NanoClaw creator raises $12M seed, rejects $20M buyout

NanoCo, the firm responsible for the security-centric alternative NanoClaw to OpenClaw, has successfully secured a $12 million seed funding round, which was oversubscribed. This round was spearheaded by Valley Capital Partners and included contributions from Docker, Vercel, Monday.com, Slow Ventures, and angel investor Clem Delangue, the CEO of Hugging Face. The funding follows a successful launch that garnered attention from AI researcher Andrej Karpathy and Singapore's foreign minister. Co-founders Gavriel and Lazer Cohen turned down a $20 million acquisition proposal that included positions for them to manage the company. Initially conceived as a secure alternative for their prior AI marketing venture, NanoClaw has now attracted thousands of users and enterprise clients, with executives from firms like Amazon and Google already utilizing the service. The Cohens are also providing implementation support for businesses adopting NanoClaw AI agents.