a16z's call for startups: computer use agents that actually finish the job
andrewchen · x · 2026-10-16
Fabian Serafini lays out the pain point: decades of software-ing business processes, yet the glue between systems is still "a person with 20 browser tabs open, copying and pasting" — a human API. His ask for startups: computer use agents that actually finish the job, trustworthy enough to do real work at scale inside the software companies already use. a16z / speedrun invites teams building this to reach out.
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