Kernel LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Kernel announced a partnership with Anthropic to connect Claude Managed Agents to Kernel browsers, enabling long-horizon browser tasks with secure managed auth and hosted browser infrastructure.
Crazy fast, open source infra for AI agents to use the Internet
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Kernel is a San Francisco-based browser-infrastructure company building open-source cloud browsers and automation infrastructure for AI agents and web automations.
Primary product
Browsers-as-a-service / cloud browser infrastructure API for AI agents
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
10-20
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI infrastructure / browser infrastructure
Offices
1 job at Kernel
Business model
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$44.7M
Latest round
Series A · Nov 2025
Latest amount
$16M
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Product & Partnerships
Chief of Staff
Founding Developer Relations Engineer
High-trust, default-async, low-bureaucracy culture with a small senior/staff-heavy team focused on shipping fast infrastructure for developers.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public postings show roughly $175K-$235K for DevRel and $175K-$250K for Product Engineer, plus equity. Reported perks include premium medical/dental, daily lunches, unlimited PTO, 401k match, relocation assistance, and a $1k/month LLM usage budget.
Benefits
Pricing
Usage-based pricing with tiered plans (Trial, Free, Hobbyist, Start-up, Enterprise) and enterprise support tiers.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$0.66M-$0.68M ARR (public estimates)
Kernel LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Kernel announced a partnership with Anthropic to connect Claude Managed Agents to Kernel browsers, enabling long-horizon browser tasks with secure managed auth and hosted browser infrastructure.
Kernel LinkedIn · Apr 2026
Kernel announced a partnership with Cloudflare to broaden support for Web Bot Auth so agents can cryptographically prove identity to protected sites.
SiliconANGLE · Oct 2025
Reports Kernel’s $22M funding round and describes the company’s browser infrastructure for AI agents, including investors such as Accel, Y Combinator, Cintrifuse Capital, Refinery Ventures, Vercel Ventures, and SV Angel.
Accel · Oct 2025
Accel’s announcement for leading Kernel’s Series A; highlights Kernel’s browser-as-a-service API, instant browsers, live views/replays, and managed agent identity/authentication.
Y Combinator
YC launch page describing Kernel’s browser infrastructure for AI agents, founders Catherine Jue and Rafael Garcia, and the product’s speed, observability, and proxy/CAPTCHA features.