How to Leverage Claude and Codex in VMs Instead of Building AI Coding Agents From Scratch

Dont compete with Claude Code and Codex - leverage them to make your own agents more powerful with a VM

You are probably building your own AI agents right now. But here's the thing - you don't need to reinvent the wheel.

Instead of spending months building coding capabilities from scratch, just use providers like E2B to spin up a VM. Then let Claude or Codex run inside that environment and call the VM from your own agent via a tool call.

Think about it this way: Anthropic has spent BILLIONS teaching Claude how to create stunning PowerPoints, analyze complex datasets, and write production-ready code. Why not just tap into that investment?

Your agent becomes the orchestrator while Claude handles the heavy lifting. Need a financial model built? Call Claude in the VM. Want automated slide generation? Same approach.

It's like having a world-class developer on your team without the hiring headache or training costs.

The smartest founders I work with aren't trying to compete with Big Tech's AI investments - they're leveraging them to build something uniquely valuable on top.

Really recommend using VMs to run your agents - super simple & powerful!