Boxd raises $2M to build cloud infrastructure for AI coding agents

Dutch
startup Boxd has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round to develop its
cloud computing infrastructure for developers and AI coding agents. The round
was led by BlueYard Capital, with participation from OVNI Capital, Antler, S20
and Script Capital, alongside business angels from General Intuition and other
technology companies.

Founded
by Michiel Voortman, Laurentiu Ciobanu and Hidde Kehrer, Boxd is building
infrastructure that provides virtual machines for developers and AI agents to
execute code, run tests and manage software development workflows. The company
is targeting the growing infrastructure demands of AI coding agents, which can
operate in parallel and require dedicated, long-running computing environments.

Traditional
development setups typically rely on individual virtual machines or containers.
According to Boxd, these approaches can become difficult to manage as
developers run multiple agents simultaneously, while allowing coding agents to
operate without supervision can also introduce security risks.

The
company’s platform allows teams to create as many cloud machines as required
and provides snapshotting and live-forking capabilities. This enables
developers and AI agents to create copies of running machines, including their
memory and active connections, in under 100 milliseconds. The approach is
designed to allow multiple agents to test different solutions in parallel while
reducing the need to configure and maintain separate development environments.

Boxd
uses a simplified virtualisation architecture focused on CPU, RAM, storage and
networking, rather than emulating additional hardware such as audio devices,
webcams and USB ports. The company says this reduces the software attack
surface and helps mitigate security risks associated with running autonomous
agents.

Every
AI coding agent needs a real computer to run on rather than a disposable
sandbox. Current container alternatives suffer from security vulnerabilities
and lose state as soon as processes complete. Boxd provides hardware-isolated
persistent virtual machines that can be live-forked in milliseconds, enabling
developers and autonomous agents to build, test, and deploy safely,

said
Hidde Kehrer, co-founder of Boxd.

The
company will use the pre-seed funding to expand its team and further develop
its custom virtualisation engine as it seeks to scale its infrastructure for
developers and AI agents.