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Spacefast: Automattic Launches Hosting Built for AI Agents

Automattic launched Spacefast on November 9th, a hosting platform designed with AI agents as its intended users, built around an MCP-first deploy method rather than a CLI-first one. Automattic positions Spacefast not as a competitor to Vercel on build pipeline speed or edge functions but on letting AI agents publish and manage apps without a human in the loop, with the company spun out as an independent entity.

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Building a web app with an AI agent takes minutes in 2026. Deploying it still takes a developer. Automattic launched Spacefast on November 9th to fix that — a hosting platform where AI agents are the intended users, not an afterthought. The deploy method isn’t just CLI-friendly. It’s MCP-first. What Spacefast Is (and What It Isn’t) Spacefast is not another Vercel. It doesn’t compete on build pipeline speed or edge functions. It competes on a different axis: letting AI agents publish and manage apps without a human in the loop. The company — spun out as an independent entity from […]

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