Steel
Steel provides browser infrastructure for AI agents, including cloud browser sessions, browser APIs, proxies, CAPTCHA handling, session persistence, and observability for web automation workloads.
Why Abandoned
Steel’s official website and public GitHub repository continue to present the service and open-source browser API as available. No verified acquisition or shutdown announcement was found.
🩺 Health Signals
No checks have been run on this tool yet.
📅 Timeline
Steel founded
Y Combinator profile published
Seed funding announced
Open-source browser API released
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Steel AI browser infrastructure?
Steel is browser infrastructure for AI agents and automation systems. It supplies programmable cloud browser sessions and related tooling rather than a conventional consumer web browser.
What can developers build with Steel?
Developers can use Steel for agentic web navigation, data extraction, form completion, website interaction, testing, and other workflows that require a remotely controlled browser.
Is Steel open source?
Yes. Steel publishes an open-source browser API on GitHub. It also offers managed cloud infrastructure, while the repository provides a route for teams that want to inspect or self-host the software.
Does Steel handle proxies, CAPTCHAs, and browser sessions?
Steel advertises proxy support, CAPTCHA handling, persistent sessions, and session observability as parts of its browser infrastructure. Exact capabilities and plan limits should be checked on Steel’s current documentation and pricing pages.
How does Steel differ from browser automation tools such as Playwright?
Playwright is a browser-control library. Steel provides hosted browser infrastructure around automation workloads, including remote sessions, scaling, networking, persistence, and operational tooling; developers may use browser-control frameworks with that infrastructure.