# Okibi

Aiolum story: https://aiolum.com/story/okibi/ · added 2026-11-12 · updated 2026-11-12

**In short.** Okibi (Generator of command-line tools that AI agents can use, United States): Free and paid plans on sale, November 2026. Evidence grade E: no revenue figure was checked. Team: 2 founders; Y Combinator lists a team size of 2 (Y Combinator page, read 12 November 2026). Launched July 2025; still running.

Generator of command-line tools that AI agents can use · United States · AI-native · team of 2 to 10 · still running · group: Developer tools and coding agents

- Outcome: Free and paid plans on sale, November 2026 (evidence grade of the headline number: E; no revenue figure)
- Launch: July 2025; months from launch to the outcome: 16
- Team: 2 founders; Y Combinator lists a team size of 2 (Y Combinator page, read 12 November 2026)
- Outside funding: Y Combinator, Summer 2025 batch; no amount is stated
- Main factor: Own problem
- Meters, 1 to 4: evidence strength 1, copyable pattern 2, capital needed 2
- Tags: AI-native, Small team, Funded, Running, B2B, Developer tools

Links:

- Visit okibi.ai: https://okibi.ai/

**The product.** A service that reads a company's API or code and builds a command-line tool from it. AI agents can then run the product from a terminal. Each tool ships with a skill file that tells an agent how to use it. A second feature, Okibi Identity, lets an agent set up an account for its user.

**Why it worked.** The founders built it for a problem they had themselves. Their Y Combinator page says that every time their own agents needed a product, they generated a command-line tool for it. After this happened often enough, they began to sell the same service to other companies.

Evidence grades: A = disclosed by a public company, a filing or a payment processor, or verified by one; B = two or more independent reports agree, or a journalist confirmed it; C = a founder claim that no one else verified; D = reported, not verified: one founder claim or a third-party estimate with no second source; E = no revenue figure found, so the headline is a non-money fact and the other facts carry their own grades; calc = computed on this page from graded facts.

## Summary

Okibi generates a CLI from a company's product. A CLI, or command-line interface, is a program that a person or an agent runs by typing commands in a terminal. The service reads an OpenAPI specification, a standard file that lists what an API can do, or reads a code repository. It then builds, runs and checks each command in a cloud sandbox and ships a compiled program.

Mahyad Ghassemi and Saurav Mitra started the company in 2025, and Y Combinator lists them as its founders in the Summer 2025 batch. Their first Okibi product, launched on 21 July 2025, was a web app for building AI agents from plain-language descriptions. The CLI generator is the second product. The changelog dates its first public release to 13 July 2026.

No revenue figure was found, so this story is grade E. The headline is that paid plans are on sale. The pricing page and the billing guide describe a free plan, a Pro plan and a checkout page. No page read says that a customer has paid, and none names a customer.

## Why did Okibi work?

### The founders generated CLIs for their own agents first

The Y Combinator page says the founders made a CLI for each product that their agents needed. MCP servers were not enough for the job, it says. It says this happened often enough that they decided to build it for everyone.

### The company changed its product within a year of the first launch

The first launch post of 21 July 2025 sold a builder of AI agents. The changelog dates the first public release of the CLI generator to 13 July 2026. The second launch post is dated 10 September 2026.

### The company charges per CLI and per active agent

The pricing page has a free plan for one private beta CLI. Pro charges for each extra CLI and each extra active agent. The billing guide describes a checkout page and a billing portal. No source shows how many customers pay.

## How it was built

These details come from the company's own pages. They are grade C.

- The company says it researches existing CLIs, MCP servers and SDKs for the product. It then designs a command set, and the customer keeps the commands that it wants.
- Every command runs in a cloud sandbox and its output is checked, the home page says. The output is structured JSON, errors name the fix, and write commands have a dry-run mode.
- The result is a compiled program for macOS, Linux and Windows, with a generated skill file, the FAQ says. A hosted MCP server is added to each release.
- Generation uses AI models from other providers through their APIs, the security page says. The company says it does not train models on customer code.
- Okibi reads a customer's code through a read-only GitHub App that the customer controls, repository by repository, the home page says.
- Okibi Identity needs the customer to deploy a partner kit on its own API and register it, the identity guide says.

Sources: [1, 3, 4, 9, 11]

## Who tried this before Okibi, and why did they fail?

Three companies in our database of failed startups sold developer tooling for terminals, APIs or code, and closed in 2024. The values below are from that database and are not independently verified.

The failed startups come from our database of dead startups, retold here in our own words; Its entries are AI-assisted summaries of public sources, so they carry no evidence grade.

### Fig (2020 to 2024; funding US$2.4M; cause: Unit economics)

- Promise: Autocomplete and visual command builders for the terminal, to modernize the command line for developers.
- Why it died: The record calls it a monetization problem, with free alternatives and low willingness to pay. Another record page says AWS acquired it in 2024.
- Record: 

### WunderGraph (2020 to 2024; funding US$3.0M; cause: Ran out of cash)

- Promise: An open-source framework that joined GraphQL, REST and databases into one type-safe API.
- Why it died: The record says it could not earn money from open-source use. Enterprise sales were slow, and larger infrastructure companies offered gateway features.
- Record: 

### CodeSee (2020 to 2024; funding US$10.0M; cause: No market need)

- Promise: Maps of a codebase's architecture that updated as the code changed.
- Why it died: The record says free users did not become paying customers. Engineering leaders saw no return that justified the budget.
- Record: 

## What changed

Each of the three sold a tool to developers in a category where free options existed. Their records name free alternatives, slow enterprise sales and a lack of paying users. Okibi is in the same category of developer tooling, and no source read shows that its customers pay.

One difference appears in the pages read. Okibi sells to companies that want AI agents to use their own product, and it bills by CLI and by active agent. The home page says the goal is "agents as customers". Whether that demand exists is not shown by any source read.

## Can one person copy Okibi now?

**Verdict: The structure, yes. The result, not shown.**

A small team can copy the idea of generating a tool that agents can run. No source shows that the pricing earns money. Y Combinator lists a team of 2. The company changed its product within a year of the first launch.

1. Build the tool you need for your own agents, and sell it when you see the same need again.
2. Give each generated tool a skill file, so that an agent knows how to use it after install.
3. Start with a free plan that has no credit card, and charge when the tool is in production.
4. Run every generated command in a sandbox before shipping it.

**What is still open.** Companies whose products already have an OpenAPI file and whose users now send agents instead of opening the app.

## How much revenue does Okibi make? The numbers, graded

No revenue figure exists in any page read. The table shows the start, the people, the prices, the payment rules and what the company says about other companies

| Fact | Value | Grade | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company start | 2025 | C | The Y Combinator company page lists "Founded: 2025", "Batch: Summer 2025" and "Team Size: 2", with San Francisco as the location. | [5] |
| Founders | Mahyad Ghassemi (Founder/CEO) and Saurav Mitra (Founder/CTO) | C | Both launch posts on Y Combinator are signed by the two founders, and the company page gives these titles. | [5, 6, 7] |
| Legal entity | Computer Agent Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation | C | The terms and the privacy policy name it. The date of its formation was not found. | [2, 9] |
| First Okibi product | a web app that builds AI agents from plain language | C | The launch post of 21 July 2025 calls it the agent that builds agents. It says the team is working with 15 Y Combinator companies. | [7] |
| Earliest archived copy of okibi.ai | 13 July 2025 | C | The Wayback Machine availability service returns this capture. The copy loads its text by script, so its words could not be read. | [10] |
| Current product, first public release | 13 July 2026 (okibi CLI version 0.1.0) | C | The changelog lists it. The launch post for the CLI generator is dated 10 September 2026 in the page data. | [8, 6] |
| Prices, 12 November 2026 | Free US$0; Pro US$150 a month billed annually; Enterprise custom | C | Home page. It also lists US$100 a month for each extra CLI, US$2 for each extra active agent and US$0.05 for each extra successful command. | [1] |
| Payment rules | paid plans bill in advance, renew automatically, and fees are not refundable except where the law requires | C | The terms say so. The billing guide says that if a payment is needed, a checkout page opens in the browser. | [2, 3] |
| Customers named | none | C | The home page, the terms and both launch posts name no customer. No page read says that a customer has paid. | [1, 2, 6, 7] |
| Claim about other companies | DoorDash, Mercury, Gusto and 30+ others have launched agent-ready CLIs | C | The company's launch post says so. These are not stated to be Okibi customers. | [6] |
| Funding | no amount stated | C | The Y Combinator page lists the batch. No page read gives an amount or a named investor. | [5] |
| Time from the July 2025 launch to the headline | 16 months | calc | Calculated: July 2025 to November 2026. | [7, 1] |

How to read this table. Every row is grade C: a statement on the company's own pages or on its Y Combinator page. No row is checked by a payment processor, a filing or a buyer.

## Pricing

Okibi prices on 12 November 2026, read from the company's home page (grade C)

| Plan | Per month, billed yearly (US$) | Per month, billed monthly (US$) | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 | 1 private beta CLI; 5 successful generations a month; 1,000 successful commands a month; hosted by Okibi only |
| Pro | 150 |  | 1 production CLI; extra CLIs 100 each; 500 agent users, then 2 each; 5,000 commands, then 0.05 each |
| Enterprise |  |  | custom price; minimum annual commitment; SSO, SCIM, SLA and security review |

The page shows the Pro price for annual billing, "$150/mo" with "Save $600", and does not show the monthly price. Pro includes one production CLI, and each extra CLI costs US$100 a month. Agent users and commands above the included amounts are billed per unit. The Enterprise plan has a custom price and a minimum annual commitment. The terms say paid plans bill in advance and renew automatically.

## When did Okibi launch, and how did it grow? Timeline

From a tool for building agents to a tool for building agent-ready CLIs, in 16 months. Each entry carries its grade.

- **2025** (grade C [5]): Y Combinator lists the company as founded in 2025, in the Summer 2025 batch, with a team of 2.
- **13 July 2025** (grade C [10]): The Wayback Machine holds its earliest copy of okibi.ai, captured on this day.
- **21 July 2025** (grade C [7]): The first launch post on Y Combinator presents Okibi as a web app for building AI agents. It says the team works with 15 Y Combinator companies.
- **13 July 2026** (grade C [8]): The changelog lists okibi version 0.1.0, the first public release of the CLI generator.
- **10 September 2026** (grade C [6]): The second launch post presents Okibi as a way to turn a product into an agent-ready CLI.
- **12 November 2026** (grade C [1, 2]): The home page lists a Free plan, a Pro plan at US$150 a month billed annually, and an Enterprise plan. The terms were updated on 1 November.

## What could go wrong for Okibi?

- **What is not verified.** No revenue figure was found, and no source states that a customer has paid. The pages read were the company's site, terms, privacy policy, security page and docs, and two Y Combinator launch posts. No payment-processor profile, filing or press article with a figure was read. Two search results led to LinkedIn and a news site, which were not read. A reader could look for a founder interview or a payment-processor profile. The paid plans rest on a published price and a checkout path.
- **Claims, logos and counters.** The home page shows five names, Spotify, Discord, Kalshi, Replicate and OpenRouter, as examples to paste into a free preview. They are not stated to be customers. The home page counters, such as "94 models" and "18 new commits", are drawings of a sample CLI. The pages show no testimonial and no customer logo. The Y Combinator page claims that other companies have launched agent CLIs.
- **An earlier product and an earlier company.** The first Okibi product, in July 2025, built AI agents, and the company then moved to CLIs. The founders say they built SigmaOS, a Y Combinator Summer 2021 company, before Okibi. Y Combinator lists SigmaOS as a separate company, founded in 2021, with its own page. The SigmaOS privacy policy names SigmaOS Inc., and the Okibi policy names Computer Agent Labs, Inc. No company register was read, so the formation date of Computer Agent Labs, Inc. is not confirmed. The start of Okibi is taken as 2025.
- **Agent sign-up and account identity.** Okibi Identity lets an agent set up an account for its user and carry signed proof of who it acts for. The guide says it works only with a partner API that the customer has registered. No page read mentions CAPTCHA solving or bypassing bot checks. The per-agent price counts agents and users. No page read sells people's contact data.

## Sources

1. Okibi home page, read 12 November 2026 — https://okibi.ai/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the product, the pricing section, the example names, the counters and the footer company name.
2. Okibi Terms of Service, last updated 1 November 2026 — https://okibi.ai/terms (grade C). Read in full. Source for Computer Agent Labs, Inc., the billing rules and the age rule.
3. Okibi docs: Plans and billing, read 12 November 2026 — https://okibi.ai/docs/guides/billing (grade C). Read in full. Source for the checkout page, the upgrade path and what counts as a generation.
4. Okibi docs: Okibi Identity, read 12 November 2026 — https://okibi.ai/docs/guides/identity (grade C). Read in full. Source for how the sign-in works and for the partner registration.
5. Okibi on Y Combinator, read 12 November 2026 — https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/okibi (grade C). Read in full. Source for the batch, the team size, the founders, the location and the "About us" text.
6. Okibi - Agent-ready CLIs, launch post on Y Combinator, 10 September 2026 — https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Tn9-okibi-agent-ready-clis (grade C). Read in full from the page data. Source for the product description and the claim about other companies' CLIs.
7. Okibi | The agent that builds agents, launch post on Y Combinator, 21 July 2025 — https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/O1I-okibi-the-agent-that-builds-agents (grade C). Read the first part of the page data. Source for the first product, the founders' earlier company and the 15 companies.
8. Okibi docs: Changelog, read 12 November 2026 — https://okibi.ai/docs/changelog (grade C). Read in full. Source for the first public release on 13 July 2026 and the later versions.
9. Okibi Privacy Policy and security page, read 12 November 2026 — https://okibi.ai/privacy (grade C). Read in full, with the security page at okibi.ai/security. Source for the Delaware corporation, the AI providers and the code handling.
10. Wayback Machine availability record for okibi.ai, timestamp 20250713 — http://archive.org/wayback/available?url=okibi.ai&timestamp=20250713 (grade C). Read in full. It returns the capture of 13 July 2025. The captured page loads by script, so its text could not be read.
11. Okibi docs: FAQ, read 12 November 2026 — https://okibi.ai/docs/faq (grade C). Read in full. Source for the supported platforms, the skill file, the hosted MCP server and the code-handling answers.
12. Database of failed startups, local export — /method/#dead (grade C). Record pages read on the website on the day of writing, with the Kite page for the Fig note. AI-written summaries, not independently verified.
13. SigmaOS on Y Combinator, read 12 November 2026 — https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sigmaos (grade C). Read the company box and the founder list. It lists SigmaOS as founded in 2021, in the Summer 2021 batch.
14. SigmaOS Privacy Policy, read 12 November 2026 — https://docs.sigmaos.com/privacy-policy (grade C). Read the section that names the company. It says "We are SigmaOS Inc., trading as SigmaOS".

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