Short answer: Aside is a business AI agent. An AI browser rebuilt for people and agents: its agent works across your logged-in websites, and Computer Use (launched 6 Nov 2026) lets it operate desktop apps on Mac and Windows, while payments, posts and messages wait for your confirmation.

Aside

business agent

Key facts

Website	https://aside.com/
Vendor	Aside (backed by Y Combinator)
Channels / category	Desktop browser for macOS 15+ and Windows 10 (22H2) / 11, x64 and ARM64; remote control from Slack, Discord and Telegram; CLI, MCP and REPL for developers
Pricing / availability	Free; Pro USD 20/month; Max USD 200/month (aside.com/pricing, checked 9 Nov 2026). Per the 23 Oct 2026 changelog, Computer Use is available to Max subscribers and experimental accounts. You can also connect a ChatGPT or Claude subscription or your own API key.
Launched	2026-11-06
Funding (reported)	Backed by Y Combinator (aside.com); amount unknown
Channels confirmed	Desktop appSlackTelegram
From the site (verbatim)	“A browser that gets complex work done across your websites, accounts, and history.”
Sources	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Last checked	2026-11-11

What can Aside do?

Announced Computer Use on 6 Nov 2026: "80% of work happens on browser, this covers the rest"; runs in the background across multiple apps on macOS and is available on Mac and Windows source
Aside says Computer Use is 2.7x faster with 65% fewer tokens than Codex, based on its own internal evals (no independent head-to-head published) source
Changelog 23 Oct 2026: the agent works across desktop apps on Mac and Windows; mention apps in chat, watch live previews and take over when needed; enable in Settings > Agents > Computer Use; available to Max subscribers and experimental accounts source
Aside is a browser rebuilt for people and agents that works across your logged-in websites, email, dashboards and internal tools, and with documents and spreadsheets on your computer; backed by Y Combinator source
Credentials are autofilled into websites, not exposed to the AI; payments, posts and messages wait for your confirmation, and every credential use is logged source
Runs on your device with sandbox guardrails for filesystem and network access; use your ChatGPT or Claude subscription or bring your own API key source
Plans checked 9 Nov 2026: Free, Pro USD 20/month, Max USD 200/month; team features include agent runs from apps or cron jobs and shared profiles and vaults source
Also includes memory, routines, a password manager (Aside Vault) and remote control from Slack, Discord and Telegram (changelog, Aug to Oct 2026) source
The launch post had 1,693 bookmarks and about 246,000 views by 9 Nov 2026; Doomers AI measured 69.8 saves per 10,000 views, 5.8x its directory median source
In October a co-founder previewed v2: a "personal work assistant" focus, Aside Cloud for routines that keep running with the lid closed, and a mobile app (plans, not yet shipped) source

Frequently asked questions

What is Aside?

An AI browser rebuilt for people and agents: its agent works across your logged-in websites, and Computer Use (launched 6 Nov 2026) lets it operate desktop apps on Mac and Windows, while payments, posts and messages wait for your confirmation.

How much does Aside cost?

Free; Pro USD 20/month; Max USD 200/month (aside.com/pricing, checked 9 Nov 2026). Per the 23 Oct 2026 changelog, Computer Use is available to Max subscribers and experimental accounts. You can also connect a ChatGPT or Claude subscription or your own API key.

Where can you use Aside?

Desktop browser for macOS 15+ and Windows 10 (22H2) / 11, x64 and ARM64; remote control from Slack, Discord and Telegram; CLI, MCP and REPL for developers

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Updated 2026-11-11