Akua develops cloud-based payment infrastructure that leverages more than twenty AI agents to automate and optimize high-volume transaction processing for financial institutions. After formally entering production in March 2025, the platform scaled to roughly 200,000 daily payments and delivered operational improvements of 60-80% for clients. The company expanded beyond its initial market into Colombia and Uruguay during 2025, supporting rapid regional adoption. Partnerships with major cloud providers, most notably a long-term strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services (alongside firms such as Sony), give Akua early access to upcoming technology roadmaps and help it maintain regulatory compliance. Team size grew from 20 to nearly 60 employees as product, technical, and operations groups were reinforced. Financially, Akua secured a US$13 million round in 2025 to bolster its infrastructure and scale operations. Management plans to use the fresh capital to continue geographic expansion and further standardize its AI-driven payments model across Latin America.

Total raised

$13M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2025