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Ascii launch: what they're building and where to launch next

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What they're building

The best cloud VMs for billions of agents

Batch
Y Combinator Fall 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
3
Based
Remote

Founders

box.ascii.dev ↗

See their funding details ↗

Ascii on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Problem Humans used to need laptops to do their work. Now they prompt agents instead, and those agents need computers too: always-on, in large quantities, and with unlimited capabilities. Building and maintaining that yourself is far from trivial. Solution Box provides powerful, simple, permissive Ubuntu VMs in the cloud. In a box, an agent can work for long periods on code or on knowledge work like legal, research, reporting, and auditing. Why Box and not any other cloud VM? 1. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "The cheapest, most powerful sandboxes for building profitable long-running agents as a service. Persistent Linux VMs with SSH, Docker inside, and IPv6 or IPv4 per machine. One command: box new. $20 = 555 hours of 4 vCPU / 8 GB. Bring any agent: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode. Cheaper than E2B, Codespaces, or Daytona." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Kirill, Founder/CTO: co-founder @ ascii.dev (source)

Code

  • GitHub organization ariana-dot-dev: 14 public repositories, 161 stars in total, mostly TypeScript; most starred is ariana-debugger (140 stars, TypeScript); last push 2026-09-06 (read 2026-09-06). (source)

Timeline

  1. 2024: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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Where else to launch Ascii

  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • Demand Curve ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Dev Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • No Code Founders ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • OnlineGeniuses ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Product Makers ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group

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