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Blaxel

AcquiredYC X25

San Francisco, US · Founded 2024 · 12 employees · 17 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, Inc. · Beamlit

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceInfrastructureUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (X25)

PSPaul Sinaï
Paul SinaïCo-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.
TCThomas Crochet
Thomas CrochetCo-founderThomas Crochet is developing front-end infrastructure for AI agents at Beamlit.
CDCharles Drappier
Charles DrappierCo-FounderHe has 15 years of experience building cloud infrastructure products, including a prior company exit.
MJMathis Joffre
Mathis JoffreEngineering FounderHe previously worked at OVHcloud on cloud systems and distributed compute architecture, and has experience with microVMs and large-scale network infrastructure tooling.
NLNicolas Lecomte
Nicolas LecomteFounderFounder of Blaxel, which provides cloud infrastructure for autonomous agents with persistent sandboxes and stateful execution capabilities.
CPChristophe Ploujoux
Christophe PloujouxCo-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.
CPChristophe P
Christophe PFounder
HD
Hemi de MenthiereHead of Ops

Investors · 17

First Round Capitallisted by First Round CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $20M

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Kima Ventureslisted by Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M

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Pioneerlisted by PioneerToronto, Ontario

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Transpose Platform Managementlisted by Transpose Platform ManagementSan Francisco

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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468 CapitalreportedBerlin

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Batch Venturesreported

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Founder CapitalreportedSilicon Valley · $25K – $100K

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Liquid VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $5M

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Motier VenturesreportedParis · $330K – $3.3M

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OurCrowdreportedJerusalem

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Rice CapitalreportedCovina

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Tekedia CapitalreportedLagos · $1K

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Twenty Two VenturesreportedPalo Alto · $50K – $250K

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Also in the syndicate · 2

Liquid 2Multimodal

Funding

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In the news

2025 @ Blaxel: Our year-end round-up | Blaxel Blogblaxel.ai · Dec 2025Blaxel raises $7.3M seed round led by First Round to build cloud infrastructure for the AI agent economy | Blaxel Blogblaxel.ai · Dec 2025Blaxel — AWS for AI agentsycombinator.com · Jun 2025

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 in 2024.
Who are Blaxel's investors?
Blaxel's investors include Blast.Club, First Round Capital, Kima Ventures, Pioneer, Transpose Platform Management, Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Batch Ventures and 7 more.
Where is Blaxel headquartered?
Blaxel is headquartered in San Francisco, US.