Blaxel
YC X25San Francisco, US · Founded 2024 · 8 employees · Hiring · 8 known investors
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Blaxel provides cloud infrastructure for autonomous agents, offering persistent sandboxes that boot in milliseconds and can stay idle indefinitely without cold-start penalties. The platform combines compute, storage, and networking primitives designed for AI agents to run, scale, and operate reliably with stateful execution and multi-agent collaboration.
Also known as Beamlit
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceInfrastructureUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (X25)
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Paul SinaïinCo-Founder & CEOPaul Sinaï co-founded and sold a previous analytics software startup to a major European cloud provider, where he led products. He is now CEO and co-founder of Blaxel, focused on cloud infrastructure for AI agents.
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Thomas CrochetinCo-founderThomas Crochet is developing front-end infrastructure for AI agents at Beamlit.
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Charles DrappierinCo-FounderHe has 15 years of experience building cloud infrastructure products, including a prior company exit.
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Mathis JoffreinEngineering FounderHe previously worked at OVHcloud on cloud systems and distributed compute architecture, and has experience with microVMs and large-scale network infrastructure tooling.
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Nicolas Lecomtein𝕏FounderFounder of Blaxel, which provides cloud infrastructure for autonomous agents with persistent sandboxes and stateful execution capabilities.
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Christophe PloujouxinCo-FounderChristophe Ploujoux spent eight years at ForePaaS developing a data and AI platform, which informed his work building Blaxel, an end-to-end platform for deploying and managing AI agents for business applications.
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Christophe PFounder
Investors · 8
Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M
Transpose Platform ManagementHouston
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
468 CapitalreportedBerlin
Tekedia CapitalreportedLagos · $1K
Also in the syndicate · 3
First RoundleadLiquid 2Multimodal
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed roundDec 2025
First Round (lead), Liquid 2, Multimodal, Y Combinator
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountseed roundJul 2025 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Blaxel do?
- Blaxel provides cloud infrastructure for autonomous agents, offering persistent sandboxes that boot in milliseconds and can stay idle indefinitely without cold-start penalties. The platform combines compute, storage, and networking primitives designed for AI agents to run, scale, and operate reliably with stateful execution and multi-agent collaboration.
- Who founded Blaxel?
- Blaxel was founded by Paul Sinaï, Thomas Crochet, Charles Drappier, Mathis Joffre, Nicolas Lecomte, Christophe Ploujoux, Christophe P, Paul S. in 2024.
- Who are Blaxel's investors?
- Blaxel's investors include Kima Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Tekedia Capital.
- Where is Blaxel headquartered?
- Blaxel is headquartered in San Francisco, US.