billion in venture funding in the first quarter of 2026, capturing 80% of the total global venture funding over the quarter, which hit an all-time record of $300 billion.
Haun’s vision for AI agents
Haun stated that AI agents, software that autonomously performs tasks, will “increasingly begin to conduct economic activity on our behalf,” and new products and services would need to be “developed for a world in which computers are the customers.”
AI agents currently make a small number of payments, around $1.6 million worth over a 30-day period as of early March, as reported by Andreessen Horowitz partner Noah Levine, a number that the Boston Consulting Group anticipates to rise to $2.4 trillion a year by 2029.
Source: Katie Haun
“Every supporting layer will need to be rearchitected for this world: fraud prevention, credit, insurance, identity, privacy, provenance, reputation, and verification all require native versions designed for how agents transact, and cryptographic tools will be crucial here,” she added.
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Meanwhile, Haun stated that “the core plumbing of global finance” was being shifted to accommodate an always-on digital world, and pointed out tokenization as a technology that allowed traditional assets such as gold and oil to be “borderless, always on, and programmable.”
She told Bloomberg on Monday that her company wants to focus on the cross-section of AI agents and crypto infrastructure, wanting to invest in “AI that is in our lane.”
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