Two founders who were both defeated in New York’s brutal fresh food delivery war are now joining forces to enter the mathematical software sector. Oleg Shevlyagin and Anton Gladkoborov, formerly competitors who founded 1520 and Fridge No More respectively, saw their companies collapse after failed acquisition attempts. After retreating to Brooklyn, New York, they bonded over shared studies of physics but encountered repeated frustrations while digitally sharing math formulas. Following a brief exploration of another food delivery venture, they decisively pivoted to developing mathematical tools in 2023. Shevlyagin noted that traditional tools like MATLAB and LaTeX have become severely outdated, as cumbersome typesetting forced teams to frequently switch between applications or revert to handwritten notes. “This is a sleeping field where no substantive change has occurred in over 30 years,” he said. Positioning itself as the “Cursor of mathematics,” Corca provides an integrated work environment featuring formula editing, instant computation, AI assistance, and real-time multi-user collaboration, specifically designed for hardcore technical fields such as artificial intelligence and quantitative finance. The product has already attracted more than 10,000 users, and the team has expanded to 12 people. This $7.8 million round will be used for product iteration and engineering team expansion; core features will remain free, while advanced AI and computing modules are planned for launch later this year. Investors include NVIDIA NVentures, NEA, Bloomberg Beta, and Daft Capital. Gladkoborov emphasized that regardless of downstream applications—whether large language models, robotics, or scientific computing—the underlying need for modeling persists, and Corca’s vision is precisely to serve as general-purpose infrastructure in this domain.