A fintech you’ve probably scrolled past just became one of the most important companies in global finance. It’s the same company that rejected Stripe’s $1.2B offer in 2018. @airwallex Today they’re doing $1B ARR, processing $235B in transaction volume a year, and powering brands like Arsenal, McLaren, Canva, Brex, Qantas, Deel and more. And now they’ve just raised $330 million at an $8 billion valuation (30% jump in 6 months) led by Addition and with participation from T. Rowe Price, Activant, Lingotto, Robinhood Ventures and TIAA Ventures. They’ve building something every business should pay attention to: AI finance agents. Not tools. Not features. Actual agents that will run your finance operations end-to-end: - Invoicing - Procurement - Treasury - Policy checks - Reconciliation The work humans lose hours to handled automatically. Because while most teams are still buried in spreadsheets and chasing receipts, Airwallex is asking a simple human question: “Why is finance still this painful?” And they’re putting real weight behind the answer: $1B investment in US expansion Second HQ in San Francisco Infrastructure that provides: • multi-currency accounts in minutes • 95% of payments through local rails, with 90% landing same day • 3-6% savings on every international transaction • global financial infrastructure without the legacy banks The truth is simple: @airwallex isn’t disrupting finance. They’re quietly rebuilding it - for humans, not institutions. Borderless. Real-time. Intelligent. Exactly how global finance should work in 2025. If your company is still stuck with legacy banking, you’re already behind. #AirwallexPartner

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