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Protecting the world’s smart devices from the chipset to the cloud.
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Product & Technology · Major product release
Reported
Vanellus plans to launch an MCP tool
In a September 22 FDN Interview, co-founder Laurence Cullen described plans to move from a pure API service toward an MCP tool over the next couple of months. The tool was described as planned, not released.
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Vanellus reports it is fundraising
In a September 22 FDN Interview, co-founder Laurence Cullen said Vanellus was fundraising. The statement did not establish a completed financing.
Commercial · Commercial partnership
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Vanellus reports a distribution agreement with SimScale
In a September 22 FDN Interview, co-founder Laurence Cullen said Vanellus had entered a distribution agreement to bring its simulation tool to SimScale’s platform. Terms, platform availability, and activity under the agreement were not established.
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