According to Privy's head of marketing Debbie Soon, more than a third of new developers signing up for Privy accounts are now building artificial intelligence agents. This figure represents a significant shift as agentic finance moves from experimental phase to infrastructure development. The Stripe-owned wallet firm, which Privy acquired in June 2025, has built wallets that integrate directly into other companies' applications, positioning itself as a key infrastructure provider for AI agent development.
As reported by BeInCrypto, Soon emphasized that agent-driven activity has become one of the fastest-growing parts of the company's developer base. Privy has released a wallet command-line tool that allows each agent to maintain its own account, with control mechanisms designed to enable agents to act on behalf of users within human-defined parameters. The company is focusing on ensuring these solutions work at production-ready scale rather than just in prototypes.
The development places Privy alongside competitors such as Coinbase and Trust Wallet, which have also shipped agent-focused tooling. According to Soon's interview, the company's infrastructure is now largely embedded across the entire Stripe crypto stack and existing digital asset products. The acquisition has expanded Privy's customer base beyond its historically crypto-native user base to include those seeking benefits without complex integration requirements.
As reported by BeInCrypto, Privy has expanded its payment functionality, allowing users to directly spend from their Privy wallet balances on the Visa card network in 100+ countries. The company is also working on integrating parts of Stripe's products and solutions that can potentially operate on crypto and stablecoins. On the payments front, Soon highlighted regional demand, noting that Latin America is one of the strongest adopters of stablecoins from a B2C standpoint due to more volatile currencies.
According to Soon's statements, her stated goal is for the wallet itself to become invisible to users, similar to how people treat their Starbucks balances. She envisions a future where people treat crypto wallets as nothing to be afraid of, but instead just a much more powerful version of it. This represents a fundamental shift toward seamless integration of digital asset management into everyday financial activities.
