Phaze raises $8.75 million to connect people and AI agents to remote workstations

AI · First reported 4 Nov, 16:13 · Updated 17:07

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Phaze says it has raised $8.75 million in seed funding led by a16z for a remote-computing platform aimed at employees and AI agents. The company plans to use the funding to expand engineering, develop its product and support customer growth.

Phaze announced an $8.75 million seed round led by a16z; the reports also name other participating investors.
The company offers remote access to computers for employees and AI agents, with use cases including design, software testing and IT support.
Phaze presents shared workstation pools as a way for organizations to allocate computing resources to users and agents as needed.
Its MCP server lets agents connect to and operate remote computers; Unite.AI describes the integration as experimental.
The reports describe human intervention in agent-run sessions, including an IT support example where an employee can take over and then return control to the agent.

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Key facts

Funding: $8.75 million seed round led by a16z.
Announced: November 4.
Planned use: Expand engineering, develop the product and support customer growth.
Founders’ background: The founders previously built Parsec, acquired by Unity in 2021.