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Era computer raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets

Era Computer's $11M platform abstracts away hardware manufacturing so device makers can launch AI gadgets via software instead of building from scratch.

Thursday, April 23, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline

Era Computer, a platform startup for building AI-powered consumer devices, has raised $11 million in funding. The company enables hardware makers to add AI agents and intelligence to devices without manufacturing hardware themselves. Seed investors include Abstract Ventures, BoxGroup, Collaborative Fund, and Mozilla Ventures.

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Latent Agents: A Post-Training Procedure for Internalized Multi-Agent Debate

A new post-training method internalizes multi-agent debate into a single model with 93% fewer tokens, using activation steering to create interpretable agent subspaces that enable safer AI behavior control.