Browserbase

https://www.browserbase.com/

Cloud browser infrastructure for AI agents. Headless Chromium sessions with persistent cookies, localStorage, session recording — agent workflows carry state across runs. Memory at the session/automation tier rather than conversational.

At a glance

Type
Programmatic session persistence (dev infra)
Tier
T1
Created
2024-06
Latest release
not applicable — not OSS
License
not applicable — not OSS
GitHub
not applicable — no GitHub repo
Pricing
Free + paid
Funding
$40M total $300M val Series B · 2025-04

Taxonomy

storage
file
retrieval
extraction-pull
persistence
session
update
overwrite
unit
episode
governance
inspectable
conflict
none

When to use

Optimised for: programmatic browser session persistence

Anti-fit: not for end-users; developer infrastructure only

Pros & cons

Pros

Most developer-friendly path to remote browser agents — memory is structured around session replays, not chat history.

Cons

Infrastructure-tier product; not useful directly to end users without an agent layer on top.

Claims & capabilities

$40M Series B (June 2025) at $300M valuation. $67.5M total. 50M+ sessions in 2025. 1,000+ paying customers.

Technical surface

API surface
REST, SDK: Python, JS/TS
Backend storage
custom
Deployment
Managed-only
Embedding model
not applicable — browser sessions
Multi-tenancy
hard-isolation
MCP
native (first-party) — Browserbase MCP
A2A
searched not found
OpenTelemetry
searched not found

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