Alan Ma

Co-founder and CTO, Pomerado (YC F26)

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

working on integrations made me realize most people make things that neither humans nor agents want to use

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@sidcodes I like code

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@ZKiihne @ev_whitehouse Super cool! How much information do we need to get a good mock? Is it just the traces or do you need the app?

[Zachary Kiihne @ZKiihne]

Three months ago @ev_whitehouse and I set out to fix how agents get tested. Mocks aren't real enough and sandboxes don't scale.

Today we're launching Rystic (YC F26) : local copies of Slack, Stripe, S3 and the rest of your stack.

→ Save scenarios
→ Inject faults
→ Run at scale

Check it out below 👇

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@ayaangazali Thanks! Please check us out at https://t.co/wEBcgjXJpI. Let me know of any feedback as well!

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@MohakBajaj5 @akshay_manglik Hey! We don't charge by the API. It's free to start making MCPs! If your usage can't fit in a personal plan, we do custom enterprise pricing

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@yu_chihchieh @akshay_manglik Hey! Yes for consumer plans they are public by default, except when doing so would leak personal data (e.g., internal sites). We have a publication agent that screens all published APIs for personal data

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@alymoursy try @pomerado!

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

hey!

1. we do host commonly used websites! For websites that we deem "safe to share" (so not internal / may leak personal data), APIs are published once they are made. So you can use the DoorDash API someone else made

2. we self-host our own PII redactors so we never end up storing sensitive data. happy to provide more details

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

the thing about launching a product is that your users are always so much more creative than you. so cool to see the APIs people made today

[Akshay @akshay_manglik]

Introducing Pomerado (YC F26): the faster, cheaper, and more reliable alternative to browser use.

Open source. Sign up for free to supercharge your agents 🧵

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@aaron_epstein @akshay_manglik Thanks Aaron!

[Akshay @akshay_manglik]

Introducing Pomerado (YC F26): the faster, cheaper, and more reliable alternative to browser use.

Open source. Sign up for free to supercharge your agents 🧵

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

Shout out Himanshu for being part of the journey!

[Himanshu Patro @hopstreax]

There’s something special about contributing to a codebase you didn’t build, but genuinely want to make better.

You start by fixing bugs. Then you begin understanding the system, questioning decisions, and finding ways to improve it.

That’s been my journey with @pomeradoai so far.

Kudos to @akshay_manglik and Alan for building something worth exploring and contributing to.

The goal isn’t just to write code. It’s to become an engineer who makes a difference. 🚀

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@Andrey__HQ @akshay_manglik Hey!

For Parse: We're more agent-friendly and built around DevX. We've also engineered Pomerado for maximum coverage

For Zatanna: Zatanna is more of a managed services model (you tell them the integration to make, and they make it) whereas we supply the platform

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@UnknownUnk20718 @akshay_manglik Added to the roadmap! haha

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@theEgeGulce @akshay_manglik Hey Ege! Understand the skepticism, feel free to try us out at https://t.co/wEBcgjXJpI! And this is an early version of the benchmark, we'll refine more in the future

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@akshay_manglik pomerado

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

Really excited to officially launch @pomeradoai! Go check us out

[Akshay @akshay_manglik]

Introducing Pomerado (YC F26): the faster, cheaper, and more reliable alternative to browser use.

Open source. Sign up for free to supercharge your agents 🧵

[Alan Ma @Alanmrsa1]

@uxduck cool product! do I get to fly it