Founder of a listed tool
Rafael Garcia
Co-founder and CTO, Kernel, named behind the Kernel listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Rafael builds
Kernel (written KERNEL by the vendor) runs isolated cloud Chromium browsers for AI agents, driven by Playwright, CDP or computer controls, with stealth, proxies, managed logins and replays, through a REST API, SDKs, a CLI and remote MCP.
Co-founder and CTO, Kernel, researched 6 November 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Catherine Jue Co-founder and CEO, Kernel
Backed by
Accel Y Combinator Cintrifuse Capital Vercel Refinery Ventures SV Angel Paul Graham David Cramer Solomon Hykes Zach Sims Charlie Marsh
Questions
Who is Rafael Garcia?
Rafael Garcia is co-founder and CTO of Kernel.
What does Kernel make?
Anchor Terminal lists Kernel from Kernel. Kernel (written KERNEL by the vendor) runs isolated cloud Chromium browsers for AI agents, driven by Playwright, CDP or computer controls, with stealth, proxies, managed logins and replays, through a REST API, SDKs, a CLI and remote MCP.
Who has invested in Kernel?
The sources our research read name Accel, Y Combinator, Cintrifuse Capital, Vercel, Refinery Ventures, SV Angel, Paul Graham, David Cramer, Solomon Hykes, Zach Sims and Charlie Marsh.
How are Rafael's tools graded?
Kernel is graded B, 66.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (7)
- https://accel.com/news/our-investment-in-kernel-the-best-browser-infrastructure-for-agents
- https://www.kernel.sh/blog/trillionth-user-vision
- https://www.kernel.sh/blog/public-notice-of-security-incident-nov-4-2026
- https://www.kernel.sh/
- https://www.kernel.sh/docs/tos
- https://www.kernel.sh/blog/series-a-announcement
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kernel
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