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Startup Minitap Tops DeepMind’s Mobile AI Benchmark, Raises $4.1 Million Seed Round
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Minitap’s young founders topped Google DeepMind’s AndroidWorld benchmark and raised a seed round to build an AI tool that gives agents control of real mobile apps.
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