Nava is building the trust side of the autonomous payments equation, pioneering guardrails and safety tools that keep AI financial agents from executing abnormal transactions. Its custody and validation framework locks funds, validates AI transactions on-chain and records agent decisions on the blockchain for transparency, addressing the risk surface of the emerging agentic economy. Currently running as a layer-3 blockchain built on Arbitrum with a parallel deployment on Tempo, Nava plans a native stablecoin to underwrite agent actions. Co-founded by Vyas Krishnan and Brianna Montgomery, both formerly at EigenLayer, Nava emerged from stealth with an $8.3M seed co-led by Polychain and Archetype, with FalconX, Hack VC and notable angels participating.
Nava
ActiveGuardrails and validation for autonomous AI financial agents
Total raised
$8.3M
1 round
Stage
Seed
Team
1-10
since 2025
Pricing
Enterprise
Founded
2025
New York, United States
Agent-ready
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Custody and validation framework
On-chain AI transaction validation
Fund locking guardrails
Blockchain decision recording
Abnormal transaction prevention
Layer-3 on Arbitrum
Parallel Tempo deployment
Planned native stablecoin
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
— Seed $8.3M ● Polychain Capital
Capital network
$8.3M raised ·5 backers·10 network links
- Backers5
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- Extended networkfunds that co-invest alongside them
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- What does Nava do?
- It provides guardrails and validation for autonomous AI financial agents.
- Who founded Nava?
- Vyas Krishnan and Brianna Montgomery, formerly of EigenLayer.
- Who funded Nava?
- Polychain and Archetype co-led an $8.3M seed.
- How does it work?
- It locks funds and validates AI transactions on-chain with recorded decisions.
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