COSS Weekly: OpenClaw competitor NanoClaw Raises $12M, Dust Raises $40M, Sonar Acquires Gitar, and more
This week's COSS Weekly highlights significant funding and acquisitions in the tech industry. NanoCo raised $12 million for its OpenClaw competitor, while Dust secured $40 million for its AI platform. Additionally, Sonar acquired Gitar to enhance its code verification capabilities.
- ▪NanoCo turned down a $20 million buyout offer and raised $12 million in a seed round.
- ▪Dust raised $40 million in Series B funding for its multiplayer AI platform.
- ▪Sonar acquired Gitar to expand its code verification platform.
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| Publication time | Mon, 25 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000 |
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3888278) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Sabir Ibrahim Posted on May 25 • Originally published at chinstrap.community COSS Weekly: OpenClaw competitor NanoClaw Raises $12M, Dust Raises $40M, Sonar Acquires Gitar, and more #opensource #coss #weekly COSS Weekly (6 Part Series) 1 COSS Weekly: Cal.com Goes Closed Source, Mistral Borrows $830M for Data Centers, OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo, and more 2 COSS Weekly: Hugging Face on Open vs. Closed, Orkes Raises $60M, DeepSeek seeks $20B valuation, and more ... 2 more parts...
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