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A cloud sandbox providing persistent Linux VMs for AI agents with pay-per-second billing.
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Product memo
- For who
- AI agents and builders of agentic platforms
- Solves what
- Provides powerful, persistent Linux VMs as sandboxes for running AI agents and development workflows.
- Instant Ubuntu VMs via CLI
- Pre-installed dev tools
- Pay-per-second billing
In their own words
Box Cheapest, Most Powerful Sandboxes for Agents 📦
Persistent Linux VMs with SSH, Docker inside, and IPv4 per machine. One command: box new.
The cheapest, most powerful sandboxes for building profitable long-running agents as a service.
Operator & company
Operators
3 people
Kirill Makarov
Maker · Source-backed · Product Hunt relation
Anicet
Maker · Source-backed · Product Hunt relation
AnicetN
Founder claim · Source claim · Hacker News relation
Company
- Team
Indie / lean
Operating model
- Business model
Usage Based
- Platform
API
- Audience
Developers
Builder strategy
- Strategy Type
- Niche Specialist
- Stage
- Bootstrapped Lean
- Effort
- Small Team
About Box Expand
A cloud sandbox providing persistent Linux VMs for AI agents with pay-per-second billing.
Competitive context
3 peers · Same primary niche.
Commercial cues
- Model
- usage based
- Free tier
- No
- Trial
- No
Pricing strategy
- • Pay-per-second billing for compute time
- • Monthly plans keep buying commitment low.