boat
boat provides persistent Linux virtual machines as sandboxes for AI agents, offering SSH access, Docker support, dedicated IP addresses, and a 60fps virtual desktop. The service is designed for programmatic use and supports any agent framework, with per-second billing starting at $0.018/hour for a 2 vCPU/4 GB machine. Sandboxes come pre-configured with devtools like Docker, VS Code, Chrome, and GitHub CLI, and can be forked at the disk level for parallel agent workflows.
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI Agents
- Software Only
Funding
Raised to date
$500KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
AI agents and developer workflows often require isolated, persistent computing environments, but existing sandbox solutions are either ephemeral, expensive, or lack the full-machine capabilities needed for complex tasks. Teams building agent platforms need to spawn and manage many parallel VMs without incurring high infrastructure costs or dealing with complex setup.
Solution
boat provides persistent Linux (Ubuntu) virtual machines as sandboxes for AI agents, offering SSH/SCP access, Docker support inside the VM, a dedicated IPv6 or IPv4 address per machine, and a 60fps virtual desktop. Each sandbox comes pre-configured with devtools like Docker, VS Code, Chrome, Ghostty, GitHub CLI, Rust, Node.js, and Bun, so agents can start working immediately. The service is designed for programmatic use and supports any agent framework, including Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode. Sandboxes can be forked at the disk level from snapshots, enabling fast branching and parallel agent workflows. Billing is per second with a $20 monthly minimum, and stopped sandboxes incur no machine time costs.
Target Audience
Primary customers are AI agent developers, agent platform builders, and engineering teams that need scalable, persistent cloud VMs for running coding agents, background services, and parallel evaluation workloads.
Features
- Persistent full Ubuntu VMs with SSH and SCP access, Docker support inside the VM, and dedicated IPv6 or IPv4 per machine
- Fast disk-level forking from snapshots, enabling rapid cloning of environments for parallel agent runs
- 60fps virtual desktop streaming for GUI-based workflows and computer-use agents
- Pre-installed devtools including Docker, VS Code, Chrome, Ghostty, GitHub CLI, Rust, Node.js, and Bun
- CLI and API designed for agents and programmatic use, with commands like `boat new`, `boat ssh`, `boat fork`, and `boat desktop`
- Four machine sizes ranging from 2 vCPU/4 GB to 16 vCPU/32 GB, with per-second billing and no charge for stopped sandboxes
- Self-serve plans scale from 100 to 2,000 active sandboxes per account, with EU regions available in Germany, Finland, and France