Proliferate lets teams manage a fleet of AI agents from the desktop, running them locally or in the cloud. The platform is 100% open source and free to use, and helps teams build company-specific background agents with secure access to internal services, sandbox environments, and live multiplayer previews for verification. It was founded by Pablo Hansen, who completed a master's degree in AI at 19 and was the first hire at Onyx (YC W24). Proliferate was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch.
Proliferate
ActiveManage a team of agents from your desktop
Total raised
$500K
1 round
Stage
Seed
Jan 2025
Team
1-10
since 2025
Pricing
—
Founded
2025
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
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Desktop platform to manage a fleet of AI agents
Run agents locally or in the cloud
100% open source and free to use
Company-specific background agents
Secure access to internal services
Sandbox environments for agent execution
Live multiplayer previews for verification
Centralized management of multiple agents
12/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Jan 2025 Seed $500K ● Y Combinator
Capital network
$500K raised ·1 backer·10 network links
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- What is Proliferate?
- Proliferate is an open-source desktop platform for managing a fleet of AI agents, running them locally or in the cloud.
- Is Proliferate free?
- Yes. Proliferate is described as 100% open source and free to use.
- How does it keep agents secure?
- It supports secure access to internal services, sandbox environments, and live multiplayer previews for verification.
- Who built Proliferate?
- It was founded by Pablo Hansen, who completed a master's in AI at 19 and was the first hire at Onyx (YC W24). Proliferate was part of YC's Summer 2025 batch.
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