Nava is building the trust side of the autonomous payments equation for AI financial agents. Rather than letting agents move money freely, Nava operates an escrow service that holds funds until an agent proposes a transaction, then uses a verification framework to determine whether the outcome will match the user's intent before releasing them. The reasoning behind each accept-or-reject decision is posted on-chain, creating a public ledger that other AI agents can reference. Technically, Nava runs as a layer-3 blockchain built on Arbitrum with a parallel deployment on Tempo. The company emerged from stealth in April 2026 with an $8.3M seed round co-led by Polychain and Archetype, with FalconX, Hack VC, and notable crypto-infrastructure angels participating. Co-founders Krishnan and Brianna Montgomery previously worked together at EigenLayer.