BrowserOS Blog · Mar 2026
Release note for BrowserOS v0.44.0 describing new support for using ChatGPT Pro, GitHub Copilot, and Qwen Code to automate browser tasks with existing subscriptions.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
BrowserOS is a YC S24, open-source, privacy-first AI browser from the BrowserOS/Felafax team that runs local AI agents inside a Chromium fork to automate web tasks, supports MCP integrations and BYO-LLM workflows, and keeps user data local by default.
Primary product
BrowserOS agentic browser
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI browser / browser automation software
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Redwood City, California, United States
Business model
free and open source software
bring-your-own-API-key / local-model software
possible future enterprise browser licensing
Funding
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Sep 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Sep 2024 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Work & culture
Privacy-first, open-source, local-first, and community-driven. The public messaging emphasizes shipping fast, contributor friendliness, Discord/Slack community support, and building hard browser/agent infrastructure rather than a closed black box.
Compensation
No official compensation page was found. Public third-party job-board signals suggest early-stage startup pay: examples include a contract full-stack role around ₹4–6 LPA and an ML research engineer intern role around $6k–10k/month, but these are aggregator listings rather than company-posted bands.
Product & market
Pricing
Free and open source; users can bring their own API keys or run local models, and cloud-model usage is billed by the provider. No public subscription price is advertised.
Differentiators
- —AI agents run inside the user's real browser session on their machine
- —Chromium fork with Chrome-extension compatibility
- —Built-in MCP server and app integrations
- —Local-first privacy with data staying on-device by default
- —Works with both cloud models and local models
- —Browser automation and local file access in one workflow
- —Scheduled tasks and repeatable workflows
- —Open source under AGPL-3.0
- —Purpose-built browser-agent architecture instead of a plugin
- —Built-in tooling for extraction, form filling, and multi-step workflows
Technology
Chromium
C++
Python
TypeScript
React
Rust
Go
Bun
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Ollama
LM Studio
WebSocket
AGPL-3.0
uBlock Origin / Manifest V2 support
Customers
individual power users
founders
developers
researchers
sales reps
marketers
executive assistants
designers
enterprise knowledge workers
Competitors
ChatGPT Atlas
Perplexity Comet
Dia
Chrome
Safari
Claude Cowork
OpenClaw
browser-use
Chrome DevTools MCP
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
not publicly disclosed; likely pre-revenue
Estimated monthly visits
84.7K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
Neowin · Mar 2026
Coverage of BrowserOS 0.44.0, including support for ChatGPT Pro/Plus and GitHub Copilot as providers, voice input, and grounding reliability improvements.
Neowin · Mar 2026
Coverage of BrowserOS 0.43.0, including new skills, local memory features, Kimi K2.5 as the default model, and extended usage at no cost for a limited time.
BrowserOS Blog · Mar 2026
Introduces SOUL.md and on-device memory, emphasizing that personality and memory stay on the user's machine rather than a remote server.
Y Combinator · Sep 2025
Public launch post describing BrowserOS as an open-source, privacy-first agentic browser, highlighting local execution, logged-in sessions, MCP/browser automation, and early traction claims.
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