Machine0 VMs Review: Persistent CPU and GPU VMs From the CLI
Machine0 is a Y Combinator Summer 2026 startup that gives you persistent CPU and GPU virtual machines controlled entirely from the command line. Unlike ephemeral serverless sandboxes such as Modal or E2B, every Machine0 VM is a full machine you own—with root access, your own drivers and CUDA stack, a static public IP, an HTTPS endpoint, and per-minute billing that stops the moment you suspend it. What Is Machine0? Persistent CPU & GPU VMs for Agents Machine0 markets itself as an “agent-first cloud.” Instead of renting a server through a web console or juggling Terraform files, you provision, manage, and destroy virtual machines entirely through CLI commands, each of which supports a --json output flag for scripting and agent orchestration. The core pitch is that this is not a sandbox: it is a persistent virtual machine that an AI agent (or a human developer) actually owns. ...