boat Scales Agent Fleets to 1,500 VMs

This is a strong infrastructure demo for agent factories, though the vendor-reported result is a showcase rather than an independent benchmark.

• –Snapshot-based startup makes thousands of disposable agent environments practical for bursty workloads
• –Full VMs with desktops, browsers, Docker, and persistent disks support broader computer-use tasks than container-only sandboxes
• –The reported $0.015-per-second fleet cost is compelling, but developers should also account for minimum plans, storage, networking, and snapshot fees
• –Minecraft is a memorable stress test, but real-world agent reliability and coordination remain separate challenges
• –boat is positioning low-cost fleet orchestration as a direct alternative to assembling VM infrastructure on a major cloud