Cloud-Native Windows Desktop Automation for Regulated Mid-Market
Hospitals, insurers, and law firms still automate hundreds of Windows-only legacy apps with UiPath bots running on each user's machine. Minicor (YC P26) treats Windows automations as cloud jobs: a fleet of headless Windows VMs runs scheduled and event-driven flows at scale, with per-flow audit logs and a recovery story that on-desktop RPA never had.
Problem Statement
An automation that orders supplies in an EHR runs on a clinician's laptop. When the laptop sleeps, the automation breaks. IT runs an evening shift just rebooting the bot fleet. Audit trails are scattered across logs the auditor cannot reach.
The Idea
A cloud-native Windows desktop automation platform that runs RPA bots on headless VMs with audit logs and recovery instead of every user's laptop.
Why Now
UiPath and Automation Anywhere shipped 2026 with the same per-bot per-laptop architecture from 2018, and IT leaders are openly asking for cloud-execution variants. Minicor launched on HN with 85 points and a Y Combinator P26 badge, riding the wave of operators who want RPA without managing local Windows fleets.
Target User
RPA program leads, IT automation managers, and ops directors at mid-market healthcare, insurance, and legal firms with 100 to 10000 employees
Target Market
RPA and intelligent automation software market, focused on Windows-bound regulated industries
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