Company record
Kernel
Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool
Kernel gives web agents cloud browser infrastructure, with isolated Chromium sessions controlled via API or SDK plus live view, replays and telemetry. kernel.sh
Funding
- $22M Seed and Series A (combined), announced October 9, 2025. Led by Accel. Sources: 1809capital.com.
Whether AI names Kernel
- On the AI infrastructure map: named or cited in 2 of 50 answers to Presspool's AI infrastructure questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 1 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 0 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Copilot 1 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 6, Google AI Overviews 0 of 4). See the map. Of the 54 companies on the map, Kernel ranked joint 21st by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on AI infrastructure questions: Lambda (17 of 50), Crusoe (13 of 50), Together AI (11 of 50), Fireworks AI (10 of 50), Groq (10 of 50), LangChain (10 of 50) and Modal (10 of 50). Most often named in the same answers: Daytona (2), Modal (2), LangChain (1), Parallel Web Systems (1).
- Machine Relations Index: Cited in 0 of 36,189 Index answers, May 10, 2026 to November 6, 2026.
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Kernel in each weekly sample of Presspool's AI infrastructure questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.
| Week of | AI infrastructure |
|---|---|
| September 21, 2026 | 3 of 39 |
| October 5, 2026 | 3 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 1 of 50 |
| October 19, 2026 | 2 of 56 |
| October 26, 2026 | 2 of 53 |
| November 2, 2026 | 2 of 50 |
Related records
Also on the AI infrastructure map: Arcade, Baseten, Braintrust, Clockwork.io, Crusoe, Daytona, DeepInfra, Encord, Exa, fal, Fiddler AI, Firecrawl and 41 more on the map.
Accel, which led this round, also led Arda Industries ($160 million Series A, October 20, 2026), Armadin ($255.5 million Series B, October 1, 2026), Dodge AI ($2.65 million, round type not disclosed, September 29, 2026), Cognition ($2B Series E, September 8, 2026), RadixArk ($100 million Seed, May 5, 2026) and Synthflow AI ($20M Series A, June 25, 2025). 3 more of its rounds are on its page.