Tags: Vercel

NanoCo, the startup behind the security‑focused AI agent platform NanoClaw, closed an oversubscribed $12 million seed round led by Valley Capital Partners. The funding round attracted investors such as Docker, Vercel, Monday.com, Slow Ventures and Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue. Within weeks of its open‑source launch, the Cohen brothers declined two acquisition offers—including one worth roughly $20 million—and began signing enterprise customers like Amazon and Google. Read more

A developer using Claude Code noticed a consent prompt for telemetry even in projects that lack any Vercel configuration. Investigation revealed that the Vercel plugin injects system‑level instructions, captures full Bash command strings, device identifiers, OS details and other usage data, and transmits them without an explicit opt‑in. Disabling the data collection requires manual changes to environment variables or configuration files, steps that are not presented during installation. Vercel has not responded to requests for comment. Read more

OpenAI has added plugin support to its Codex coding assistant, a move aimed at narrowing the functional gap with rival AI coding tools from Anthropic and Google. The new plugins are packaged bundles that may contain skills, app integrations, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, letting users configure Codex for specific tasks with a single click. While power users could already achieve similar results through custom instructions and MCP servers, the plugin library—featuring integrations such as GitHub, Gmail, Box, Cloudflare, and Vercel—offers a more streamlined, searchable experience. Read more