Acquisition
Dec 2025Carl Atupem announced that Bytebot had been acquired by Standard Fleet and that he would join the Standard Fleet team as an engineer.
SourceBytebot is the open source container for AI desktop agents.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Bytebot is an open-source, self-hosted AI desktop agent for automating cross-application computer tasks in a sandboxed Linux desktop environment; public profiles now also note it was acquired by Standard Fleet.
Primary product
Open-source AI desktop agent / desktop-automation container
Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI desktop agent infrastructure
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
open-source software
self-hosted infrastructure tool
paid support/services for specialized needs
Funding
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Convertible Note · Jan 2021
Latest amount
$500K
Jan 2021 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Work & culture
Open-source, community-driven, self-hosted, and model-agnostic; emphasizes simple human-computer interaction primitives, observability, and human-in-the-loop takeover.
Product & market
Pricing
Free/open-source core; users pay their own AI-provider API fees and infrastructure costs. Public YC copy also references tiered pricing for individual engineers and companies.
Differentiators
- —Keyboard-mouse-screen control instead of browser-only automation
- —Self-hosted on user infrastructure
- —Runs in a containerized Linux desktop
- —Takeover mode for human intervention
- —No licensing or subscription fees for the core project
- —Supports multiple AI providers
- —Works across many desktop applications and legacy software
- —Built around REST and MCP APIs
Technology
TypeScript
Docker
Ubuntu 22.04
XFCE4
Next.js
NestJS
REST APIs
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
LiteLLM
Anthropic Claude
OpenAI GPT
Google Gemini
Puppeteer
Playwright
Bitwarden
1Password
Customers
developers
engineering teams
companies automating multi-step workflows
teams doing web data extraction
organizations with strict data-privacy or self-hosting requirements
Competitors
UiPath
Anthropic Computer Use
Microsoft Power Automate Desktop
Browserbase
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
About $1.1M estimated ARR (2024)
Estimated monthly visits
12.6K
Signals & risks
Latest news
LinkedIn · Dec 2025
Carl Atupem announced Bytebot’s acquisition by Standard Fleet and said he would join Standard Fleet as an engineer.
Official blog · Jul 2025
Bytebot detailed its containerized Linux desktop architecture and the bytebotd control surface built around keyboard, mouse, and vision primitives.
LinkedIn · Jul 2025
Bytebot announced broader model support, including Google Gemini and OpenAI, for powering desktop-agent workflows.
Official blog · Jun 2025
Bytebot explained its design philosophy for using a keyboard-mouse-screen abstraction instead of brittle browser-only automation.
Official blog · Apr 2025
Bytebot argued that desktop agents are the right abstraction for complex work across browser, terminal, and legacy desktop software.
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