Browserbase & Stytch: Building a Trusted Identity Layer for AI Agents

For AI to be productive, agents need reliable, responsible web access. Browserbase provides web browsing capabilities for some of the largest AI applications. But today, websites can’t tell the difference between a trusted agent and a malicious bot. As a result, even agents doing meaningful work remain limited by defenses built for abuse.

At Browserbase, we believe identity is a critical layer for AI on the web. That’s why we’re excited to announce our partnership with Stytch, who is joining us in supporting Web Bot Auth as an open standard for trustworthy agent identification.

Together, we’re helping create a web for AI agents that is secure, transparent, and most importantly doesn't have gatekeepers.!

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Copy linkWhy Identity Matters for AI

Until now, bots and agents have relied on weak, spoofable signals like User-Agent headers or static IPs to identify themselves. That doesn’t scale.

• Websites can’t tell good actors from bad ones.
• Responsible agents get blocked alongside malicious bots.
• Users lose out on the value agents could deliver.

Web Bot Auth changes that by introducing cryptographic identity for agents. When an agent browses the web on your behalf, it presents a verifiable signature that websites and anti-bot providers can trust.

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Copy linkWhy We’re Excited About Stytch

Stytch brings deep expertise in developer-first identity infrastructure, and their early adoption of Web Bot Auth is proof that the ecosystem is coming together around open standards. With Stytch’s support:

• Website operators get simpler ways to verify agents via their IsAgent SDK.
• Bot operators can integrate without proprietary registration or lock-in.
• The ecosystem grows stronger, faster.

This collaboration shows how companies across the stack can work together to build trust for agents at scale.

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Copy linkWhat’s Next

Momentum around Web Bot Auth is real:

• Cloudflare is validating traffic at the edge.
• Stytch is enabling simple verification.
• Browserbase is the infrastructure layer ensuring AI agents can browse reliably with that identity.

We’re proud to help shape this future alongside partners who share our belief in an open, trustworthy web for humans and AI alike.

If you’re an AI company building agents and want to join the early wave of adopters, get in touch with us here.

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