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PublishedMay 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead
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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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