Cua
AI Development Tools · AI Agents
Overview
Cua is a start-up that builds cloud desktops for AI agents, providing OS-level virtualization and developer-facing APIs across macOS, Windows and Linux. It works on open-source tooling and hires founding engineers, research interns and technical go-to-market leads. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Funding and backers
Hiring now
3
open roles
Backers
1
Y Combinator
Momentum
30/100
in the news, rising traction
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 18
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Lume 0.2 – Build and Run macOS VMs with unattended setup
Apr 2025
Went through Y Combinator
May 2024
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
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Jobs
$100k – $150k per year · Equity 0.5–0.8% · In office · Full-Time · 1+ year exp · San Francisco
Python
Go
Rust
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Copilot
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
Docker
KVM
GitHub
Linux
Windows
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$150k
Typical range
$111k – $200k
Open positions
3
3
Jobs
Intern
33.3%
Junior
33.3%
Staff
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $111k | $111k |
| Junior | 1 | $150k | $150k |
| Staff | 1 | $200k | $200k |
Highest paying role
Founding Technical GTM Lead
$200k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
33% ▼
Sales
33% ▼
Early Careers
33% ▼
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Cua over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
24
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
Go
Rust
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
AWS
GCP
GitHub
Linux
AI & ML
LLM
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Full Cua tech stack
24 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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News
Run OpenClaw on Cloud Fleet Cua docs
Run OpenClaw's bundled CUA computer-use provider in an isolated Linux desktop on Cua Cloud Fleet.
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Run Omarchy on Fleet Cua docs
Provision an amd64 Omarchy desktop on Cua Fleet and control it with the Cua Sandbox SDK.
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Run Minecraft in a Windows sandbox Cua docs
Boot a Windows sandbox, install Minecraft Java Edition, and drive it with an agent through the cua-driver MCP server running inside the sandbox.
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A Story of Computer-Use: Where We Started, Where We're Headed Cua Blog
From OpenAI Universe in 2016 to Clawdbot's virality - the timeline of computer-use agents converging now.
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Install and run Lume Cua docs
Install Lume, Cua's local Apple Silicon VM manager for macOS and Linux guests.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 67% remote $154k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Sales, Early Careers