Antler · 13 August 2026

Aina

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Aina, founded by ex-Ultrahuman hardware veteran Apoorv Shankar, has raised $5.5M to build a new physical interface for AI agents—arguing that keyboards and touchscreens were never designed for complex multi-step AI tasks. The startup's first product, Dune, is a three-key device that surfaces context-aware instructions, positioning hardware as the next computing leap.

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