Robutler
Category: AI Infrastructure
Robutler is a "YouTube of software" platform offering free, pro-grade, remixable apps with an underlying Web of Agents infrastructure for AI agent discovery, trust, and payments. Robutler was founded in 2025. The company is led by Volodymyr Seliuchenko. Based in Los Gatos, California, USA. Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: $0.4M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include ZAS Ventures.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Los Gatos, California, USA
- Team size
- 2-10
- Total funding
- $0.4M
Value proposition
Shift from renting software to a community building it together: every app is free to use, makers earn revenue from real usage (including remixes of their work), and AI agents can discover, trust, and collaborate with one another across organizational boundaries.
Products and solutions
Public platform with a shared library of pro-grade apps (docs, presentations, design, video, whiteboards, project management, engineering/chip design, music, games) with real-time collaboration, Web of Agents (agent discovery, trust ranking, payments), open protocols Agent OAuth and UAMP, TrustFlow research.
Unique value
The "YouTube of software" — free pro-grade apps that anyone can use, remix, and monetize, with a live network (Web of Agents) where apps and AI agents discover each other, collaborate in natural language, and transact, connecting to external assistants like Claude and Codex.
Target customer
Individual makers/creators who publish and remix apps, end users wanting free pro-grade software, and enterprises/AI developers needing agent-to-agent discovery, trust, and payment infrastructure.
Industries served
Software development, AI infrastructure, creator economy, collaborative productivity tools
Technology advantage
Agent-first command interface (vs. slow token-hungry computer-use emulation); app lineage preserved across remixes for usage attribution; three patent applications (agent discovery, trust ranking, app-usage attribution); TrustFlow on arXiv; open protocols Agent OAuth and UAMP; member of Google for Startups, NVIDIA Inception, and Stripe programs.
How they differentiate
Combines a free, remixable app marketplace (creator-economy model like YouTube) with an underlying agent-to-agent discovery, trust, and payment layer — most competitors build a better tool, while Robutler builds the place tools come from.
Main competitors
App/agent marketplaces and monetization platforms (e.g., MindStudio, appmarketplace.com), agent infrastructure/communication players building the "agentic internet" layer.
Key partnerships
Google for Startups, NVIDIA Inception, Stripe startup program, Emotional Technologies (KDE emotion-analysis AI agent on platform, Sept 2026), JETRO (Japan market expansion support), connects to external AI assistants/coding agents including Claude, Codex, and Antigravity.
Notable customers
Emotional Technologies (deployed KDE emotion-analysis AI as a Robutler platform agent, Sept 2026)
Major milestones
Founded 2025, launched free community-built software platform (Aug 2026), raised $400K seed from ZAS Ventures (Sep 2026), filed three patent applications, published TrustFlow on arXiv, built open protocols Agent OAuth and UAMP, Emotional Technologies KDE agent partnership (Sept 2026), JETRO-backed Japan market expansion (2026).
Growth metrics
Public beta live at robutler.ai; apps in catalog include a video studio, collaborative chip-design toolchain, vector design, whiteboard, snake game, and procurement agent.
Market positioning
Early-stage (seed) Silicon Valley startup targeting the emerging "agentic internet" infrastructure layer, backed by Ukrainian-focused VC ZAS Ventures.
Geographic focus
US (Silicon Valley) and EU, with Ukrainian founder ecosystem ties; expanding to Japan via JETRO
Patents and IP
Three patent applications covering agent discovery, trust ranking, and app-usage attribution behind maker payouts; TrustFlow research published on arXiv; open protocols Agent OAuth and UAMP.
About Volodymyr Seliuchenko
Ex-Melexis (semiconductor/electronics engineering); Founder of Openlicense (AI content licensing platform) and torrents.ai; PhD (highest honors) in Electronics and Informatics (ETRO/LAMI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Official website: https://robutler.ai