AI Agents & Automation
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OpenMontage turns your coding agent into a 52-tool video studio
Most AI video tools generate clips. OpenMontage, an open-source project trending on GitHub, tries to run the whole production instead — research, script, assets, edit, and final render — by turning a coding agent like Claude Code or Cursor into a video studio. ## What OpenMontage actually does You describe the video in plain language… Continue reading
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Daemons by Charlie Labs run always-on to maintain the code your agents wrote
Coding agents are great at building, but they leave a mess behind — outdated dependencies, dead code, redundant abstractions. Daemons, a new product from Charlie Labs, is built to clean that up continuously: the team’s framing is “use agents to build, and use daemons to maintain what you’ve built.” ## How Daemons work A daemon… Continue reading
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Swytchcode CLI governs how AI agents call your production APIs safely
As agents start firing real API calls — sending emails, processing payments, updating CRMs — without a human reviewing each one, the risk shifts from “can it call the API” to “should it have.” Swytchcode CLI is built for that gap: it is execution authority for agentic API integrations. ## What Swytchcode does The CLI… Continue reading
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MakersClaw deploys 24/7 AI agents into Slack, Telegram, Discord, and email
Most teams already run their work inside chat apps, so that is where an AI agent is actually useful. MakersClaw leans into that: it lets you deploy AI agents that run 24/7 directly inside the messaging tools your team already uses. ## What MakersClaw does Rather than another dashboard to log into, MakersClaw drops agents… Continue reading
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Invoko is a Mac AI helper you talk to that acts on what is on your screen
Most desktop AI assistants still make you stop, open a chat window, and re-describe what you are doing. Invoko, a Mac AI helper currently in beta, takes a different tack: you talk to it while you work, and it already sees what is on your screen. ## What Invoko does Invoko lives in the Mac’s… Continue reading
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machine0 spins up persistent cloud VMs for AI agents from one CLI command
Coding agents have outgrown the laptop. A session might run four to eight hours debugging a hard issue, and tools like OpenClaw increasingly run around the clock — which is awkward when the agent lives on a machine you need to close. machine0, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 startup, gives those agents a persistent home… Continue reading
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Akkari is an autonomous agent that tracks every customer commitment across your channels
Customer commitments slip through the cracks because they are scattered across Slack, calls, email, and meetings, and no one owns the follow-up. Akkari, a Y Combinator startup billing itself as Autonomous Customer Ops, is built to catch all of it. ## What Akkari does Akkari runs the operational work from the first sales call through… Continue reading
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Samora AI runs multilingual voice agents that handle high-volume calls end to end
High-volume phone operations — collections, recruiting screens, support lines — are expensive to staff and hard to scale across languages. Samora AI, a YC W26 startup, runs multilingual voice agents that take those calls end to end so companies don’t have to build the stack themselves. ## What Samora AI does Samora handles real inbound… Continue reading
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Kestrel AI resolves cloud and Kubernetes incidents in seconds for platform teams
When a cloud or Kubernetes incident hits at 3am, the slow part is rarely the fix — it is finding the root cause. Kestrel AI, a Y Combinator F25 startup, is an AI automation layer for platform engineering teams built to collapse that gap. ## What Kestrel does Kestrel monitors cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure 24/7… Continue reading
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Alter gives AI agents zero-trust identity so every tool call is authenticated
Letting an AI agent act on production systems raises an obvious question: what is it actually allowed to do, and who says so? Alter, a Y Combinator startup, answers that with a zero-trust identity and access control platform built specifically for AI agents. ## What Alter does Alter wraps every tool call an agent makes… Continue reading
