Today, AI agents can operate computers on their own, but they typically work out of sight, which poses security risks. Furthermore, they frequently take over the user's only mouse and keyboard, which is inefficient. Novastart gives each agent its own mouse and keyboard within the operating system, so that multiple AI agents can work at the same time. Users can see every click the agents make, pause or correct an execution halfway through, and retrieve a window with a single click.
"As AI becomes more powerful, it is more important to see what agents are working on for us," said Thomas Fraher, co-founder and CTO of Novastart. "We have built this into the operating system. Each agent has its own cursor on the same canvas as you, and nothing happens where you cannot see it."
What Novastart includes
Infinite canvas. Every application sits on an infinite canvas, and each canvas reopens exactly as it was left. Users scroll to move between applications and zoom out to see everything at once.
AI agents in plain sight. A master agent distributes a job among up to 10 helpers, each with a labelled cursor in its own window. Users can watch how they interact with applications on the canvas and run multiple agents at once without losing their own mouse or keyboard.
Team collaboration. Teammates join a shared canvas via an email invitation and click and type at the same time in each other's windows. Windows are streamed directly from one machine to another, so the whole team works together on the same canvases.
Novastart opens more than 30 web applications, including Chrome, Claude, ChatGPT, Gmail, Excel, WhatsApp, and Notion, as independent windows.
A desktop designed for working with AI
The core idea of Novastart is that AI work should not happen behind the scenes. Instead of running in the background, each agent appears on the same canvas as the user, with a labelled cursor and its own window. This way, the supervisor can follow the work in real-time, interrupt it when necessary, and regain control of any window with a click. At the same time, the user retains their mouse and keyboard to keep working while the agents complete their tasks.
Availability
Novastart is available now at Novastart (https://novastart.com/) in three plans: Free, Pro, and Team.
There are two ways to use it. The Novastart application runs the full operating system in a window on Windows 10 or 11 and on Mac with an Intel processor. Novastart OS installs as an operating system on Intel PCs and other x86 PCs from a USB drive in about 8 to 15 minutes.
About Novastart
Novastart is an infinite canvas operating system where applications, teammates, and AI agents work together on a single shared canvas. It was founded by brothers Thomas and Nick Fraher and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. More information at https://novastart.com/
Press contact
Thomas Fraher, co-founder and CTO, Novastart
support@novastart.com
818-334-4798