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  1. #1Official

    Googlebook gets a sandboxed Linux terminal for agents and developers

    Why it matters Agents can get full admin rights on a Googlebook without putting the rest of the laptop at risk.

    The Android Developers Blog announced a preview Linux terminal for Googlebook, Google's new laptop platform. Every command runs inside a Debian virtual machine, so AI tools can be given admin rights safely, and one click resets it while your files stay. Wireless ADB already works, and USB debugging of Android devices from inside the VM is planned.

    Read the original · Android Developers BlogProduct notes

  2. #2AOSP insider

    Material 3 screen transitions with predictive back are coming to Compose

    Why it matters Compose apps will soon get Material screen animations that also follow the back gesture, with no custom code.

    Two new code changes in AndroidX, Google's open Jetpack libraries, add Material 3 shared axis and fade through transitions to Compose, Android's UI toolkit. Both support predictive back, where the previous screen peeks in as you swipe back. Teams that hand-built these animations can plan to switch once they ship in a release.

    Read the original · AndroidX merged API changes

  3. #3Official

    DataStore 1.3 reaches release candidate

    Why it matters The stable release is close, so now is the time to try the new builder and built-in encryption.

    DataStore, Jetpack's library for saving settings and small data, reached version 1.3.0 release candidate. The 1.3 line adds a new builder that replaces the old factory, an artifact for encrypted storage using Tink, support for web storage in Kotlin Multiplatform, and fixes for updates that were dropped during simultaneous reads and writes.

    Read the original · AndroidX releases

  4. #4Community

    One tap on a web page could change call forwarding on some phones

    Why it matters If your app can place calls, it must confirm before dialing carrier codes, because Android will not do it for you.

    A security researcher showed that apps with the call phone permission can run carrier codes that change settings like call forwarding, with no confirmation. One popular dialer could be triggered from a web page with a single tap and is shipping a fix. Google closed the platform report as won't fix, saying it is up to apps.

    Read the original · Lobsters · androidDiscussion

  5. #5Official

    JetBrains now recommends Kotlin Toolchain for new multiplatform apps

    Why it matters New Kotlin Multiplatform projects may start without a hand-written Gradle setup.

    JetBrains released Kotlin Toolchain version 0.13, a single entry point for building Kotlin apps for Android, iOS, desktop and servers using simple declarative configuration. With this release, JetBrains says it now recommends the toolchain for most new Kotlin Multiplatform projects, a shift away from starting every project with a custom Gradle build.

    Read the original · Kotlin blog

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Also worth knowing

Releases, policy and leaks an Android engineer should know about this week.

03 · Reference

Go deeper: every Android item, by lane

Official & releases

49Google previewed a sandboxed Linux terminal for Googlebook, DataStore 1.3 reached release candidate, Tracing 2.0.4 is a safe stable update, and Compose 1.13 stays in beta.

AndroidX library releases

Stable · safe to ship · 5

Beta · API frozen, try it before it ships · 15

Alpha · experimental, APIs may change · 15
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AOSP / AndroidX insider

9Material 3 shared axis and fade through transitions with predictive back are landing in Compose, and AppFunctions annotations are still changing.
Show 1 more

Experts

17Touchlab's post on runtime crashes from drifting Gradle dependencies is worth reading, and skydoves released Crayfish, an image cropper for Compose Multiplatform.
Show 9 more

Library releases

3SQLDelight 2.4.1, Roborazzi 1.76.0 and Haze 2.0.1 are small, safe patch updates with no breaking changes noted.
  • Haze 2.0.1new

    Patch release for Haze 2.0, the Compose blur library.

  • SQLDelight 2.4.1new

    SQLDelight patch that speeds up code generation and documents Android transactions.

  • Roborazzi 1.76.0new

    Roborazzi fixes duplicated options when rebuilding Compose screenshot test settings.

Leaks & ecosystem

20Android 17 is reaching Nothing Phone 3 and older Galaxy phones, and leaks point to Gemini shopping overlays and Photo Picker editing.
Show 12 more

Community

46Dialer app makers should read the one-tap MMI code issue, and LineageOS 24 brings Android 17 to custom ROM users.
Show 38 more
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  1. #1In 2 sources

    Agent37 rents agent sandboxes for about 37 cents a month

    Why it matters If each user gets their own agent computer, cheap isolation decides whether the product makes money.

    Agent37, a new Y Combinator company, launched on Hacker News with sandboxes for running AI agents at under a tenth of the cost of most providers. The founders say customers spend about 37 cents a month per sandbox on average. It joins Maritime, another launch this week that gives every agent its own persistent virtual machine.

    Read the original · HN front pageProduct notes

  2. #2Worth a debate

    Codex CLI quietly runs a background daemon, and developers push back

    Why it matters Agent tools that keep running after you close them will lose trust unless that behaviour is opt-in.

    A bug report on OpenAI's Codex command line tool reached the top of Hacker News with over 500 points. The reporter found it starts a persistent background service by default, copies a package of nearly 400 megabytes into the home folder, and updates itself, which can interrupt running work. Commenters asked for it to be opt-in.

    Read the original · HN front pageDiscussion

  3. #3New idea

    Janas runs an 80 billion parameter model on a 32 gigabyte laptop

    Why it matters Large open models may run on ordinary laptops by keeping most of the model on disk.

    Janas is a new open-source engine written in plain C. It runs mixture of experts models, which use only a few parts per word, by streaming those parts from a fast SSD as needed. The author reports an 80 billion parameter model running on a 32 gigabyte laptop, many times faster than llama.cpp, on their own test machine.

    Read the original · HN front pageDiscussionProduct notes

  4. #4In 3 sources

    A music workstation lets AI agents drive it through MCP

    Why it matters Adding an MCP bridge lets agents work inside an existing creative app instead of replacing it.

    Blokkily, shown on Hacker News, is an experimental music workstation built around patterns, with a tracker, piano roll and step grid. It runs on Linux, Windows and Apple Silicon Macs. An MCP bridge, the common plug for AI tools, lets an agent control the running app, and a demo shows one composing a chiptune.

    Read the original · Show HNDiscussionProduct notes

02 · Reference

Go deeper: themes, product notes, every source

Themes across sources

5Agent sandboxes · MCP-native apps · On-device AI · Coding-agent control surfaces · Agent-ready Android

Ideas showing up in more than one place today. The line counts items per day over two weeks.

Agent sandboxes

new5 items5 sources

Several launches sell the same thing: an isolated computer for each AI agent. Agent37 competes on price, Maritime on scale, and Google gives Googlebook a VM terminal that agents can control. On the other side, Codex CLI's always-on background daemon drew a large debate about what agent tools may run on your machine.

Why now. Agents now run for hours with shell access, so isolation and cost per agent have become product decisions, not afterthoughts.

Launch HN: Agent37 (YC F26) – Low-cost agent sandboxes for running agentsHN front page

MCP-native apps

new7 items5 sources

Show HN and Product Hunt carry apps that expose their own controls to agents through MCP: a music workstation, a CAD tool, a driving journal, a diagram tool and marketing data. Others rebuild web basics, forms and page fetching, for agents as users.

Why now. MCP has become the standard plug, so adding agent control to an app is now a small feature, not a platform bet.

Show HN: An experimental pattern-first DAW that supports MCPShow HN

On-device AI

steady11 items7 sources

Big models keep moving onto small hardware. Janas streams model experts from an SSD to run an 80 billion parameter model on a laptop, AirLLM and BitNet trend on GitHub, and EmbeddingGemma 2 lands on Product Hunt with browser and GGUF builds.

Why now. Sparse expert models, 1-bit weights and fast SSDs together cut the memory a useful model needs.

Janas: Run LLMs larger than RAM by streaming experts from SSDHN front page

Coding-agent control surfaces

steady8 items3 sources

Tools for watching and steering many coding agents keep shipping: terminals that flag the waiting agent, notch panels, an infinite board for agents, and a voice assistant built on Claude in print mode.

Why now. Developers now run several agents at once, so attention, not typing, is the bottleneck.

FarolProduct Hunt

Agent-ready Android

steady7 items5 sources

Google keeps feeding agents official Android knowledge and hooks: the Developer Knowledge API and MCP server, the Android CLI's skills, ADK for Kotlin, and AppFunctions annotations still changing in Gerrit.

Why now. Coding agents write much of today's Android code, so Google wants them grounded in current guidance.

Supercharge your development with the Google Developer Knowledge API ecosystemGoogle Developers Blog

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Product notes

15Who each product is for, the problem, why now, its wedge and how it makes money. Today’s picks first.

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discussionHN front pageHN · AndroidAndroid

Launch HN: Agent37 (YC F26) – Low-cost agent sandboxes for running agents

126 pts · 84 comments

What
Agent37 rents sandboxes for running AI agents at under 10 percent of the cost of most sandbox providers, about 37 cents a month per sandbox on average.
For whom
Teams running many always-on or per-user agents where sandbox cost dominates.
Problem
Per-agent isolated environments are priced for short jobs, so running one per user gets expensive fast.
Why now
Agent products now give each user a persistent computer, which turns sandbox cost into a unit-economics problem.
Wedge
Price: a tenth of incumbents for the same basic isolation.
Money
Usage-based sandbox hosting.
Like
E2B · Modal · Daytona · Maritime

LessonWhen a new workload makes an old cost line huge, a 10x cheaper version of the same primitive is a full wedge.

discussionHN front pagehype flag

Janas: Run LLMs larger than RAM by streaming experts from SSD

91 pts · 31 comments

What
Janas, a dependency-free C engine that runs mixture-of-experts language models larger than RAM by streaming expert weights from an SSD.
For whom
Developers and hobbyists who want large open models on an ordinary laptop, with or without a GPU.
Problem
Large models need more memory than laptops have, so people fall back to small models or the cloud.
Why now
Mixture-of-experts models only use a few experts per token, and NVMe SSDs are fast enough to fetch them on demand.
Wedge
Runs an 80 billion parameter model on a 32 gigabyte laptop, per the author's own benchmark.
Money
Open source under GPL, no model yet.
Like
llama.cpp · AirLLM · Apple LLM in a flash

Speed figures come from the author's single-machine benchmark, and the project calls itself experimental.

LessonLook at which resource a design wastes; here most model weights sit idle each token, so they can live on disk.

productShow HNHN front pageHN · AndroidAndroid

Show HN: An experimental pattern-first DAW that supports MCP

38 pts · 17 comments

What
Blokkily, an experimental pattern-first music workstation for Linux, Windows and Apple Silicon Macs, with an MCP bridge that lets agents control the running app.
For whom
Electronic musicians and hobbyists who work in patterns, and people curious about agent-assisted composition.
Problem
Desktop creative apps are closed to agents, so AI music help lives in separate generators.
Why now
MCP gives any desktop app a cheap, standard way to expose its controls to agents.
Wedge
Agent control of a real editing tool, shown with a chiptune demo, instead of one-shot song generation.
Money
Open source hobby project, no model yet.
Like
Renoise · LMMS · Suno

LessonExposing your app's own controls to agents keeps the human in the editor rather than replacing the editor.

articleAndroid Developers BlogAndroid

Introducing the Googlebook Linux Terminal Preview: A VM-Backed Environment for AI and Development

What
A preview Debian Linux terminal on Googlebook. Every command runs inside an isolated virtual machine, and AI tools can be given admin rights inside it.
For whom
Googlebook owners who use AI agents or command-line tools, from non-programmers to web and Android developers.
Problem
Running an agent with full shell access on your main system is risky, and Googlebook had no native command line for these workflows.
Why now
Agents now do real work in a terminal, so a laptop platform without a safe shell loses developers.
Wedge
A sandboxed VM that agents can break and reset in one click while host files stay safe.
Money
Platform feature that sells Googlebook hardware; no direct charge.
Like
ChromeOS Linux (Crostini) · WSL · Docker Desktop

LessonWhen users will hand power to an agent, ship the sandbox and the reset button with the feature, not after the first incident.

repoGitHub Trendinghype flag

mksglu/context-mode

★ 246 today

What
An open-source layer for coding agents that sandboxes tool output, keeps session memory, and routes tools across 17 agent platforms through MCP and hooks.
For whom
Developers whose coding agents burn their context window on long logs and tool dumps.
Problem
Tool output fills the context window, so agents forget earlier work and cost more per session.
Why now
MCP and hook systems in coding agents now give a standard place to intercept tool output.
Wedge
A claimed 98 percent cut in tool output sent to the model.
Money
Open source, no model yet.
Like
Repomix · Claude Code hooks · Serena

The 98 percent reduction is the project's own figure and depends heavily on the workload.

LessonSit between the agent and its tools: the plumbing layer can win across every agent at once.

productShow HNHN front page

Show HN: SolidCraft – Open-Source Parametric CAD in Rust (With MCP Support)

25 pts · 1 comments

What
SolidCraft, an open-source parametric CAD tool written in Rust with MCP support.
For whom
Makers and engineers who model parts in code and want agents to edit models.
Problem
Parametric CAD is mostly closed, and agents cannot drive it.
Why now
Agents are good at editing code-like models, and MCP makes the hook-up standard.
Wedge
Open source plus agent access, a combination big CAD vendors do not offer.
Money
Open source, no model yet.
Like
OpenSCAD · CadQuery · FreeCAD · Zoo

LessonIn a market owned by heavy incumbents, an open, agent-drivable core is a credible side door.

productProduct Hunthype flag

Cube Forms

#10 on Product Hunt

What
Cube Forms, a form builder whose forms can be filled in by AI agents as well as people.
For whom
Teams collecting sign-ups, orders or applications that expect agents to act for users.
Problem
Web forms are built for human clicks, so agents fill them unreliably through the browser.
Why now
Agents now act on users' behalf, and form owners want those submissions to arrive clean.
Wedge
Agent-readable forms, a single feature incumbents lack today.
Money
Likely subscription SaaS like other form builders.
Like
Typeform · Tally · Google Forms

The listing gives no detail on how agents fill the forms or which agents are supported.

LessonLook for everyday web objects that assume a human is clicking; each one is a candidate for an agent-native rebuild.

productYC Launches

Expand Fetch: Reading glasses for your AI agent

2 votes

What
Expand Fetch takes a URL and returns accurate Markdown, the page's hidden JSON, and a snapshot an agent can cite.
For whom
Developers building agents and retrieval systems that read live web pages.
Problem
Scraped pages come back noisy or incomplete, and agents cannot prove where a fact came from.
Why now
Agents now browse at scale, and citations have become a product requirement.
Wedge
Citable snapshots, not just cleaner text.
Money
Usage-based API, YC-backed.
Like
Firecrawl · Jina Reader · Context.dev

LessonIn a crowded API category, pick the one output buyers must defend later, here citations, and make it the headline.

articleDove Letter (skydoves)Android

Introducing Crayfish: An Image Cropper for Compose Multiplatform

What
Crayfish, an image cropper library for Compose Multiplatform with a one-line crop dialog, a Cropper composable, aspect ratios, gestures, shapes and Coil support.
For whom
Compose Multiplatform developers who need profile-photo or document cropping on Android and iOS.
Problem
Image cropping on Android leans on older View-based libraries that do not work on other platforms.
Why now
Compose Multiplatform is stable on iOS, so teams want shared UI pieces that used to be platform-specific.
Wedge
A one-line dialog for the common case, plus a composable for custom layouts.
Money
Open source, part of the author's library portfolio and paid newsletter.
Like
uCrop · Android-Image-Cropper · Compose Cropper

LessonShip the one-line default first and the flexible building block second; most users only ever need the first.

repoGitHub Trendinghype flag

morluto/rea

★ 45.3k today

What
An open-source tool that uses AI agents to reverse-engineer software, from observed app behaviour down to native binaries.
For whom
Security researchers, modders and engineers who need to understand closed software without source.
Problem
Reverse engineering is slow, expert-only work in tools like Ghidra or IDA; most developers cannot do it at all.
Why now
Coding models can now read disassembly and iterate; the same wave is decompiling old games at scale (see Techmeme today).
Wedge
One open repo with a sweeping promise ('reverse engineer anything'), riding agent interest to viral GitHub growth.
Money
None stated; open source. A hosted or enterprise security product is the obvious later path.
Like
Ghidra · IDA Pro · Binary Ninja

'Anything' is a very broad claim, and ~25k stars in a day reflects virality more than proven results on real binaries.

LessonAn audacious promise on a hot capability buys distribution; retention depends on whether it survives contact with real targets.

productYC Launches

Maritime: Fully managed cloud for running AI agents at scale

22 votes

What
A managed cloud where every AI agent runs on its own isolated, persistent VM.
For whom
Companies running many long-lived agents that need state, tools and isolation.
Problem
Serverless functions and shared containers fit badly with agents that run for hours, keep state and execute untrusted code.
Why now
Agents moved from chat turns to long-running jobs with real tool access, which needs persistent and safe compute.
Wedge
One infrastructure primitive, a VM per agent, promised at 'millions of agents' scale.
Money
Usage-based compute pricing, like other cloud platforms.
Like
E2B · Modal · Fly Machines

LessonA new workload shape (long-lived, stateful, untrusted) can open space for new infrastructure even in a mature cloud market.

productProduct Hunt

Farol

#25 on Product Hunt

What
A macOS terminal that shows which of your coding agents needs your attention.
For whom
Developers running several coding agents in parallel.
Problem
With multiple agents running, it is easy to lose track of which one is blocked waiting for input.
Why now
Running several agents at once is becoming normal; Littleguys, Halo and Agibot launched around the same idea today.
Wedge
Owning the terminal, where coding agents already run, instead of adding a separate dashboard.
Money
Not stated; likely a paid Mac app or a pro tier.
Like
Littleguys · Warp · iTerm2

LessonWhen users shift from doing to supervising, the valuable UI is attention routing, not more output.

modelHF trending models

google/embeddinggemma-2

trending 1,809

What
Google's EmbeddingGemma 2: an Apache-2.0 multimodal embedding model covering text, images, audio and video.
For whom
Developers building search, RAG and recommendations, including on-device and in-browser.
Problem
Strong multimodal embeddings have mostly been API-only or too large to run locally.
Why now
Within days it is quantised (Unsloth GGUF) and running in the browser over WebGPU, showing small open embeddings can be deployed anywhere.
Wedge
Open licence plus Google's name, small enough for devices.
Money
Free; it strengthens the Gemma ecosystem and Google Cloud.
Like
OpenAI text-embedding-3 · Jina Embeddings · Nomic Embed

LessonOpen, small and multimodal is a distribution strategy: the community ships the ports for you.

articleAndroid Developers BlogAndroid

Device Streaming and Android skills - available in Android CLI

What
Android CLI adds Device Streaming (drive remote physical devices) and 'Android skills' that ground coding agents in official guidance.
For whom
Android developers working with AI agents and command-line workflows.
Problem
Agents generate outdated Android code and cannot test on real hardware.
Why now
Coding agents are mainstream in Android teams; Google is making its docs and device fleet agent-accessible.
Wedge
Official, CLI-first tools any agent can call, not tied to one IDE.
Money
Free; it keeps developers on Google tooling and its device-testing infrastructure.
Like
Firebase Test Lab · Gemini in Android Studio · Developer Knowledge MCP

LessonPlatform owners win the agent era by making their ground truth (docs, devices) machine-readable.

articleChris BanesAndroid

Haze 2.0

What
Haze 2.0 by Chris Banes: a Glass effect, a new effects API, performance work and experimental native Android backdrop support for Compose Multiplatform.
For whom
Compose and Compose Multiplatform developers building blurred or glass-style UI.
Problem
Background blur is hard to do well and fast across platforms in Compose.
Why now
Glass-style UI is in fashion and Android now offers a native backdrop API Haze can sit on.
Wedge
One API across Android, iOS and desktop.
Money
Open source; reputation and community.
Like
Compose progressive blur · Cloudy · SwiftUI materials

LessonLibrary authors stay relevant by adopting new platform APIs underneath while keeping their own API stable; his companion post on progressive blur shows how to explain that.

By source

11Everything collected today from GitHub Trending, Product Hunt, Show HN, HN front page, YC Launches, HF trending models, HF trending spaces, HF daily papers, Lobsters, Dev.to top, Techmeme, in each source’s own order.

GitHub Trending

9
  • morluto/reacard

    Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

    ★ 45.3k today

  • bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view

    A spy satellite simulator in your browser, except the data is real. Live open source spatial intelligence on a photorealistic 3D globe.

    ★ 1,895 today

  • mksglu/context-modenewcard

    Cuts tool output sent to coding agents and keeps session memory across 17 platforms.

    ★ 246 today

  • storytold/artcraft

    An open 'crafting engine' for artists who want control over AI image and video, not one-shot prompts.

    ★ 4,095 today

  • open-webui/open-webuinew

    The popular self-hosted chat interface for local and API models keeps trending.

    ★ 157 today

  • cathrynlavery/diagram-design

    Editorial diagram design for Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Factory Droid, and Pi. 44 diagram types. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows. No Mermaid slop.

    ★ 2,081 today

  • lyogavin/airllm

    Runs 70B models on a 4GB GPU by loading layers one at a time: speed traded for access on cheap hardware.

    ★ 879 today

  • microsoft/BitNetnew

    Microsoft's inference framework for 1-bit models, which run on ordinary CPUs.

    ★ 97 today

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Product Hunt

50
  • Understory Notesnew

    Notes that tell the tale

    #1 on Product Hunt

  • Hexis Cloudnew

    Shared memory for all of a company's AI agents.

    #2 on Product Hunt

  • Bearconnect 2.0new

    AI-Powered LinkedIn Platform for Content and Outreach

    #3 on Product Hunt

  • Dropstone CLInew

    A terminal coding agent that claims to learn from your sessions.

    #4 on Product Hunt

  • Codemindnew

    A coding agent you delegate whole tasks to.

    #5 on Product Hunt

  • Scrape Anything by Context.devnew

    Turns any website into clean data through one API call.

    #6 on Product Hunt

  • Invited - AI Reminder Scannernew

    AI reminder scanner for bills, invites & documents

    #7 on Product Hunt

  • Ancher 2.0new

    Turn everything you read and save into work you can ship

    #8 on Product Hunt

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  • Kudos 3.0new

    The AI that finds money you're missing and gets it back

    #9 on Product Hunt

  • Cube Formsnewcard

    Forms built so AI agents can fill them in reliably.

    #10 on Product Hunt

  • SalesRep.comnew

    Your AI sales rep: live prices, quotes & follow-ups 24/7

    #11 on Product Hunt

  • ngram 2.0new

    Create explainers, screencasts, and AI avatar videos

    #12 on Product Hunt

  • ExcaliClawnew

    Hand-drawn diagrams an AI agent can draw with you.

    #13 on Product Hunt

  • Milepostnew

    An iOS driving journal that exposes trips to agents through MCP.

    #14 on Product Hunt

  • SquadRoomnew

    AI employees that work 24/7

    #15 on Product Hunt

  • Manifold MCPnew

    Marketing and SEO data packaged as an MCP server for agents.

    #16 on Product Hunt

  • guilds.runnew

    Builds multi-agent workflows with checks for trust.

    #17 on Product Hunt

  • Google EmbeddingGemma 2new

    EmbeddingGemma 2 lands on Product Hunt after topping Hugging Face.

    #18 on Product Hunt

  • Base Codenew

    Lets non-engineers build on a product's codebase with agents.

    #19 on Product Hunt

  • EdgeVolume

    Volume control from the trackpad edge; tiny utilities still launch well on Product Hunt.

    #20 on Product Hunt

  • FloorGen

    Free floor plans from a sketch or a prompt; generative layout for non-designers.

    #21 on Product Hunt

  • NotchPit

    One of several notch utilities today; the MacBook notch has become a micro-platform.

    #22 on Product Hunt

  • Gboard Kurukuru Version

    Google Japan's annual joke keyboard; brand marketing more than product.

    #23 on Product Hunt

  • Tori

    Japanese listening practice generated from your own sentences; personal-content language learning.

    #24 on Product Hunt

  • Farolcard

    The macOS terminal that shows which coding agent needs you

    #25 on Product Hunt

  • Pickle Sensei

    AI swing coach for pickleball; vertical coaching riding a fast-growing sport.

    #26 on Product Hunt

  • SimpleSpread

    Native, open-source Mac spreadsheet; a bet that people want small native apps over web suites.

    #27 on Product Hunt

  • NewMinecraftServers

    Minecraft server directory with spoof detection; trust signals differentiate a listings market.

    #28 on Product Hunt

  • Kooler

    Cocktail finder from what's in your bar; the classic 'make it from what I have' utility.

    #29 on Product Hunt

  • Foley

    Voice to-do list that asks before acting; 'ask first' as a trust feature for agents.

    #30 on Product Hunt

  • Agibot

    Always-on Mac agent, free forever; price is the wedge and monetisation is unclear.

    #31 on Product Hunt

  • Unboom

    Software room correction for Mac audio; DSP replacing acoustic panels.

    #32 on Product Hunt

  • Edgee Mod for Claude Code

    Use any model inside Claude Code, keep your Claude plan

    #33 on Product Hunt

  • KarmaBoard

    Split-flap message board for any TV; nostalgic design is the whole product.

    #34 on Product Hunt

  • FocusWrite

    Local-first writing app; offline and privacy as positioning in a saturated category.

    #35 on Product Hunt

  • Halo

    Notch app bundling notifications, dictation and agent status; the notch as an agent dashboard.

    #36 on Product Hunt

  • shippedit.me

    Launch platform selling SEO plus 'AEO' (optimising for AI answer engines), now a product category.

    #37 on Product Hunt

  • Poke Finder

    A browser extension that turns browsing into a Pokédex hunt; engagement through collection, but IP-fragile.

    #38 on Product Hunt

  • kōdlo

    Sales workspace pitching one shared context across tools: the 'context layer' idea applied to sales.

    #39 on Product Hunt

  • MePersona

    Replies to fans in a creator's voice; scales engagement but risks an authenticity backlash.

    #40 on Product Hunt

  • Automations in Perplexity Computer

    Perplexity adds recurring background automations; assistants are becoming schedulers.

    #41 on Product Hunt

  • Ghost Core

    A personal AI computer that runs entirely on-device

    #42 on Product Hunt

  • Ayven

    An agent that owns a team's meeting agenda; a painful but crowded wedge.

    #43 on Product Hunt

  • HireKey

    Job-search copilot whose angle is recruiter input rather than generic résumé rewriting.

    #44 on Product Hunt

  • OpenScreen 2

    Screen recorder where an agent does the edits; editing becomes an instruction, not a timeline.

    #45 on Product Hunt

  • DevTerminal

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Googlebook gets a sandboxed Linux terminal for agents and developers

Why it matters Agents can get full admin rights on a Googlebook without putting the rest of the laptop at risk.

The Android Developers Blog announced a preview Linux terminal for Googlebook, Google's new laptop platform. Every command runs inside a Debian virtual machine, so AI tools can be given admin rights safely, and one click resets it while your files stay. Wireless ADB already works, and USB debugging of Android devices from inside the VM is planned.

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Agent37 rents agent sandboxes for about 37 cents a month

Why it matters If each user gets their own agent computer, cheap isolation decides whether the product makes money.

Agent37, a new Y Combinator company, launched on Hacker News with sandboxes for running AI agents at under a tenth of the cost of most providers. The founders say customers spend about 37 cents a month per sandbox on average. It joins Maritime, another launch this week that gives every agent its own persistent virtual machine.

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