An open-source native macOS terminal built on Ghostty, designed specifically for AI coding agents with features like vertical tabs and notification rings.

Market Position

Manaflow positions itself as an 'Applied AI Lab' focusing on native, high-performance open-source tools (like cmux) rather than Electron-based wrappers, specifically optimized for agentic interaction.

Leadership

Founders

Austin Wang

Founder & CEO of Manaflow. Previously Software Engineer at Google, NASA JPL, and Chess.com. Physics background from Yale University.

Lawrence Chen

Co-founder of Manaflow. Previously an engineer at Minion AI. Graduate of UC Berkeley (2024).

Wesley Tjangnaka

Co-founder of Manaflow. CS student/graduate at Stanford University.

Executive Team

Austin Wang

Co-founder & CEO

Physics at Yale, experience at Google and NASA JPL.

Lawrence Chen

Co-founder & CTO

Engineer at Minion AI, UC Berkeley grad.

Founding Story

Austin Wang, Lawrence Chen, and Wesley Tjangnaka founded Manaflow to help SMBs and developers leverage AI agents more effectively, pivoting from a spreadsheet-based orchestration tool to specialized open-source devtools.

Business Model

Revenue Model

Open-source devtools (AGPL) and SaaS subscriptions for the Manaflow spreadsheet/automation platform.

Private

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Software Developers
AI Researchers
Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs)

Use Cases

AI-driven coding workflows
Autonomous agent orchestration
SMB business process automation
API and data extraction workflows

Notable Customers

Individual developers using coding agents
SMB operations managers

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2024

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

Total Funding

$500,000

Investors

Y Combinator

Office Locations

San Francisco

Funding History

Seed$500,000

August 2024

Y Combinator

History & Milestones

February 20, 2025

Launched cmux, an open-source terminal specifically built for AI coding agents.

2024

Company founded in San Francisco.

June 2024

Accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2024 (S24) batch.

July 17, 2024

Launched Manaflow, a spreadsheet-based orchestration tool for LLM agents.

Key Capabilities

Vertical tabs for workspace organization

Notification rings for agent attention

In-app scriptable browser split-view

GPU-accelerated terminal rendering (Ghostty-based)

CLI and Socket API for programmatic agent control

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

macOS
Ghostty
GitHub
Various LLM providers

Key Partnerships

Y Combinator

Connect

Website

GitHub

X / Twitter

Discord

AI Topics

Manaflow focuses on these topics:

Command Line Assistants(1)

Development Environments(1)

Terminal & Session Management(1)

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Manaflow

Building next-generation open-source developer tools and primitives to enable AI-driven workflows, starting with specialized terminal interfaces.

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At a Glance

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San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2024Est.

3Employees

$500000Raised

Focus Areas

Command Line Assistants

Development Environments

Terminal & Session Management

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cmux

macOS Terminal for Coding Agents

CLI Assistants Dev Environments Terminal Mgmt

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Latest News

02/01/2025

Manaflow launches cmux, the open-source terminal for coding agents

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07/17/2024

Manaflow Launches: Build and manage your dream AI operations team

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Products & Services

Manaflow Spreadsheet

July 2024

A spreadsheet-like interface that orchestrates LLM agents for task management and business operations automation.

cmux

February 2025

An open-source native macOS terminal built on Ghostty, designed specifically for AI coding agents with features like vertical tabs and notification rings.

Market Position

Leadership

Founders

Austin Wang

Founder & CEO of Manaflow. Previously Software Engineer at Google, NASA JPL, and Chess.com. Physics background from Yale University.

Lawrence Chen

Co-founder of Manaflow. Previously an engineer at Minion AI. Graduate of UC Berkeley (2024).

Wesley Tjangnaka

Co-founder of Manaflow. CS student/graduate at Stanford University.

Executive Team

Austin Wang

Co-founder & CEO

Physics at Yale, experience at Google and NASA JPL.

Lawrence Chen

Co-founder & CTO

Engineer at Minion AI, UC Berkeley grad.

Founding Story

Business Model

Revenue Model

Open-source devtools (AGPL) and SaaS subscriptions for the Manaflow spreadsheet/automation platform.

Private

Target Markets

Industries & Segments

Software Developers
AI Researchers
Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs)

Use Cases

AI-driven coding workflows
Autonomous agent orchestration
SMB business process automation
API and data extraction workflows

Notable Customers

Individual developers using coding agents
SMB operations managers

Quick Facts

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2024

Entity Type

Inc.

Employees

Total Funding

$500,000

Investors

Y Combinator

Office Locations

San Francisco

Funding History

Seed$500,000

August 2024

Y Combinator

History & Milestones

February 20, 2025

Launched cmux, an open-source terminal specifically built for AI coding agents.

2024

Company founded in San Francisco.

June 2024

Accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2024 (S24) batch.

July 17, 2024

Launched Manaflow, a spreadsheet-based orchestration tool for LLM agents.

Key Capabilities

Vertical tabs for workspace organization

Notification rings for agent attention

In-app scriptable browser split-view

GPU-accelerated terminal rendering (Ghostty-based)

CLI and Socket API for programmatic agent control

Integrations & Partnerships

Platform Integrations

macOS
Ghostty
GitHub
Various LLM providers

Key Partnerships

Y Combinator

Connect

Website

GitHub

X / Twitter

Discord

AI Topics

Manaflow focuses on these topics:

Command Line Assistants(1)

Development Environments(1)

Terminal & Session Management(1)

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