Sunset – Cobot is winding down (blog.mainfra.me)

Mainframe announced it is sunsetting Cobot, its early-access experiment for collaborative AI agents that let multiple agents interact in a shared workspace to accomplish tasks. The team says the platform will be wound down so they can pursue a narrower “core” problem area; billing is paused immediately, annual subscribers will receive prorated refunds, and all users retain access until November 30, 2025. After that date, Mainframe will securely delete user data per its privacy policy, and support questions are directed to help@cobot.co. For the AI/ML community, the move highlights a shift from broad multi-agent UX experiments toward focusing deeply on a specific technical challenge—reflecting the broader industry pattern where promising agent interaction ideas are refined into more targeted products. Cobot’s beta tested shared-space orchestration, agent-to-agent handoffs, and collaborative workflows; the team’s decision to sunset suggests challenges remain in defining a compelling, durable product around multi-agent interfaces and in achieving product-market fit. Practically, users should export any needed data before the deletion date; technically, researchers and builders can treat Cobot’s public beta as a learnable data point on agent collaboration, UX trade-offs, and the commercial realities of building multi-agent systems.