exe.dev
exe.dev sells persistent Linux VMs with SSH, HTTPS, and a built-in coding agent, aimed at developers and AI agents that need a machine per task.
Raised $35M across disclosed rounds.[1][5]
Series A closed April 2026, led by Amplify.[1][5][6]
post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.
Named investors include Amplify, CRV, HeavyBit.[1][5][2]
David Crawshaw, Co-Founder[5][8][6]
Josh Bleecher Snyder, Co-Founder[5][8][6]
Philip Zeyliger, Engineer and blog author[5][6][8]
Fly.io · fly.io · Same buyer and same job: a developer who wants to run a small app or machine without assembling AWS primitives, and who would weigh a per-machine cloud against exe.dev's per-VM pricing.[1]
Hetzner · hetzner.com · Named directly as the price-value alternative a buyer compares against; a bitecode.dev review of exe.dev says the value is far away from OVH or Hetzner but the convenience is the reason to pay.[2]
OVHcloud · ovhcloud.com · Named alongside Hetzner as the cheap-raw-compute alternative a buyer would price exe.dev against for the same job of hosting a persistent Linux machine.[2]
Sprites · sprites.dev · Named in a comment on exe.dev's own Shelley announcement as the adjacent product in the same space, meaning the same buyer evaluating agent sandboxes would weigh it.[7]
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Sep 2026 · clauday.com
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exe.dev
exe.dev sells persistent Linux VMs with SSH, HTTPS, and a built-in coding agent, aimed at developers and AI agents that need a machine per task.