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July 18, 2025·1 min read

Joy Laoun

News Editor, Vestbee

Swiss AI agent startup Notte raises $2.5M pre-seed to power browser-native automation

Zurich-based startup Notte, which builds infrastructure that lets AI agents reliably browse, understand, and act on websites, has secured $2.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. Additionally, the firm will join the Y Combinator Summer 2025 batch.

  • Founded in 2025 by Andrea Pinto and Lucas Giordano, Notte develops a browser-based infrastructure platform that enables AI agents to navigate, extract data from, and interact with websites.
  • San Francisco-based, the company offers a full-stack framework that includes automated browser sessions, a perception layer that converts web pages into structured data for language models, and tools for secure authentication, file storage, notifications, and transactions. 
  • Through a single API, developers can build agents capable of tasks such as form submission, CAPTCHA solving, data scraping, UI testing, and autonomous browsing.

Details of the deal

  • The investemnt saw backing from Paris-based VC firm Kima Ventures, Drysdale Ventures, 2100 Ventures, Reforge, Galion.exe, and several business angels.
  • The firm plans to use the funding to enhance its infrastructure for AI agents, with a particular focus on developing its perception engine, enabling stealth browser sessions, and ensuring secure credential management through a unified API.

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