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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
kubernetes-preview-environments GITHUB 9 2026-09-14
Intencion HN 9 2026-06-04
Agyn, an open-source Kubernetes runtime for AI agents HN 9 2026-05-20
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
Scan your dev machine for AI agents, MCP servers, and IDE extensions HN 9 2026-03-12
Miniloop — AI GTM teammates for startups YC 9 2026-04-28
vending-bench GITHUB 9 2026-09-14
Stanford's ACE paper was just open sourced HN 8 2025-12-03
Standout - A Talent Agent For Builders YC 8 2026-06-04
C# based Kubernetes Operator to deploy SurrealDB HN 8 2026-04-29
nucleo GITHUB 8 2026-10-01
OpenMRP HN 8 2026-08-24
OpenRaid GITHUB 8 2026-10-03
personal-agent-open-source GITHUB 8 2026-09-23
agentic-observability-demo GITHUB 8 2026-09-09
battleships GITHUB 8 2026-09-29
A deep dive into Kubernetes internals HN 8 2026-05-25
SDD-Agents GITHUB 8 2026-09-22
DaiYu-Agent GITHUB 7 2026-09-14
self-hydrating-notebook GITHUB 7 2026-09-13
avaloka GITHUB 7 2026-09-14
Enterprise Postgres for AI and more, from prototype to production HN 7 2026-09-28
Paper-docx HN 7 2026-09-25
An addendum to the Agile Manifesto for the AI era HN 7 2026-03-13
genpark-inter-agent-handshake-negotiator-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-26
Atlas Discovery: AI-native pharma company YC 7 2026-07-24
AgentMeet HN 7 2026-03-22
genpark-inter-agent-handshake-negotiator-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-26
Praxos - team messaging with built-in memory YC 7 2026-08-21
erp-feedback-automator GITHUB 7 2026-09-12
Basalt HN 7 2026-03-17
Korso Shepherd: Tooling for all your agents to collaborate YC 6 2026-07-08
Linc: The discovery layer for enterprise AI YC 6 2026-10-06
Sila: Agent-Native Messaging Platform YC 6 2026-08-05
Yorph AI HN 6 2025-11-04
Kaelio: Open-source context layer for data agents YC 6 2026-05-28
Riot, a modern multicore actor-based ecosystem for OCaml HN 6 2026-05-26
Radar HN 6 2026-02-04
Data-driven GEO and marketing agent platform HN 6 2026-04-22
Zkit HN 6 2026-06-17
RAX Compute Gateway HN 6 2026-08-17
guino GITHUB 6 2026-09-11
Kage HN 6 2026-09-11
KubeAstra–Open-source AI agent that debugs and recovers Kubernetes pods HN 6 2026-05-06
SaaS Pegasus HN 6 2026-06-23
Parsewise - API for agentic multi-document processing YC 6 2026-05-26
Wozz HN 5 2025-11-26
SwarmClaw HN 5 2026-03-01
Enforra HN 5 2026-05-19
We built a local-first Android agent. Then Meta launched Muse HN 5 2026-09-12