AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, and The Browser Company’s Dia are pitching themselves as task-completing agents, but they’re confined to their own ecosystems. Composite, a new startup, wants to bring AI agents to professionals without requiring them to switch browsers.
Founded earlier this year by Yang Fan Yun (ex-Uber product manager) and Charlie Deane (serial founder), Composite is developing AI-powered agents that automate tedious tasks for marketers, recruiters, engineers, and other professionals.
The company announced it has raised $5.6 million in seed funding, led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross’ NFDG, with participation from Menlo Ventures and Anthropic’s Anthology Fund.
Composite’s software works on Mac and Windows through a browser extension. Once installed, the AI can handle cross-platform workflows, like:
- Scanning a Jira backlog, leaving comments, and resolving duplicates.
- Helping recruiters source candidates and draft personalized outreach emails.
- Allowing security engineers to create vulnerability tickets from alerts.
- Pulling data from multiple sources to generate marketing insight reports.
“We are an ideal tool for professionals who want to set their workflows without having technical knowledge,” Yun Said. “Composite is very good at atomic actions like clicking elements on websites or typing in boxes, and that gets the job done.”
Unlike AI browsers tied to their own platforms, Composite operates in browsers where users are already logged in to services, avoiding the need for connectors. The tool can also suggest tasks based on usage patterns, with future plans to add recurring scheduling and more proactive task surfacing.
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The startup positions itself as enterprise-friendly, letting admins restrict certain tools, define out-of-bounds websites, and keep execution local.
Composite faces stiff competition from startups like OpenAI, Notion, Highlight, and others betting on agent-driven workflows. Still, Menlo Ventures partner Matt Kraning believes Composite stands out.
“Composite handles different modalities and sites very well, and it is designed with professional use cases in mind,” Kraning said. “It’s intuitive for people who have to get through many tasks a day across a range of functions.”
