Resolution criteria

This market resolves YES if a startup is founded and publicly announced before March 31, 2026, with a primary focus on developing or deploying AI models specifically designed for computer control tasks (e.g., automating desktop/web interactions, controlling software interfaces, or executing multi-step workflows on computers). The startup must be newly established (founded in 2026 or late 2025) and have computer control as its core business focus, not merely a secondary feature.

Resolution sources: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Crunchbase, official startup announcements, or major tech news outlets. The announcement must clearly identify the startup's primary mission as computer control via AI.

This market resolves NO if no such startup is announced by March 31, 2026, or if announced startups focus primarily on other AI applications with computer control as a tangential capability.

Background

Perplexity recently launched Perplexity Computer, a system that can execute complex workflows independently using 19 different AI models, and OpenAI merged its Operator project into ChatGPT, giving everyday users the ability to delegate simple multi-step web tasks. ai.com, founded by Kris Marszalek, launched its Autonomous AI agent offering in February 2026, allowing users to generate a private AI agent that operates on the user's behalf—organizing work, sending messages, executing actions across apps. These developments signal growing demand for AI systems that can autonomously control computers and execute tasks.

Considerations

The distinction between a "startup primarily focused on computer control" versus an established company adding computer control features matters for resolution. Perplexity made a splash early in the AI boom by wrapping frontier models in familiar user interfaces, and then moved on to launch its Comet web browser—it is an established company, not a new startup. Similarly, OpenAI and ai.com are not new startups. A YES resolution requires a newly founded company with computer control as its core mission, not an existing player expanding into the space.

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