Why Browser Use matters
Browser Use raises a $17M seed round led by Felicis, announced March 24, 2025, after founders Magnus Müller and Gregor Zunic went through Y Combinator. Its MIT-licensed repository reaches 115,300 GitHub stars and 12,700 forks by September 2026, making it one of the most-starred agent projects. The company sells hosted browsers through Browser Use Cloud at $0.02 per browser-hour as of September 2026.
The numberOpen source browser agent repository passed 115,000 GitHub stars by September 2026
On The Agentic 80
Listed under Browser and general-purpose agents. Agents that use the web and the computer the way people do.
Quick answers
- What does Browser Use do?
- Open source Python library and hosted cloud that let AI agents navigate and act in web browsers. Browser Use raises a $17M seed round led by Felicis, announced March 24, 2025, after founders Magnus Müller and Gregor Zunic went through Y Combinator.
- What AI capabilities does Browser Use offer?
- Browser Use offers an open source Python library and a hosted cloud service that let business teams run AI agents inside real web browsers. Agents can open sites, click, type, extract page data, and complete multi-step web tasks through a structured interface. The cloud option provides managed browser sessions so teams can automate research, form filling, and website workflows without maintaining their own browser infrastructure.
- Why is Browser Use on The Agentic 80?
- Browser Use is listed under Browser and general-purpose agents. Agents that use the web and the computer the way people do. Open source browser agent repository passed 115,000 GitHub stars by September 2026.
- Where is Browser Use based, and who owns it?
- Browser Use is based in San Francisco, CA, was founded in 2024 and is private, Seed.