Ariana
Entrepreneur First '25Paris, FR · Founded 2025 · 1 known investors
Provides infrastructure for building isolated AI agents with sandboxing handled by the platform, aimed at developers who need agent isolation without building sandboxing expertise in-house.
Also known as Ascii · box · Box by Ascii
Founders & leadership
Ariana was founded in 2025 by Isaline Goudeau and Anicet Nougaret.
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Ariana, which presents itself publicly under the name Ascii, is a developer-infrastructure company whose current product is Box. Box provides persistent Ubuntu virtual machines intended as isolated environments in which AI agents can run, with the sandboxing layer supplied by the platform rather than built by the customer. Machines are described as offering SSH access, Docker support and a dedicated IPv4 address, and the company states that any agent can be brought to the platform.
The product is delivered through a command-line interface installed via a one-line script on macOS, Windows or Linux. Onboarding is automated: users sign in with GitHub, optionally connect repositories, and activate a base plan through Stripe Checkout, which includes a seven-day free trial; the CLI then provisions the user's first machine automatically. Documentation also covers hosting a service inside a Box and exposing it on a stable public HTTPS URL. The company's site lists an earlier iteration of its work, Pocket CTO, described as an AI CTO for managing software teams from a phone.
Business model
Self-serve subscription software sold to developers, with billing handled through Stripe Checkout on a base plan that begins with a seven-day free trial. Compute is priced by machine time, with the site citing $20 for 555 hours of a 4 vCPU / 8 GB configuration.
Recurring subscription plus usage-based compute pricing, collected via Stripe.
Traction
No traction metrics such as customers, usage or revenue are disclosed in the available sources.
Latest developments
The current public product is Box, with installation and onboarding documentation covering CLI installation, GitHub sign-in, Stripe-based billing with a seven-day trial, and hosting services on public HTTPS URLs.
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Market position
The sources describe only the company's own product positioning; no third-party market or competitive assessment is available.
Positions Box around not requiring customers to build sandboxing expertise themselves, and around compute pricing the company frames as not sacrificing customer margins.
Technology
Persistent Ubuntu virtual machines with SSH access, Docker, and dedicated IPv4 addresses, provisioned and managed through a CLI installed by shell or PowerShell script. GitHub sign-in and optional repository connection are part of onboarding, and services running inside a Box can be exposed on a stable public HTTPS URL.
Go-to-market
Product-led and self-serve: developers install the CLI from the website or documentation, authenticate with GitHub, and start a trial-backed paid plan without sales contact.
Developers and teams building or running AI agents who need isolated execution environments without developing in-house sandboxing expertise.
Geography
The available public sources do not describe locations or markets served.
History
The public site describes Box as the company's current product and lists Pocket CTO, an AI CTO for managing software teams, as an older iteration, indicating at least one prior product direction before the current focus on agent sandboxing infrastructure.
Risks & controversies
No risks or controversies are reported in the available sources. Note that the company operates publicly under the name 'Ascii' while the domain is ariana.dev, and several unrelated entities share the 'Ariana' name.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsAriana (operating as Ascii) offers Box, providing persistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH, Docker and dedicated IPv4 for running isolated agents, installed via a CLI with GitHub sign-in and Stripe-based billing including a 7-day free trial.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Arianaariana.dev · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Ariana do?
- Paris-based developer infrastructure startup offering Box, persistent sandboxed Ubuntu VMs for running isolated AI agents.
- Who founded Ariana?
- Ariana was founded by Isaline Goudeau, Anicet Nougaret in 2025.
- Who are Ariana's investors?
- Ariana's investors include Entrepreneur First.
- Where is Ariana headquartered?
- Ariana is headquartered in Paris, FR.