Butter
Embedded Sandboxes for Agents
Founders
- Erik DuntemanFounder/CEO
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About Butter
Butter is building bVisor, an incredibly lightweight sandbox runtime for AI agents. It embeds directly into your local process, providing a safe bash environment without the overhead of VMs or remote infra.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Butter: questions
Which YC batch was Butter in?
Butter was in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch (W25).
Is Butter still active?
Y Combinator lists Butter as active.
Who founded Butter?
Butter's founders, as listed on its YC page: Erik Dunteman (Founder/CEO).
Where is Butter based?
Butter lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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