Biggest question I have is how this will overcome sites that implement aggressive anti-automation security. I can easily automate websites with existing tools until I slam into that wall.

Congrats on launch. I have experienced these issues first hand with `Open Finance` a few years ago.

I feel that you'll end up being an automation agency (you mentioned UiPath), companies who have the skills and capacity to build, will not need your service. But those who want the full service, you might fill a gap.

I wish you all the best.

I'm always genuinely curious on how startups navigate the founder maze as it helps to break the myth of an overnight success story.

Based on your YC page, you went through a couple of pivots over the last years:

- 4 years ago: Intuned - The data assistant for engineering leaders [0]

- 2 years ago: Intuned - The browser automation platform for developers and product teams [1]

- 1 year ago: Intuned Auth Sessions - Build authenticated scrapers and RPA [2]

What was kind of the evolution from YC S22 4 years ago till you arrived at today's launch? How did you find your differentiation in a highly commoditized space? Even within YC, there are many competitors like Firecrawl, Reworkd, BrowserUse, NotteLabs, Browserbase, etc.

Another thing that might interest HN: AI crawlers come with negative side effects for website owners (costs, downtime, etc.), as repeatedly reported here on HN (and experienced myself).

Does Intuned respect robots.txt directives and do you disclose the identity of your crawlers via user-agent header?

[0] https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Gqr-intuned-the-data-as...

[1]https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LGE-intuned-the-browser...

[2] https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Lpq-intuned-auth-sessio...

Is this a bet that Computer Use models don't get better and cheaper?

Where have you found early traction with users? Why has your solution been useful for these users relevant to the other options?

How well would this work for a "go to hotel booking site, book 2 weeks in June for a family of 4" type of workflows?

What's the benefit of using playwright instead of an official webdriver directly?

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