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TechCrunch May 20, 2026 at 14:00 Startups Rising Hot

NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead

NanoClaw was created as a secure alternative to OpenClaw to assist the Cohen brothers with their AI marketing firm that used agents to do much of the work. But instead of running directly on a computer, NanoClaw runs sandboxed in a container.

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May 20, 2026 at 14:00 TechCrunch

NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead

NanoClaw was created as a secure alternative to OpenClaw to assist the Cohen brothers with their AI marketing firm that used agents to do...

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IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed

Initially billed as an "AI butler," Iris watches what happens on a user's desktop and automatically learns how to do tasks for them, its co-founder says.

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe

First came the Netherlands, now it's Lithuania. And more European countries appear to be in the queue for Tesla's driver assistance system.

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