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Two 23-year-olds from rural France just beat Google DeepMind and raised $4.1M. Minitap makes mobile development 10x faster with AI agents that write, test, and ship features autonomously. • $4.1M seed round co-led by Moxxie Ventures and Mercuri • Beat Google DeepMind on AndroidWorld benchmark in 40 days • 1,900 GitHub stars, 70M+ user apps as design partners How it happened: • Met in rural Burgundy, taught each other coding • Built viral app Fuego to 10K users (bootstrapped) • Combined AI research + mobile expertise + infrastructure skills • Built mobile-use framework + minitap cloud • Claimed #1 benchmark position in 40 days • Open-sourced solution, attracted major design partners The gap: AI transformed web development but mobile stayed slow. Minitap bridges that. https://technews180.com/funding-news/how-two-23-year-olds-beat-google-and-raised-4-1m-for-minitap/ Takeaway: Technical depth + market timing + execution beats big tech advantages. Source: TechNews180