Ascii
New accelerator entry · 2026-08-31 · the record
In their words
**Problem** Humans used to need laptops to do their work. Now they prompt agents instead, and those agents need computers too: always-on, in large quantities, and with unlimited capabilities. Building and maintaining that yourself is far from trivial. **Solution** Box provides powerful, simple, permissive Ubuntu VMs in the cloud. In a box, an agent can work for long periods on code or on knowledge work like legal, research, reporting, and auditing. **Why Box and not any other cloud VM?** 1. It is ready out of the box: every box ships with a desktop, chrome, languages, docker, snapshots, and templates, plus a CLI, SDK, API, and control pane for your fleet. 2. It is permissive and paradigm agnostic: any number of agents can use any number of boxes. Agents can run inside or use boxes as an external tool. 3. It is expertly crafted: we manage everything from the individual CPU to the orchestration software, which makes boxes stable, persistent, scalable, and secure. 4. It is the best performance and price in town: our CPUs rank first on HPC benchmarks, and boxes are typically 9x to 18x cheaper than other leading sandboxes. **Further notes** Boxes are hosted in Europe, which keeps prices low, and more regions are coming. Unless compliance requires it, agents don't notice the region they run in.
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Most-starred repository: ariana-debugger — 140 stars, TypeScript.
Counted 2026-09-05 across repositories the account owns; forks are excluded.
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Against the 29 companies on file from Fall 2026. Median team 2, largest 6.
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| Company | Batch | Sectors | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamscale Labs | Fall 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Infrastructure | 2026-09-05 |
| Sinter | Fall 2026 | 3D Printing, Manufacturing, Advanced Materials | 2026-09-05 |
| Hopper | Fall 2026 | Infrastructure, AI | 2026-09-04 |
| OnePatch | Fall 2026 | DevOps, Automation, AI | 2026-09-03 |
| Orca Aerospace | Fall 2026 | AIOps, Space Exploration, Satellites | 2026-09-02 |
| Ascii (this page) | Fall 2026 | Developer Tools, Cloud Computing | 2026-08-31 |
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