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Show HN: Mobile IPs for AI agents that keep getting blocked

Hi HN. I've been building automation tools this past year. One problem kept happening. Everything works fine locally, but once deployed to AWS or other cloud providers, sites start blocking. Most AI agents run from datacenter IPs, and those IPs are already flagged by many websites. So we decided to build something for it. Aluvia lets agents connect using mobile carrier IPs instead of datacenter IPs. The idea is simple. If traffic looks more like real mobile users, it gets blocked less often. We packaged it as: @aluvia/sdk @aluvia/cli @aluvia/mcp It works with Playwright, Puppeteer, Axios, Selenium, and similar tools. We're not trying to compete with the big proxy companies. We just wanted something more developer-friendly and easier to integrate, especially for AI builders. It's still early, so I'd really appreciate feedback. Curious if others here faced the same issue, or solved it differently. Website: https://www.aluvia.io/ https://www.aluvia.io/ Happy to answer technical questions.

verdverm 9mo ago
Anonymous Credentials is how this is being solved This sounds like a proxy to the same IPs used by scammers and hackers > Aluvia runs on crypto No thanks
- herbertverdida 9mo ago
  Thanks for pointing that out. Just to clarify, this isn't meant to be an anonymity tool. The main issue we were trying to solve was reliability. Cloud IPs get flagged very fast now, even for normal automation or testing. On the crypto part, we accept USDC as one payment option, but credit and debit cards are also supported. We're not trying to build something for scammers. The focus is developer use cases. Happy to answer anything specific.
  - verdverm 9mo ago
    Everything about this is about breaking the rules and ruining shared things, you wouldn't get blocked if you are a good denizen, so I personally will classify this with the scammers and spammers, much to your chagrin. Tragedy of the commons.
    - herbertverdida 9mo ago
      Automation on the web is very common and often legitimate. Things like automated testing, price monitoring, security research, uptime checks, SEO auditing, even AI agents interacting with sites that explicitly allow it. A lot of companies run automation against their own systems as well. The issue we kept seeing was that entire cloud IP ranges get flagged by default, even when the activity itself isn't abusive. Definitely not trying to encourage breaking rules. Just trying to make legitimate automation more reliable.
      - verdverm 9mo ago
        Anonymous Credentials is the right way to solve this It doesn't matter what you say, these are the same things the scammers and spammers say, and you will be associated with them To get a mobile IP without being a person or having a mobile device, that is text book scammer behavior. How well do you know the vendor providing those IPs?

verdverm 9mo ago

Anonymous Credentials is how this is being solved This sounds like a proxy to the same IPs used by scammers and hackers > Aluvia runs on crypto No thanks

herbertverdida 9mo ago
Thanks for pointing that out. Just to clarify, this isn't meant to be an anonymity tool. The main issue we were trying to solve was reliability. Cloud IPs get flagged very fast now, even for normal automation or testing. On the crypto part, we accept USDC as one payment option, but credit and debit cards are also supported. We're not trying to build something for scammers. The focus is developer use cases. Happy to answer anything specific.
- verdverm 9mo ago
  Everything about this is about breaking the rules and ruining shared things, you wouldn't get blocked if you are a good denizen, so I personally will classify this with the scammers and spammers, much to your chagrin. Tragedy of the commons.
  - herbertverdida 9mo ago
    Automation on the web is very common and often legitimate. Things like automated testing, price monitoring, security research, uptime checks, SEO auditing, even AI agents interacting with sites that explicitly allow it. A lot of companies run automation against their own systems as well. The issue we kept seeing was that entire cloud IP ranges get flagged by default, even when the activity itself isn't abusive. Definitely not trying to encourage breaking rules. Just trying to make legitimate automation more reliable.
    - verdverm 9mo ago
      Anonymous Credentials is the right way to solve this It doesn't matter what you say, these are the same things the scammers and spammers say, and you will be associated with them To get a mobile IP without being a person or having a mobile device, that is text book scammer behavior. How well do you know the vendor providing those IPs?