NanoClaw Founder Declined ~$20M Offer, Raises $12M

Friends, a brief AI update: NanoCo raised $12M after a viral launch; founders declined an offer of roughly $20M.

- Round led by Valley Capital Partners; investors include Docker, Vercel, Monday.com, Slow Ventures and angels such as Clem Delangue.
- Rapid traction: praise from Andrej Karpathy and mention by Singapore’s Foreign Minister.
- NanoClaw positions itself as a safer alternative to OpenClaw—agents isolated in containers—and already serves enterprise clients.
- Founders prioritized open‑source and community, so they turned down early buyouts.

Why it matters: security and community materially enhance the value of AI agents.

Should startups preserve open‑source to grow their community?

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