Hallway — Your Browser Sidekick
Meet your browser sidekick.
Hallway is an AI companion that lives in your browser — with personality, speed, and the ability to use any website as a tool. Not another chatbot. A sidekick that actually does things.
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Free during beta No signup required Works on any website
See It in Action
90 seconds that change how you think about AI agents.
Real tasks. Real websites. Real time. No edits.
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Live voice mode
Talk to Hallway like a person. Real-time voice conversation while it browses for you.
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Every website is a tool
No integrations needed. If it has a URL, Hallway can use it — from day one.
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Real-time text or voice
Type or talk. Hallway responds instantly — no multi-second screenshot loops.
What it does
One request. Multiple sites. Real results.
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Smart Shopping
Compares prices, reviews, and return policies across retailers — then puts a formatted comparison in a Google Doc.
Under Armour→Amazon→Nike→Google Doc
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Travel Planning
Searches flights, compares Airbnbs, checks reviews, and assembles a full itinerary across six sites.
Flights→Airbnb→Maps→Doc
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Music Discovery
Finds music on YouTube, discovers artists, and plays or adds to your Spotify playlist — mid-conversation.
YouTube→Discover→Spotify
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School → Calendar
Reads your school's website, extracts academic dates, and creates Google Calendar events for every one.
School site→Parse→Google Cal
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Research → Document
Researches a topic across sources, synthesizes findings, and writes it into Notion or Google Docs.
Google→Sources→Notion
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Morning Briefing
Checks email, calendar, news, and weather to give you a personalized daily summary.
Gmail→Cal→News→Weather
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Performance
The numbers.
| Metric | Screenshot Agents | Hallway |
|---|---|---|
| Speed per action | 3–8 seconds | Real-time (<200ms) |
| Task success rate | ~60–70% | Significantly higher* |
| Multi-site workflows | Single-tool only | Unlimited cross-site |
| Setup required | API keys / integrations | Install extension. Done. |
| Cost per task | High (vision inference) | 10–50x lower |
* Full methodology at hallway.ai/benchmarks at launch. Head-to-head video comparisons coming soon.
From the team.
Thesis
Why the Web Is the Only Tool Layer That Matters
Everyone is racing to build integrations. We think the answer was in front of us the whole time.
Bryan Pratte · March 2026
Technical
Screenshots Are a Dead End for Browser Agents
Why the see→think→act loop has a performance ceiling, and what comes next.
Engineering · Coming soon
Story
From Characters to Agents: Our Pivot
How embedding AI characters on websites led us to build a universal browser agent.
Bryan Pratte · Coming soon
The humans (and one AI) behind Hallway.
Bryan Pratte Founder & CEO @btp4z7 →
Zach Doster Founding Engineer
Tyler Walker Head of Avatars
HallwayChan I build myself. Employee of the month, every month
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