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Meta buys Conductor, the app for running teams of AI coding agents, and folds it into Superintelligence Labs
Meta has acquired Conductor, a startup whose Mac app lets developers run several AI coding agents in parallel. Terms were not disclosed. New sign-ups are closed, Conductor Cloud shuts down on November 20, and the team says a new product is coming early next year.
Meta has acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that lets software engineers manage multiple coding agents at once, Axios reported on Wednesday[2]. "I have big news: Conductor is joining Meta," founder and CEO Charlie Holtz wrote on the company's site, adding that the team has "big, crazy plans for the next interface"[1]. Meta confirmed the deal to TechCrunch but did not share terms[3].
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What Meta is buying
Conductor was founded in 2024 by Holtz and CTO Jackson de Campos and launched its product in July 2025[2][1]. It runs teams of agents in parallel workspaces, in the cloud, locally or from a phone, so each agent works on its own slice of a project[3]. The agents come from major labs like Anthropic and OpenAI rather than Conductor itself[3].
Holtz said on X that he was looking forward to working with Alexandr Wang, Meta's chief AI officer, and Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs[3].
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The shutdown timeline
Conductor published firm dates for existing customers[1]:
- November 4: no new sign-ups or downloads; pro users keep pro features for free.
- November 13: Conductor Cloud goes read-only and active subscribers get a refund.
- November 20: Conductor Cloud shuts down and user data starts being deleted.
- Early 2027: the local app keeps receiving new models and critical bug fixes until then.
Cloud users can move workspaces to their Mac with "Transfer to local" or export everything from settings before the deadline[1].
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Why it matters
Coding has become the main route to AI adoption and enterprise spending, and the big labs are racing to own the tools developers use[2]. The same day, OpenAI told Axios it plans to acquire Pierre Computer, a startup focused on storing and managing AI-generated code[2]. For Meta, Conductor's interface for coordinating many agents gives its models a front end aimed at coders, the heaviest users of AI. For Conductor's users, it means a well-liked independent tool now has an end date.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
01What does Conductor do?
Conductor is an orchestration app that lets software engineers run several AI coding agents at the same time, each working on a separate part of a project. The agents themselves come from labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI rather than being built by Conductor.
02How much did Meta pay?
Financial terms were not disclosed. Meta confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch but declined to give details.
03What happens to existing Conductor users?
As of November 4 there are no new sign-ups and pro users keep pro features for free. Conductor Cloud goes read-only on November 13 and shuts down on November 20, when the company starts deleting cloud data. The local app keeps getting new models and critical fixes until early 2027.
04Where does the team go inside Meta?
CEO Charlie Holtz said the team will work with Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman at Meta Superintelligence Labs, and promised something new for users early next year.
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