Meta buys Conductor, the multi-agent coding tool with 100k users
Meta acquired Conductor, the AI coding tool that lets a developer run multiple agents simultaneously against isolated copies of the same codebase. Terms were not disclosed. Conductor confirmed the deal on its website.
The product supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, with each agent running in its own sandboxed environment. A cloud version kept agents working for hours in virtual machines while developers monitored progress from an iPhone app. Users paid for the underlying agents through their own subscriptions and API keys.
Why Meta wanted it
Meta engineers were already using Conductor before the acquisition. When the company announced its $22 million Series A in March, backed by Spark Capital and Matrix, it counted engineers at Meta, Google, and Spotify among its users. Conductor now reports more than 100,000 users total.
People familiar with the deal told Axios that Meta wants the Conductor team’s product shipping speed to help build its next generation of AI coding tools. The acquisition follows two Meta model releases in October: Muse Spark Open, an open-weights coding model released October 15, and the closed Muse Wonder models, which run inside Meta’s own Muse Code terminal and API.
Shutdown timeline for current users
Conductor is closing in stages. New sign-ups and downloads stopped today. Pro subscribers get their paid features free while the product winds down.
- Nov. 13: Conductor Cloud goes read-only
- Nov. 20: Cloud service shuts down, data deletion begins
- Early 2027: Local Mac app stops receiving new models and critical bug fixes, user data deleted
Before the Nov. 20 deadline, users can export data or migrate cloud workspaces to their own machines. Active subscribers will receive refunds. The company states it has never sold user data or trained models on it, and has no plans to do so.
The broader M&A context
The Conductor deal closed the same day OpenAI announced plans to acquire developer tools startup Pierre Computer. OpenAI had already announced in June that it was buying Ona, which runs coding agents in cloud sandboxes.
CEO Charlie Holtz and CTO Jackson de Campos founded the company, formally called Melty Inc., in 2024. Backers include Y Combinator and the founders of Notion and Linear.
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