# Cua — A Story of Computer-Use: Where We Started, Where We're Headed

- Company: Cua (cua.ai)
- Announced: 2026-01-28
- Category: not stated
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- Group: routine
- Source: https://cua.ai/blog/clawdbot-computer-use-history
- Record: https://forck.live/items/16824-a-story-of-computer-use-where-we-started-where-we-re-headed
- Subject: Cua Driver / Lume / Cua Bench / Cua Fleets

Cua co-founder Francesco Bonacci recounts the history of computer-use AI, from OpenAI's 2016 Universe platform to the viral open-source assistant Clawdbot (rebranded to Moltbot). The post traces key milestones including GPT-4V's vision capabilities, early browser agents, benchmarks like OSWorld and Windows Agent Arena, and the conceptual framing of LLMs as operating systems.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://cua.ai/blog/clawdbot-computer-use-history:

> The concept of AI using computers isn't new. It dates back to December 2016. That's when OpenAI released Universe — a platform for training AI agents to use games, websites, and applications.

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