New AI Browser Agent 'Smooth' Launches with Claims of 5x Speed, 7x Cost Savings Over Competitors
Summary
New AI browser agent 'Smooth' launches claiming to autonomously perform web actions 5x faster and 7x cheaper than competitors by combining efficient small models with curated context design, addressing cost and reliability issues plaguing existing browser automation tools.
Key Points
- Smooth launches as an AI browser agent that autonomously performs web actions using mouse and keyboard, claiming to be 5x faster and 7x cheaper than competitors
- The platform addresses key issues with existing browser agents including high costs from large model requirements, slow completion times, and unreliability in task execution
- Smooth combines small efficient models with curated context design and offers API access with instant browser spin-up, custom proxies, persistent sessions, and auto-CAPTCHA solvers