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Two rival grocery delivery founders land Nvidia's backing with a bet on math
Corca, a startup by Oleg Shevlyagin and Anton Gladkoborodov, raises $7.8M from Nvidia and other investors to innovate math workspaces with AI tools.
TL;DR
- Former rivals Oleg Shevlyagin and Anton Gladkoborodov have founded a new startup called Corca.
- Corca is a math software startup that aims to modernize how people work with equations and calculations.
- The company has raised $7.8 million in seed funding from investors including Nvidia's NVentures, NEA, Bloomberg Beta, and Daft Capital.
- Corca offers a collaborative workspace with AI assistance, aiming to improve upon existing tools like MATLAB and LaTeX.
- The startup plans to use the funding to develop its product and expand its engineering team, with a core product remaining free and paid features planned for later.
- Corca targets engineers, researchers, and other technical professionals, particularly in fields like AI and finance.