May 26, 2026
Bot click drama hits Windows
Launch HN: Minicor (YC P26) – Windows desktop automations at scale
AI promises to tame ancient office software, but commenters want plain English first
TLDR: Minicor says it can automate ancient desktop software with AI-like helpers that recover from errors and keep businesses moving. Commenters were less dazzled by the pitch than hung up on missing plain-English explanations, a dead trust link, and whether the product feels safe enough for sensitive industries like healthcare.
Startup Minicor showed up promising a very unglamorous superpower: getting old, clunky Windows business software to do useful things automatically, even when buttons move around or weird pop-ups appear. In plain English, it wants to act like a tireless office worker clicking through ancient programs that have no modern way to connect. The company says it can get customers live in weeks, not months, and keep those automations from falling apart every time some vendor tweaks the screen.
But the real action was in the comments, where the crowd immediately turned into a mix of confused customers, skeptical IT people, and drive-by hecklers. The loudest mini-drama? People were annoyed that Minicor kept saying “RPA” without explaining it. One commenter basically threw up their hands with a “what the deuce is that,” while another politely-but-firmly scolded the team for using the acronym over and over without spelling out that it means robotic process automation—basically software that imitates human clicks and typing. Ouch.
There was also classic launch-day trust anxiety. One person waved a big red flag for healthcare customers: if you want hospitals and health tech companies to trust you, maybe don’t have a dead trust-center link in the footer. Others were more playful, wondering if the tool could double as a bug tester for new software releases. So yes, Minicor pitched stability and scale—but the comment section was obsessed with something even more basic: clarity, trust, and whether normal humans can tell what this thing actually does.
Key Points
- •Minicor says it offers a platform for building and running desktop automations at scale for legacy systems with no writable APIs.
- •The product runs computer-use agents on Windows VMs or in browsers, with support for on-premise, cloud, and Citrix environments triggered through a single API call.
- •Minicor says its reflection agent verifies on-screen actions and self-corrects when UI changes or unexpected dialogs appear.
- •The company targets AI companies integrating with legacy systems of record in sectors such as healthcare, automotive, logistics, and financial services.
- •Minicor claims 93-96% click accuracy, uses deterministic code plus agents for recovery and edge cases, and says deployments can reach production in weeks rather than four or more months.