Meta Acquires AI Coding Startup Conductor in Undisclosed Deal

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Meta has acquired Conductor, a startup that creates software projects using multiple agents working in parallel within separate workspaces. Conductor, founded in 2024, launched its main product during the summer. The system uses a team of agents to allow engineers to break down projects into smaller parts, with each agent responsible for a specific part. Users can deploy the agent team on the cloud, locally, or control them via mobile devices. Conductor uses agents from Anthropic and OpenAI, rather than developing its own. Conductor announced its move to Meta on Conductor's own blog. Meta confirmed the acquisition but provided no further comment or deal details. Conductor plans to develop new interfaces and features for customers by the beginning of 2027. The team will work with Meta's Chief AI Officer and the head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Current users can continue to use the main features until the beginning of 2027, except for the cloud service, which will be shut down on November 20, 2026. After that date, user data will be deleted from the cloud. Meta is accelerating its efforts in the AI field. In August, it launched Muse Code and Muse agents, which have already reached over 10 million users. Meta has also acquired other AI companies, such as Moltbook, an agent platform that went viral.