Minion.ai was a San Francisco-based startup focused on browser automation and agentic AI — software agents capable of autonomously operating web browsers to complete tasks on behalf of users. The company was active in the 2023–2024 period when browser-based AI agents were a major area of venture investment.
Jan_Wilmake joined Minion.ai as a remote contractor in approximately March 2024, working from Groningen. The role was his first direct exposure to an early-stage AI company in the San Francisco ecosystem. The engagement lasted approximately one month, ending around April 2024.
The Minion.ai period was sandwiched between Jan's freelance contract work and his subsequent role at Slimmer_AI (Groningen). It represents Jan's first attempt at working within a California-based AI startup as a remote employee rather than an independent contractor or founder.
The role preceded Jan's major pivot into building Cloudflare-based infrastructure tools. Browser automation and agentic AI subsequently became central themes in Jan's own work, particularly through ActionSchema (his AI-powered spreadsheet and data pipeline tool) and his later Cloudflare-based agent infrastructure, culminating in Browser_MCP in 2026.