Agent infrastructure
Steel
Open-source browser API for AI agents and web automation.
steel.dev · LinkedIn · Data run November 13, 2026
Momentum, week of November 9, 2026
72 from 3 of 5 signals
- Agent infrastructure: #4 of 18
Signal percentiles: Web traffic change, 3 months 81; Tranco rank movement, ~30 days 59; Launch and discussion activity, 90 days 76.
What the data says
Positive signals
- Web traffic up 47.8% over three months (as of May 1, 2026).
- Tranco top-sites rank climbed 17.7% over about 30 days.
Watch-outs
- No dated funding round found in our sources.
Key facts
- Headquarters
- n/a
- Founded
- 2024source
- Last round
- n/a
- Headcount
- n/a
- Headcount change
- 3m n/a · 12m n/a
- Monthly web visits
- 38Ksourceas of May 1, 2026
- Web traffic change
- 3m +47.8% · 12m +460%as of May 1, 2026
- Tranco top-sites rank
- #724,627sourceas of Nov 12, 2026
- Tranco rank, ~30 days
- +17.7%as of 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-12
- LinkedIn followers
- 455source
- Hacker News stories, 90 days
- 1source
Recent news and launches
- Oct 7, 2026 · Build the agent. Don't build its computer (Hacker News (1 points)) · discussion
- Jun 26, 2026 · Atlas: Open-source deep research harness (Hacker News (2 points)) · discussion
- Jun 16, 2026 · Building a Deep Research Agent That Survives (Hacker News (2 points)) · discussion
- Jun 11, 2026 · Building a Deep Research Agent That Survives Its Own Failures (Hacker News (2 points)) · discussion
- Jun 10, 2026 · An autopsy of Claude Code's deep research (Hacker News (3 points)) · discussion
- Jun 2, 2026 · Errors are the last interface agents read (Hacker News (2 points)) · discussion
- May 22, 2026 · Agent Traces: every browser session as a prompt (Hacker News (2 points)) · discussion
- Apr 14, 2026 · AI Browser Agent Leaderboard (Hacker News (2 points)) · discussion
n/a means our sources had no value; we do not estimate. Spot an error? Request a correction with a public source.