Browser Use: Raising $17M to Redefine AI Agent Navigation

Browser Use, a startup aiming to simplify how AI agents navigate websites, recently secured $17 million in seed funding, led by Felicis Ventures with co-investors such as Paul Graham, A Capital, and Nexus Venture Partners. Founded by Magnus Mller and Gregor uni in 2025 through ETH Zurich's Student Project House accelerator, the company gained attention thanks to its novel tool which converts website elements into more straightforward text-like formats. This enhances the ability of AI agents to autonomously interpret and interact with web pages, reducing the reliance on vision-based systems which often fail. Browser Use's technology has been integrated by multiple companies, including more than 20 in Y Combinator's current batch, underscoring its potential to become a crucial infrastructure component for AI agent tasks. The firm was propelled into the spotlight after the success of Butterfly Effects' Manus tool, which used their solution, signaling a growing demand for more robust AI web navigation. Felicis Ventures aims to capitalize on this trend by bolstering its portfolio with Browser Use, endorsing the company's open-source-first strategy as a future frontier in automating online tasks.