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Blackstar raises $12M

Blackstar announced a Seed round of $12M on 22 April 2026. The company operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in United States. It was founded by Daniel Edrisian, Founder & CEO.

Raised
$12M
Stage
Seed
Industry
AI & Machine Learning
Country
United States

Founder

Daniel Edrisian
Founder & CEO, Blackstar
LinkedIn profileblackstar.inc

Outreach angles

  • -Daniel previously worked on OpenAI's Codex team after building a Cursor-for-Xcode coding agent for iOS and macOS apps.
  • -He left OpenAI and pulled together a thesis that the next leap in human-AI communication needs new hardware and an OS layer, not more software.
  • -The $12M Abstract-led seed adds SV Angel, Naval Ravikant, Chapter One, and Timeless as Blackstar builds devices and an operating system for AI.

Signals

SeedAI-NativeHardwareEx-FAANGDeep TechSolo Founder

Round details

Company: Blackstar
Domain: blackstar.inc
Amount: $12M
Stage: Seed
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Country: United States
Announced: 22 April 2026
Source: announcement

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