If you're already using Playwright, I'd love for you to give Stagehand a try (https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand) - it has compatible-ish API, but built for automation, not testing.
Stagehand is our open source project, but the company behind it is called Browserbase - https://browserbase.com/ where we run headless browser infrastructure as a service. So no interest at this point, Browserbase drives the revenue that funds Stagehand!
Hey there! Founder of Browserbase here. If you're seeing any abuse from one of our customers we'd love to hear more. Mind sending more info to [email protected]?
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We're building infrastructure that enables developers and LLMs to programmatically interact with the web using our hosted headless browsers.
A headless browser is just like the browser you're using right now, but running on a server. Running a single one isn't too bad, but running many of them becomes a complex exercise in stateful, distributed systems. We handle that, as well as provide great observability and other helpful features (like cookies management) to make developer's lives easier.
While the infrastructure product is how we make money, we also maintain Stagehand (https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand), the AI-powered successor to Playwright. We built it to show how you can use LLMs to build dynamic web automations that don't depend on deterministic code.
We're looking for developers who are interested in working on products that cater to other developers. You're an especially good fit if you're experienced in cloud infrastructure or distributed systems.
We're a team of 10, full time in-person in-SF. You can learn more about our work culture here: https://x.com/pk_iv/status/1860762063490158642. We have product-market-fit, and have raised $27M from Kleiner Perkins, CRV, and Okta Ventures.
I've hired several people from HN and I'm excited to continue meeting great people like yourself!
I’d recommend checking out Stagehand if you want to use something that’s more AI first! It’s like the AI powered successor to playwright: https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand
If you're open to it, I'd love to hear what you think of what we're building at https://browserbase.com/ - you can run a chrome extension on a headless browser so you can do the semantic markdown within the browser, before pulling anything off.