# Pomerado wants agents to stop clicking through websites and call an API instead > Source: > Published: 2026-11-11 18:24:17+00:00 # Pomerado wants agents to stop clicking through websites and call an API instead **Akshay Manglik and Alan Ma are building Pomerado to mint deterministic APIs from legacy portals and consumer sites, with an open-source core and hosted cloud.** By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff) · Published Primary source: [Hacker News](https://pomerado.ai/) ## Why it matters Browser agents pay reasoning cost and fragility on every run. If Pomerado's minted integrations stay reliable after sites change, teams building agents for healthcare, finance, insurance and internal operations get a cheaper path into the portals that still run those industries, without waiting for each vendor to ship an API. Akshay Manglik and Alan Ma are building [Pomerado](https://pomerado.ai/?ref=runtimewire) for websites that have no API for an agent to call. In their [Y Combinator launch post](https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/WSd-pomerado-the-faster-cheaper-and-more-reliable-alternative-to-browser-use?ref=runtimewire), the co-founders wrote that they were forward-deployed with Fortune 500 companies in finance, healthcare and software, including organizations like the Mayo Clinic, and that integrations with legacy systems became a major bottleneck for agent builds.… When you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.