Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI

The development

I’m Barnaby, founder of machine0 (https://machine0. I’m building a CLI for long horizon agent compute: `machine0 new mybox` gives your agent a persistent cloud VM, billed by the minute, from $0.

What is at stake

013/hr up to 60 vCPU / 240 GB RAM and GPUs (H100s, H200s etc), with 99. v=gyllkZ0M04E Agent workloads are moving from ephemeral to always-on.

The background

A coding agent working on a complex feature runs 6-8 hours

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Signal Ledger view

Agent orchestrated training & RL runs take days. - Availability: close your laptop and the agent dies mid-task.