Agents at work 5: browser copilots with Arjun Chintapalli and Bhavani Kalisetty
In this episode, Jordi Montes speaks with Arjun Chintapalli and Bhavani Kalisetty, co-founders of Retriever (https://rtrvr.ai), about the evolution of browser AI copilots. Arjun shares his background in federated learning at Google before founding RTRVR in December. Browser extension approach to AI assistance represents a significant advancement over traditional automation methods. By interpreting DOM representations rather than screenshots, this technology achieves greater speed, accuracy, and reliability compared to vision-based alternatives. The conversation explores how browser-based AI agents can simultaneously work across multiple tabs, extract structured data from websites, and integrate directly with productivity tools. All at a fraction of traditional web scraping costs. The technical advantages of operating within the user's browser environment include bypassing anti-bot systems, utilizing existing user credentials, and maintaining minimal performance overhead. They also discuss their vision for a workflow exchange marketplace where users can share automation recipes.