Former Google and Stripe Executives' Startup /dev/agents Raises $56 Million to Develop AI Agent OS

/dev/agents, a startup founded by former Google and Stripe executives, has completed a $56 million seed round of financing, reaching a valuation of $500 million. The financing was led by Index Ventures and co-led by Alphabet's investment fund CapitalG, with participation from notable angel investors such as Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy. The company aims to develop a new generation of cloud operating systems that support AI agents, simplifying the development process and providing a unified technical framework for developers. The core team, including co-founders David Singleton, Hugo Barra, Ficus Kirkpatrick, and Nicholas Jitkoff, brings extensive experience in Android, AR/VR, and operating system development. They are focused on creating interactive interfaces and AI agent computing infrastructure for seamless collaboration between users and AI agents.