W3.io launches first control platform for agent-powered finance on Avalanche
New York, NY, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire
W3.io (W3) today announced the launch of the first control platform for agent-powered finance on the Avalanche network, already processing more than 200,000 workflows per day across five enterprise verticals. The platform lets enterprises build, automate, and control financial workflows and deploy them in a day, not months. The Avalanche Foundation has made a strategic investment in W3 to accelerate the effort. Terms were not disclosed.
Enterprise finance is being reshaped by AI agents that execute payments, rebalance positions, and move capital without waiting for human review. The controls designed to govern those decisions, built for static workflows and human operators, were not designed to keep up. The result is an accountability gap that grows with every transaction. W3 is the first platform built to close it.
Avalanche has assembled one of the deepest institutional ecosystems in digital assets, with integrations spanning BlackRock, JPMorgan, Citi, KKR, Apollo, Franklin Templeton, and dozens of infrastructure providers. The network runs more than 70 live Layer 1 blockchains processing roughly 40 million daily transactions across enterprise, institutional, and public sector deployments in more than 50 countries.
Due to the nature of the industry, these companies operate in silos, and none can deliver a complete financial solution alone. An enterprise that wants to operate on digital asset rails today faces months of custom integration work across protocols, compliance systems, and legacy infrastructure. The cost and complexity have kept all but the largest institutions on the sidelines. W3 is building the platform to close that gap.
W3’s platform aggregates modular financial services, from payments and custody to compliance, settlement, and more, into unified workflows. Using W3’s AI-assisted tooling, enterprises can build and deploy working financial solutions without lengthy systems integrator engagements. Partners connect once and become available inside every workflow on the network. A new integration takes a few hours, instead of months.
“Agents are moving money faster than enterprise controls can follow. We built the platform that lets finance teams keep pace without giving up oversight. One integration connects a business to every financial service on the network. That is what agent-powered finance looks like in production, and we are shipping it,” said Porter Stowell, CEO of W3.
For the Avalanche Foundation, the investment reflects a thesis on where institutional finance is headed and who is building for it.
“Agent-powered finance is going to be one of the most consequential shifts in how money moves. We invested in W3 because they are building the control infrastructure this category needs, and we are actively connecting them to the institutions that need it most,” said Matias Antonio, Chief Investment Officer at the Avalanche Foundation.
W3 is already in production with enterprise clients across multiple verticals, with additional integration partners expected in the coming weeks. Each new partner expands the range of financial products enterprises can build and deploy on Avalanche without custom development.
About W3.io
W3.io is the operating system for autonomous finance. As AI agents reshape how enterprises move money, W3 provides the control layer that keeps humans in command. The platform connects modular financial services, from payments and custody to compliance, settlement and storage, into unified workflows that enterprises can build, audit and deploy in a day. W3 is already in production with enterprise clients across five verticals, processing more than 200,000 agent-powered financial workflows per day on Avalanche. Learn more at w3.io.
About Avalanche
The Avalanche Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the growth and long-term sustainability of the Avalanche ecosystem. Through programs, grants, and strategic initiatives, the Foundation supports builders, fosters innovation, and drives real onchain activity across the Avalanche network.