Dutch Startup Boxd Raises $2 Mn Pre-Seed to Build Cloud Infrastructure for AI Coding Agents

The funding round was led by BlueYard Capital, with participation from OVNI Capital, Antler, S20 and Script Capital. Business angels from General Intuition and other technology companies also invested in the round.

Boxd will use the new funding to grow its team and continue improving its custom virtualisation technology.

The company aims to scale its cloud infrastructure and make it easier for developers and AI agents to access the computing resources they need.

"Every AI coding agent needs a real computer to run on rather than a disposable sandbox. Current container alternatives suffer from security vulnerabilities and lose state as soon as processes complete. Boxd provides hardware-isolated persistent virtual machines that can be live-forked in milliseconds, enabling developers and autonomous agents to build, test, and deploy safely, "said Hidde Kehrer, co-founder of Boxd.

Boxd was founded by Michiel Voortman, Laurentiu Ciobanu and Hidde Kehrer. The company is building cloud infrastructure that gives developers and AI coding agents virtual machines to run code, test software and manage development tasks.

The company is focusing on the growing need for computing power from AI coding agents. These agents can work on several tasks at the same time and need dedicated computing environments that can run for long periods.

Boxd says traditional setups using virtual machines or containers can become difficult to manage when developers use multiple AI agents at once. Letting AI coding agents work without supervision can also create security risks.

Boxd’s platform allows teams to create as many cloud machines as they need. It also supports snapshots and live forking, allowing developers and AI agents to quickly create copies of running machines, including their memory and active connections, in less than 100 milliseconds. This helps multiple agents test different solutions at the same time without setting up separate environments.

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