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ai agent infrastructure and tooling

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-28), compared with the prior 5.2 months.

horizontal · 476 members · Data as of 2026-09-30

These products provide developer frameworks, runtimes, evaluation harnesses, and memory layers for building and operating autonomous AI agents. They are primarily adopted by software engineers, AI researchers, and technical product teams deploying agentic systems. This cluster is distinguished by its focus on backend infrastructure and agent lifecycle management rather than standalone consumer AI applications.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
332
Prior count
107
Total count
476
Momentum
210.28
Attention
0.42
Crowding
0.98
Concentration
0.86
Opportunity
0.34

Opportunity components

Attention
0.42
Low crowding
0.02
Momentum (normalized)
0.78
Low concentration
0.14

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
108 (0.33)
hn
133 (0.40)
ph
48 (0.14)
yc
43 (0.13)

Dominant source: hn · Divergence: 0.27

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
SQLite Memory HN 10 2026-04-07
Abject: the first self-aware object runtime HN 10 2026-04-02
Silverlake: The Java-native agentic AI operating system for enterprise YC 10 2026-05-19
CentralComs: AI Agents for Residential Property Managers YC 10 2026-05-28
Agentgit HN 10 2026-09-18
Mnemosyne Local hierarchical memory engine for AI agents (MCP Native) HN 10 2026-08-23
now GITHUB 10 2026-09-27
Scope - The Agent Experience Platform YC 10 2026-05-11
Cotera: The easiest way to put reliable AI agents into production YC 10 2025-11-06
Polygraph HN 10 2026-06-25
awesome-llmsecops GITHUB 10 2026-09-26
Botbin.io HN 10 2026-09-10
Platos HN 10 2026-05-06
opendots GITHUB 11 2026-09-29
Zatanna | APIs for AI agents YC 11 2026-03-10
KeyID HN 11 2026-03-14
AnamDB HN 11 2026-05-08
Black-box API bug detection across 7 AI systems HN 11 2026-06-04
A Persistent AI RPG Engine Built with React SPA and Supabase HN 11 2026-07-29
Derive HN 11 2026-08-27
lingcage GITHUB 11 2026-09-12
CROA PH 11 2026-09-22
Agent-For-Dummies GITHUB 11 2026-09-19
Chronicle Labs - Staging Environments for AI Agents YC 11 2026-05-07
OneCLI - Your AI agents shouldn't be holding raw secrets YC 11 2026-07-23
SimonAgent GITHUB 11 2026-09-12
AI-E2EQAWorkflow-Playwright GITHUB 11 2026-09-26
Keenable HN 12 2026-08-25
Isle HN 12 2026-09-07
Agent-Zero-To-One GITHUB 12 2026-09-20
Vellum for Agents YC 12 2026-01-14
Open Bot HN 12 2026-08-19
Superset - the open source IDE for the AI Agents era YC 12 2026-05-26
Sila: Agentic Workspace Messaging YC 12 2026-03-03
Burt - AI Teammates for Logistics YC 12 2026-03-04
Stringhand GITHUB 12 2026-09-25
Implement-spec HN 12 2026-08-04
everything-whole-system-file-search-skill GITHUB 12 2026-09-12
renew-ai GITHUB 12 2026-09-13
apipig GITHUB 12 2026-09-12
GitClaw HN 12 2026-02-06
AgentNest, self-hosted sandboxes for AI agents HN 12 2026-07-23
Axelrod - Autonomous agents that run luxury hotels YC 12 2026-08-06
AI-Incident-Response-Agent GITHUB 12 2026-09-27
PersonaGuard GITHUB 13 2026-09-12
Open-source playground to red-team AI agents against public prompts HN 13 2026-08-09
ai-native-jobhunt GITHUB 13 2026-09-23
navin GITHUB 13 2026-09-09
Clawvisor — The Authorization Layer for AI Agents YC 13 2026-05-07
Per-user isolated environments for AI agents HN 13 2026-04-07