Creative Agent Startup Melius Raises $25M as Tiny-Painter Nail Art Demo Goes Viral
azed_ai · x · 2026-10-07
Melius (trymelius), an agents lab for creatives, announced a $25M round led by General Catalyst and CRV, with backers including Vine Ventures, Antifund (Jake Paul), and Guillermo Rauch. Its mission: let agents leverage generative models so anyone can create anything.
Alongside the announcement, a viral demo built with Melius 2.0 shows a hyper-realistic miniature painter recreating Van Gogh and Monet masterpieces on a giant human fingernail — complete with swirling impressionistic brushstrokes. The full prompt is shared in the thread.
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