A browser automation platform giving AI agents a real browser with stealth fingerprints, session isolation, CAPTCHA solving, and remote human handoff.
The bet
AI agents need a real browser layer with persistent sessions, anti-bot bypass, and human handoff — and open-sourcing it can out-accelerate closed competitors.
Singapore-based startup incorporated as ECO CREATE Technology Pte. Ltd. built a stealth browser engine for AI agents with three-layer isolation (fingerprint, network, session), CAPTCHA solving, Chrome Takeover, and remote-assist, then released two open-source Skills on GitHub on 2026-05-14.
The repository reached roughly 1,200 stars within days (Groundy, 2026-05-17), then 2.4k+ by 2026-06-22. The Product Hunt launch on 2026-06-25 hit #1 Product of the Day with 535 upvotes and entered the weekly Top 3. The company claims 93% token reduction versus raw HTML, supports Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenClaw and Gemini CLI, and ships 30+ pre-built Skills for Amazon, Google Maps, YouTube and Reddit.
Still early as of 2026-09-02: no verified funding, but a live product with a free tier and paid proxies plus stealth browsers beyond the first five; attention is the current measure of success.
Headless scrapers fail on anti-bot walls, CAPTCHAs, and logged-in sites, so agent builders need a real browser layer.
Open-sourcing removed the evaluation barrier against paid stealth-browser infrastructure from Browserbase, Steel.dev, and Anchor.
Indexed compact output instead of raw HTML promises drastically lower LLM token costs, a concrete selling point.
Human-in-the-loop remote handoff made the product usable for authenticated workflows other tools cannot finish.
Product Hunt #1 with 535 votes plus 2.4k GitHub stars in one month proved developer demand for the category.
Open-sourcing the core while monetizing only the infrastructure (proxies, extra stealth browsers) can turn an anti-bot arms race into a distribution engine.
As of 2026-09-02 BrowserAct continues shipping: a CloudScrape launch on 2026-08-14 extended the platform to cloud-hosted scraping with one-prompt setup, the Skills repository stays free and open source, and the company grows through its Discord community and credit rewards for starring the repo. Independent verification of revenue and user counts remains thin; the known traction is Product Hunt #1 on 2026-06-25 (535 votes), weekly Top 3, and 2.4k+ GitHub stars by late June 2026.
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The sources
- BrowserAct Launches Open Source AI-Agent Skills That Build Web Tools Independently Open Source For You · opensourceforu.com ·
- BrowserAct Open-Sources Stealth Browser Engine with 93% Token Reduction Claim Groundy · groundy.com ·
- ProductHunt Daily Pick for June 25, 2026 AIToolly · aitoolly.com ·
- browser-act/skills GitHub · github.com