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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.

blog.exe.dev · Berkeley

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StageSeries AApril 2026 · led by Amplify[1][5][6]
Raised$35Mdisclosed rounds[1][5]
Headcount9as of Jun 2026[5]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2025[8]
Money

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]

People

David Crawshaw, Co-Founder[5][8][6]

Josh Bleecher Snyder, Co-Founder[5][8][6]

Philip Zeyliger, Engineer and blog author[5][6][8]

Signals
Sep 16 2026otherexe.dev disables nested KVM fleet-wide while validating a kernel change for CVE-2026-53359[2]
Mar 5 2026launchexe.dev adds an HTTPS API with mintable bearer tokens[6][5]
Comps

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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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.

blog.exe.dev · Berkeley

StageSeries A
Raised$35M
Headcount9
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2025
CompsFly.io +3