
Before machines can do business, they need a way to hold and move money. Kahlil Lalji has spent a decade taking an unusually scenic route to that problem - from esports edits and Columbia Records to couples banking, marathon splits and Natural's agentic payment rails.
Natural is a San Francisco fintech building payment infrastructure for AI agents. Its platform - wallets, payments, ledgering, routing, identity, and compliance - lets autonomous agents initiate, authorize, and execute money movement on behalf of businesses and consumers. Founded in August 2025 by Kahlil Lalji, Eric Wang, and Walt Leung, the company came out of stealth with a $9.8M seed round and followed with a $30M Series A at a reported $150M valuation.