AEON Unveils Universal Crypto Payment Infrastructure for AI-Powered Transactions

AEON is an emerging platform that seeks to revolutionize the way we make crypto payments. The current payment systems were designed for humans and still rely on manual approval, identity checks, credit cards, bank accounts, or regional payment methods. This makes settlement more complex due to fragmentation across different blockchains, wallets, tokens, exchanges, and merchant systems.

AEON aims to address this issue by developing a universal crypto payment and settlement infrastructure that connects AI agents, blockchain networks, online merchants, physical retailers, wallets, exchanges, and local payment systems. This is achieved through its AEON Pay, AEON Checkout, cross-chain settlement tools, and AI Payment Framework.

The project was co-founded by Eddie Li, who serves as the chief executive officer. In May 2026, AEON announced that it had raised $8 million in a pre-seed funding round led by YZi Labs.