MoonPay has acquired Dawn Labs to expand its AI trading work in crypto infrastructure. The company announced the deal Monday with Dawn CLI, a tool that lets users create and run strategies through plain-language commands instead of code or software.
Dawn Labs is a research startup focused on AI tools for trading. MoonPay said the acquisition supports its plan to build financial products for AI agents and users.
When announcing the acquisition, the company also introduced Dawn CLI. It has a platform that can convert users’ written strategy into code driving the trades.
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AI Trading Tool Targets Prediction Market Users
As per the announcement, users can describe a strategy in plain English. Dawn CLI builds the code and will run tests on the strategy and then execute trades automatically.
Neeraj Prasad, Chief Engineer of MoonPay Labs, told users that they can describe what they want in plain language. After this step, the system takes care of executing and coding.
According to Dawn Labs, the aim is to make deep technical knowledge less necessary. It also seeks to provide easier access for end users to AI trading tools.
The first version of Dawn CLI is focused on prediction markets. These markets allow users to speculate on real-world events, like elections, sporting outcomes, economic data, and international news.
Prediction markets were chosen on account of the fast growth in the segment, said Prasad. This has drawn attention to event-based trading via platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.
The system starts with an idea by the user. From then on, it queries market data, improves the forecast, writes trading code, runs simulations, and implements the strategy.
Dawn CLI to Launch First on Polymarket
The first platform for which Dawn CLI will be available is Polymarket. MoonPay said this tool could later be extended to other markets and types of assets.
The purchase arrives as crypto and tech firms increasingly test AI trading and agent-based finance. Projects like Coinbase, Alchemy Pay, Google, and OKX have built tools that integrate AI agents with payments, trading systems, and crypto infrastructure.
MoonPay said the acquisition of Dawn Labs is aligned to its broader strategy of adopting AI in trading finance. The firm has previously stated what its business centers on funding, tokenizing, trading, and spending.
Prasad said MoonPay’s agentic products put that same stack in the hands of AI agents. According to him, each product is meant to move value from humans and agents more easily.
MoonPay did not share the financial details of the acquisition. The acquisition represents one more step in AI trading dealing for the organization as crypto firms play with robotization, market instruments, and installment frameworks assigned for AI specialists.
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