From SiliconANGLE · Duncan Riley · · 1m 10s
Meta Buys AI Coding Startup Conductor
Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor, which runs multiple coding agents simultaneously.
In brief
Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor, which runs multiple coding agents simultaneously. Meta acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that lets developers run multiple coding agents in isolated codebases. Originally reported by SiliconANGLE.
Meta Acquires Conductor
Meta Platforms Inc. acquired artificial intelligence coding startup Conductor in a deal first reported by Axios.
Conductor's Technology
Conductor's app lets developers run several coding agents at once in isolated codebases and review their merged output.
Supported Agents
Conductor supports Anthropic PBC's Claude Code, OpenAI Group PBC's Codex, and Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s Cursor.
Subscription Model
Users pay for agents through subscriptions and keys, with Pro subscribers getting paid features free.
Conductor Cloud
Conductor Cloud runs agents in sandboxed virtual machines with an iPhone app for monitoring.
Meta's Use of Conductor
Meta engineers used Conductor well before the acquisition, with dozens of engineers from Meta, Google, and Spotify on the product.
Conductor's Shutdown Timeline
Conductor Cloud goes read-only on Nov 13 and shuts on Nov 20, after which it deletes user data.
What to remember
Meta acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that lets developers run multiple coding agents in isolated codebases.
