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ai agent developer infrastructure

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-06), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

horizontal · 263 members · Data as of 2026-10-09

These products provide orchestration frameworks, sandboxed execution environments, and APIs designed to build, test, and host autonomous AI agents. They are primarily used by software engineers and technical teams deploying complex, multi-agent systems into production. Unlike general LLM tooling or consumer-facing chatbots, this cluster specifically focuses on the backend runtimes, control planes, and simulation environments required for agentic workflows.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
202
Prior count
40
Total count
263
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.45
Crowding
0.89
Concentration
0.85
Opportunity
0.43

Opportunity components

Attention
0.45
Low crowding
0.11
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.15

Source split

github
81 (0.40)
hn
43 (0.21)
ph
36 (0.18)
yc
42 (0.21)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.22

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
personal-agent-open-source GITHUB 8 2026-09-23
Standout - A Talent Agent For Builders YC 8 2026-06-04
nucleo GITHUB 8 2026-10-01
C# based Kubernetes Operator to deploy SurrealDB HN 8 2026-04-29
Stanford's ACE paper was just open sourced HN 8 2025-12-03
OpenRaid GITHUB 8 2026-10-03
Miniloop — AI GTM teammates for startups YC 9 2026-04-28
Ashr: Mimic Your Production Environment and Users to Catch Agent Fails YC 9 2026-02-27
Intencion HN 9 2026-06-04
AgentLog HN 9 2026-03-13
flue-jev-demo GITHUB 9 2026-09-18
Scan your dev machine for AI agents, MCP servers, and IDE extensions HN 9 2026-03-12
Agyn, an open-source Kubernetes runtime for AI agents HN 9 2026-05-20
Agentic Fabriq: Okta for Agents YC 9 2026-03-03
Daqstra – Test infrastructure shouldn't bottleneck great engineering YC 9 2026-07-23
live2d-agent-kit GITHUB 9 2026-09-11
Dock – A multiplayer agent workspace that gives you a team of proactive agents that feel like colleagues instead of chat boxes YC 9 2026-09-09
kubernetes-preview-environments GITHUB 9 2026-09-14
RemoteDevJobs HN 9 2026-03-25
vending-bench GITHUB 9 2026-09-14
Omnara: The API for Production-Ready agents YC 10 2026-08-24
fleet-codex GITHUB 10 2026-09-12
Scope - The Agent Experience Platform YC 10 2026-05-11
Silverlake: The Java-native agentic AI operating system for enterprise YC 10 2026-05-19
Buildbox: Agent analytics for real user outcomes YC 10 2026-08-03
jevernetes GITHUB 10 2026-09-20
Skylit.API.Community.Collab GITHUB 10 2026-10-01
Nitrode - Advancing AI for Game Development YC 10 2026-07-07
sre-karmada-course GITHUB 10 2026-09-18
game-apk-reverse-engineering GITHUB 10 2026-09-22
software_factory GITHUB 10 2026-10-03
Memoir: AI CMO for software companies YC 11 2026-06-01
Derive HN 11 2026-08-27
Foaster - AI agents that drive your AI transformation YC 11 2026-05-05
agent2-new GITHUB 11 2026-09-13
awesome-micro-saas-builder GITHUB 11 2026-09-15
Mantyx HN 11 2026-03-26
swe-agents GITHUB 11 2026-09-19
OJCP HN 11 2026-08-11
laravel-inertia-table GITHUB 11 2026-09-13
AnamDB HN 11 2026-05-08
Black-box API bug detection across 7 AI systems HN 11 2026-06-04
Premortem HN 11 2026-10-01
distributed-systems-labs GITHUB 11 2026-09-21
Superset - the open source IDE for the AI Agents era YC 12 2026-05-26
agentcap GITHUB 12 2026-09-29
Coasty: The computer-use agent that doesn't break on real software YC 12 2026-07-10
1990s Game Dev Algorithms for Distributed Systems HN 12 2026-04-29
Isle HN 12 2026-09-07
ClawTrace — Make Your OpenClaw Agent Better, Cheaper, and Faster YC 12 2026-04-14