PANews June 26 news, according to official sources, AI agent infrastructure layer Orthogonal announced the completion of a $4.3 million funding round, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Decasonic, Blast Club, Outbound Capital, Rice Capital, Surreal by Premise and Batch Ventures, among others.

Orthogonal is building an instant capability discovery and invocation payment platform for AI agents. Through a single integration, agents can instantly discover the needed tools based on demand, orchestrate them, and pay on-demand, solving the current problem of agents failing or hallucinating due to fixed tools.