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Ex-Google/Stripe leaders raised $56M seed for AI agent OS /dev/agents is building the "Android for AI agents" — a cloud OS for trusted AI agents across any device. • $56M seed led by Index Ventures, co-led by CapitalG • Angels: Scale AI CEO, OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy • Zero revenue, 4 ex-Big Tech co-founders How it happened: • David Singleton (ex-Stripe CTO) identified agent fragmentation in 2022 • Recruited Hugo Barra (ex-Meta VR VP) as co-founder • Added Android founding team members Ficus Kirkpatrick, Nicholas Jitkoff • Leveraged OS experience to pitch platform solution • Closed oversubscribed round through Index partner's 9-year relationship https://siliconangle.com/2024/11/26/new-startup-named-dev-agents-led-ex-google-meta-tech-leaders-raises-56m-ai-agents/ Takeaway: Proven OS teams can command massive seeds for platform-level problems. #startups#funding