Agent sandbox boat.dev sees record growth day with 100k-view demo and nonstop Stripe orders
zack_overflow · x · 2026-10-29
boat.dev, a sandbox service built for AI agents, just had its highest-growth day ever: a >100k-view Android emulation demo, CI launching on boat, a demo and praise from Theo, several Stripe emails per minute, and 10+ support tickets per hour — with infra holding strong.
- Persistent Ubuntu VM sandboxes for agent factories: SSH/SCP, in-VM Docker, dedicated IPv4/IPv6, 60fps virtual desktop, disk-level snapshot forking
- Preinstalled Docker, VS Code, Chrome, GitHub CLI, Rust, Node.js, Bun; works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode
- Billed per second from $20/mo (555 hours of 4 vCPU/8GB VM time), three size tiers, claims to undercut E2B, Modal, Vercel Sandbox and others
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