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Why AI agent startup /dev/agents commanded a massive $56M seed round at a $500M valuation


/dev/agents, a new company by the developers of Android, believes a new operating system is needed to fully realize the potential of AI agents.

/dev/agents, a new company started by former Google executives who helped develop Android during the early days of the smartphone era, believes a new operating system is needed to fully realize the potential of AI agents. In addition to Singleton, /dev/agents was co-founded by Hugo Barra (CPO), who was previously VP of Android’s product management at Google and led Meta’s Oculus VR division. The company’s two other co-founders include Ficus Kirkpatrick (CTO), an early Android engineer and a former VP of AR/VR at Meta; and Nicholas Jitkoff, who worked as a principal designer on Google Chrome and held senior roles at Dropbox and Figma.

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