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Daily brief · November 6, 2026

Glasshand rents AI agents real iPhones and Macs through an API

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Glasshand rents AI agents real iPhones and Macs through an API

288 → 326votes on Product Hunt in 8 h · 78 commentsabout 8.4× the typical pace of other tracked Product Hunt products

Glasshand gives AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor a real iPhone and Mac in its data center, not emulators or virtual machines. Each device comes with its own phone number and cellular connection, so an agent can receive verification codes.

Its Product Hunt post went from 288 to 326 votes in 8 hours - about 8.4 times the typical pace of other products SteadyVane tracks on Product Hunt. It has 78 comments and was published about 30 hours ago.

Why it matters: It lets an agent work on real devices without anyone owning or setting up the hardware. Each device is exclusive to the renter and is erased and factory-reset afterward, which matters if an agent handles anything sensitive.

Rented hardware is a real device, not a simulation of one. The monthly price is the real test.

Poki is an open-source MCP server that lets AI agents operate a real iPhone

263 → 341stars (saves) on GitHub in 8 habout 7.8× the typical pace of other tracked GitHub repos

Poki is a local MCP server and agent that lets AI agents operate a real iPhone, with no jailbreak and no extra hardware. It connects to MCP clients such as Claude Code and Codex, and also ships a standalone Poki Agent with iMessage and Telegram channels.

The repo went from 263 to 341 stars (saves) on GitHub in 8 hours - about 7.8 times the typical pace of other repos SteadyVane tracks on GitHub. It has 71 forks and was published about 23 hours ago.

Why it matters: For a physical iPhone, setup still needs a Mac and a USB pairing first, and the license is AGPL-3.0-only.

No extra hardware still means a Mac and a cable. Check the license before building on it.

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