Phaze

A Form D filed in January 2025 identifies the company as Phaze Inc., incorporated in DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic region on the East Coast, with its capital at Dover and Wilmington as its largest city. On December 7, 1787, it became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, entering the Union as the 1st state, and it had a population of 989,948 in the 2020 census (April 1, 2020).Open the full entry in 2024. It lists Benjamin Boxer as an executive officer, director and promoter, Christopher Dickson as an executive officer and director, and Martin CasadoMartin CasadoMartin Casado is a computer scientist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist who is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he leads infrastructure investing. A major proponent of software-defined networking, he co-founded Nicira and served as its chief technology officer, and after VMware acquired the company he ran its networking and security business; he also co-founded the nonprofit MuralNet.Open the full entry as a director. Boxer signed as CEO and director.⁠[2]

The January 13, 2025 Form D reports an equity offering whose first sale occurred on December 27, 2024. Both the total offering and amount sold were $8,874,984, with 12 investors. This filing differs from the $8.75 million seed round announced publicly in November 2026; the two figures do not establish an additive funding total.⁠[2]

In a July 2026 account of the company’s origins, Boxer recalled that Parsec had focused on gaming for its first four years before finding stronger demand among game developers. Parsec was sold to Unity in 2021. The team subsequently returned to remote desktop development with Phaze, focusing on enterprise requirements.⁠[3]

On September 14, 2026, Phaze introduced an API for administration and integration with other applications. Examples included listing and assigning machines, building workstation-request workflows in SlackSlackSlack is a team communication and collaboration platform developed from an internal tool at Tiny Speck. It organizes work through channels, direct messages, searchable history and integrations, with features including Huddles, Clips, Canvas and AI assistance. Its paid service launched in February 2014, and Salesforce completed its acquisition in July 2021.Open the full entry, and embedding its connection protocol handler in desktop-as-a-service products. The self-service machine-checkout experience described at that time required a custom API integration rather than an existing dashboard feature.⁠[4][5]

On September 29, the company introduced an experimental MCP server and demonstrated an IT support agent initiated through Slack. The agent connects to a remote Windows computer, works on the problem and can pass control to an authorized IT employee before resuming. Phaze stated that its authentication prevents unauthorized people from taking over the machine.⁠[6]

On November 4, 2026, Phaze announced $8.75 million in seed funding led by a16zAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It invests from the seed stage through the growth stage and provides operational support to its portfolio companies.Open the full entry, with participation from Indie, NextView, Makers and Lerer Hippeau. The company said it would expand engineering, accelerate product development and support customer growth. The announcement identified Benjy Boxer as co-founder and CEO.⁠[7]

Phaze takes its name from Piers Anthony’s Apprentice Adept series, in which Stile inhabits the worlds of Proton and Phaze. The company uses this as a metaphor for working across machines. Its proposed model assigns workstations to tasks and returns them to a shared pool afterward; the idea describes its product vision rather than an accomplished disappearance of personal computers.⁠[8]

As of November 2026, the website offers a Windows download and a client-only Mac beta. Features include low-latency input, 3D graphics, multiple monitors and control handoffs between people and agents in one session. Administrators can assign machines, manage teams and roles, and deploy on-premises relays. The company reports SOC 2 Type II certification and third-party penetration testing, with connection history and administrative-action logs available through an API.⁠[9]

The website describes access through the desktop or command line for agents such as Claude and Codex, limited to the machines and roles available to their user. MCP remains labeled experimental. Example projects include IT Support Bot, which can request human help at a UAC prompt, and Render Buddy, which reports rendering progress and failures through Slack. MCP can be used without the public API, while the API supports custom integrations.⁠[10]

As of November 2026, personal use is free. Company use costs $0.20 per user-hour, capped at $20 per user per month after 100 hours, without separate seat or device fees. The company plan includes administration, role-based access, SAML SSO, SCIM directory synchronization, API access and audit logs. An SLA requires committed spending, and annual usage commitments can receive discounts.⁠[11]

Company sources describe locations differently: the 2025 Form D lists Park City, UtahUtahUtah is a U.S. state bordered by Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Colorado to the east, Arizona to the south and Nevada to the west, with its capital at Salt Lake City. It was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state, and the 2020 census (April 1, 2020) counted 3,271,616 residents.Open the full entry as the principal place of business; the November 2026 funding announcement describes Utah headquarters; the official LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry profile lists New York. The careers page says the team is based in New York City and Salt Lake City.⁠[2][7][12][13]