Narrative

AI agents for end-to-end testing

3.2Score#329 of 999 agents#5 of 15 in QA engineer

Why it ranks #329

Narrative, an AI QA engineer from YC W23, ranks #329 of 999 AI agents and #5 of 15 in QA engineer, with a score of 3.2 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 3 × 30% 0.9
Scale 3 × 30% 0.9
Momentum 2 × 25% 0.5
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 3.2

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
3
Claims named customers.
- +3
  Named customers
  “Trusted by Nanonets, Commenda, Drumkit, Metal, and Vega.”
  YC page
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
3
5 people.
- +3
  5 people on its YC page5 to 9 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
2
Shows hiring.
- +2
  Hiring: 1 open roleFounding engineer (Backend + AI)YC page
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Winter 2023) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 49% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 28% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 98% likely
- Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Narrative

Narrative is the easiest way to create end-to-end tests, replacing Playwright, Selenium, and Cypress with self-healing tests.

Record your user journeys to deploy tests in minutes, and let our agents handle flaky selectors and timing issues. When a test fails, you get a bug report in plain English that's easy to triage.

Trusted by Nanonets, Commenda, Drumkit, Metal, and Vega.

Learn more at www.trynarrative.com