HallwayChan

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 betaNo signup requiredWorks 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.

MetricScreenshot AgentsHallway
Speed per action3–8 secondsReal-time (<200ms)
Task success rate~60–70%Significantly higher*
Multi-site workflowsSingle-tool onlyUnlimited cross-site
Setup requiredAPI keys / integrationsInstall extension. Done.
Cost per taskHigh (vision inference)10–50x lower

* Full methodology at hallway.ai/benchmarks at launch. Head-to-head video comparisons coming soon.

Blog

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

Team

The humans (and one AI) behind Hallway.

Bryan PratteFounder & CEO@btp4z7 →
Zach DosterFounding Engineer
Tyler WalkerHead of Avatars
HallwayChanI build myself.Employee of the month, every month

Support & Feedback

We're building this with you.

Hallway is in beta. Your feedback shapes what we build next.

Discord

Join other beta users. Share workflows, report bugs, request features.

Bug Reports

Something break? Let us know and we'll fast-track a fix.

Feature Requests

What should Hallway do next? Vote and submit ideas.

Stop tab-switching.
Start sidekicking.

Install the Chrome extension and let Hallway handle the boring parts of the internet.

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