Intuned, a Y Combinator S22 company founded by Faisal and Ahmad, launched on Hacker News on June 8, 2026, with a platform that combines managed browser automation infrastructure with an AI agent for building and maintaining automations. The platform addresses a core challenge in browser automation: websites frequently change, breaking automations and requiring time-consuming manual fixes. Intuned's approach uses an AI agent to both create automations and automatically heal them when websites change.
Platform Integrates Infrastructure With Claude-Based AI Agent
Intuned consists of two deeply integrated components. The infrastructure side provides managed runtime for browser automation code, typically Playwright-based TypeScript or Python projects. Users can write code directly in an online IDE or delegate work to the AI agent. Once deployed, the platform runs each project in isolated machines, handling authentication, session reuse, scheduling, batch execution, concurrency, and observability.
The agent side, built on the Claude Agent SDK and rebuilt in late 2024 after stronger models became available, includes three key components: an execution environment for long agent sessions, a CLI that exposes platform capabilities to the agent, and a custom plugin with skills and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for browser automations. The agent collects requirements, inspects target websites, generates code, and patches failures as they occur.
Self-Healing Feature Automatically Detects and Fixes Broken Automations
The critical innovation lies in the infrastructure-agent integration for maintenance. The runtime captures complete context needed to debug failures, including parameters, results, traces, and logs. This enables a "Fix with AI" feature where users can open a failed run and have the agent investigate and prepare a fix. The self-healing capability goes further: the platform detects failures, automatically starts an agent session with full context, and proposes fixes for review or deploys them automatically based on user preferences.
Founded After YC Batch Pivot Based on Batchmate Feedback
Intuned was accepted into Y Combinator for a completely different idea. During the batch, founders' batchmates asked whether RPA tools could fill API gaps by automating websites, leveraging Faisal's background at UiPath. When the team decided to pivot, they returned to those founders for deeper investigation. They discovered the actual hard problem in browser automation is maintenance—websites change, selectors break, and failures are painful to reproduce and fix—rather than initial automation creation.
Web Task API Provides Programmatic Access to Platform Capabilities
The company recently packaged its infrastructure and agent as a Web Task API for programmatic access, enabling developers to integrate browser automation capabilities into their own applications. Common use cases include scraping data from websites without APIs, pulling reports, and submitting forms. The founders provided multiple demo videos showcasing building scrapers, using AI for maintenance, self-healing capabilities, and the Web Task API.
The launch post on Hacker News received 101 points and 44 comments. The founders emphasized their belief that "browser automations can and should be faster, cheaper and more predictable." A free tier with trial credits is available at app.intuned.io.
Key Takeaways
- Intuned (YC S22) combines managed browser automation infrastructure with a Claude-based AI agent for building and maintaining Playwright automations
- The platform's self-healing feature automatically detects failed automations, investigates failures using runtime context, and proposes or deploys fixes
- Founded after a YC batch pivot when founders discovered maintenance, not creation, is the hardest problem in browser automation
- Built on Playwright-based TypeScript or Python with managed runtime handling auth, scheduling, concurrency, and observability
- Recently launched Web Task API for programmatic access and received 101 points on Hacker News with free tier available