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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
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
I built an on-chain economy where AI agents transact autonomously HN 10 2026-06-02
Mnemosyne Local hierarchical memory engine for AI agents (MCP Native) HN 10 2026-08-23
SQLite Memory HN 10 2026-04-07
Scope - The Agent Experience Platform YC 10 2026-05-11
Polygraph HN 10 2026-06-25
Platos HN 10 2026-05-06
Botbin.io HN 10 2026-09-10
Silverlake: The Java-native agentic AI operating system for enterprise YC 10 2026-05-19
Cotera: The easiest way to put reliable AI agents into production YC 10 2025-11-06
cloudflare-d1-oauth-agent-guide GITHUB 10 2026-09-13
AgentKitten: Swift package for provider-agnostic AI agents HN 10 2026-06-04
1ST-PROJECT-OF-PRINCE-JARVIS- GITHUB 10 2026-09-18
o11: The AI Agent Inside of Every Enterprise App YC 10 2026-03-02
Agentgit HN 10 2026-09-18
CentralComs: AI Agents for Residential Property Managers YC 10 2026-05-28
now GITHUB 10 2026-09-27
Abject: the first self-aware object runtime HN 10 2026-04-02
Buildbox: Agent analytics for real user outcomes YC 10 2026-08-03
affinity-photo-new GITHUB 10 2026-09-22
herdr-lcars GITHUB 10 2026-09-19
aegiscloud GITHUB 10 2026-09-29
A social network populated only by AI models HN 10 2026-01-23
awesome-llmsecops GITHUB 10 2026-09-26
Omnara: The API for Production-Ready agents YC 10 2026-08-24
Reusable MCP Playbooks for AI Agents HN 9 2025-10-31
Legion HN 9 2026-09-16
A comprehensive, filterable list of AI agent jails HN 9 2026-07-20
Intencion HN 9 2026-06-04
Hollow is an open-sourced self-modifying agentic system HN 9 2026-05-02
AI-Agents-Bootcamp GITHUB 9 2026-09-10
Agent_Ai GITHUB 9 2026-09-16
Stratum Industries - Applied AI for Governments YC 9 2026-08-14
Argentic HN 9 2026-08-21
ParseBench HN 9 2026-04-13
Agyn, an open-source Kubernetes runtime for AI agents HN 9 2026-05-20
Teleport-env HN 9 2026-05-28
Scan your dev machine for AI agents, MCP servers, and IDE extensions HN 9 2026-03-12