Meta has acquired Conductor, a startup whose AI coding platform lets users assign multiple agents to work on separate parts of software projects in parallel. The acquisition was reported by Axios and announced by Conductor on its blog. Meta confirmed the deal to TechCrunch but did not provide further details.
Conductor founder and CEO Charlie Holtz said the company was joining Meta and hinted at plans for a new interface, with something new for customers expected by early next year. He also said he looked forward to working with Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta’s Superintelligence Labs.
Founded in 2024, Conductor launched its core product last summer. Its agent teams can run in the cloud, locally or through a user’s phone, helping engineers work on distinct parts of a project at the same time. The agents are supplied by outside AI labs, including Anthropic and OpenAI, rather than developed by Conductor.
Holtz said Conductor’s core features would continue to work as before until early next year. Its cloud service, however, is scheduled to shut down on November 20, after which the company will begin deleting user data stored in the cloud.
The acquisition adds to Meta’s recent AI activity. The company launched its own coding agent, Muse Code, in August and has also reported that its recently launched Muse agents surpassed 10 million users. Meta has made several AI-related acquisitions over the past year, including the viral agent platform Moltbook.
Sources: TechCrunch.