Agentic artificial intelligence startup Browser Use believes it can play a critical role in helping so-called AI agents navigate the web after closing on a $17 million funding round Saturday.
Felicis Ventures led the round, which also saw participation from A Capital, Nexus Ventures, Y Combinator, Paul Graham, Liquid2, SV Angel, Pioneer Fund and other investors.
The startup’s tool, also called Browser Use, has attracted tons of attention from developers of AI agents, which are AI systems that can complete tasks autonomously on behalf of users. The tool gives them a key capability: It lets them browse the internet in the same manner as humans do.
Browser Use helps to make the web more “readable,” which is handy for AI agents because it happens to be the…