Meta Acquires Parallel Coding Agent Tool Conductor; Cloud Service Shuts Nov 20

What happened

Axios first reported the deal, and Conductor founder and CEO Charlie Holtz then confirmed it on the company's blog, writing "Conductor is joining Meta"; Meta confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch but shared no price or details.

Conductor was founded in 2024 and launched its product in July 2025: a Mac app that lets developers run several coding agents at once, each in its own workspace, then review progress, check changes and merge from one view. It works with agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, and builds no model of its own.

The team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs, working with chief AI officer Alexandr Wang and product head Nat Friedman; Holtz said the team has plans for a next-generation interface, with a new product expected in early 2027. The local Mac app keeps receiving new models and critical fixes until early 2027.

Key facts

1. Announcement: Nov 4; Axios reported first, and Conductor's blog and Meta then confirmed
2. Price: not disclosed
3. Product: a Mac app that runs several coding agents in parallel, each in its own workspace, with one view to review and merge
4. Supported agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others; Conductor builds no model of its own
5. Background: founded in 2024, product launched in July 2025; raised a $22 million Series A in March led by Spark Capital and Matrix
6. Users: the company says more than 100,000 developers use it
7. Team: joins Meta Superintelligence Labs, working with Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman
8. New product: Holtz said a new product is planned for early 2027
9. Cloud wind-down: sign-ups stopped Nov 4; cloud goes read-only Nov 13 and shuts down Nov 20, when cloud data deletion begins
10. Local app: the Mac app keeps getting new models and critical fixes until early 2027; the company says it never sold user data or trained on it