Oro raises $3 million to automate financial transactions with natural language, converting text prompts into decentralized execution paths without sacrificing self-custody

Oro has closed a $3 million strategic funding round, co-led by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital, with participation from M2M Capital, Archer Capital, and X21 Digital, alongside follow-on investments from Disrupt.com and ZIGLabs. The investment brings total cumulative funding for the UAE-based platform, founded by Varun Choudhary in 2024, to $4 million, supporting agentic model research and expanding natural language processing-driven financial order routing infrastructure.

The platform shifts interaction with decentralized finance from fragmented interfaces to an execution layer built on direct intent, translating plain-language user prompts into multi-step execution paths across major protocols such as Aave, Uniswap, Morpho, Lido, Kamino, and Raydium.This architecture relies on a strictly non-custodial model that requires user signatures for every transaction, bridging the gap between advanced financial infrastructure and mainstream accessibility without compromising security standards or direct ownership of digital assets.

The deployment of the new capital is distributed across four operational tracks, led by expanding research and development in the company's proprietary Shield Engine and linguistic execution stack, alongside establishing proactive regulatory and compliance frameworks governing policy-guided self-custody. The company also aims to expand its engineering, artificial intelligence, and business development teams to accelerate institutional integration, as well as roll out native iOS and Android applications, as part of a plan targeting 10 million active users in the coming period and appointing new members to its advisory board.

The round builds on operational growth in which the platform logged over 350,000 active users with support for more than 80 languages. Its educational campaign supported by Amazon Web Services saw over 250,000 completed verifications, while its direct initiative with Ondo Finance registered more than 50,000 completed transactions within the first 24 hours of launch, reflecting a shift across the digital asset sector from conversational tools to execution software capable of managing transaction flows based on user intent.

This development drives a direct shift in operational choices for financial technology and asset management teams across Gulf and regional markets, particularly amid strict regulatory moves toward segregating client funds and mitigating centralized custody risks.The non-custodial linguistic routing model enables financial institutions and startups to integrate complex decentralized finance services into their products through intermediate integration points, easing heavy compliance and custodial licensing burdens while allowing developers to deliver Arabic-language investment experiences tailored to standard users without requiring familiarity with the intricacies of smart contracts.

The funding demonstrates that the current focus across technology markets has moved beyond basic text generation toward building software agents capable of disciplined execution within sensitive financial environments. The real value of language models is no longer measured by how well they answer queries, but by their ability to translate simple intent into an accurate, secure financial workflow that preserves user sovereignty and reduces operational friction.