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These data demonstrate frequent HIV-1 Env glycan-reactive bnAb B cell precursors in macaques and humans and reveal a novel strategy for their induction by vaccination. Highlights Discovery of Fab-dimerized HIV-1 glycan-reactive antibodies with a non-domain-swapped architecture Fab-dimerized antibodies neutralize heterologous HIV-1 isolates. Antibodies with this architecture can be elicited by vaccination in macaques. 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