Steel
Open-source browser API for AI agents
Steel (YC W24) offers an open-source headless browser API and cloud browser sessions for AI agents, handling proxies, CAPTCHAs, and session persistence. Its sandboxed browsers are used for agent automation and evaluation.
Popular open-source steel-browser repo
| Website | steel.dev |
|---|---|
| Domains | Browser, Agents Infrastructure |
| Team size | 1-10 |
| Funding | ~$17M (reported) |
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