What changed
Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired artificial intelligence coding startup Conductor. The deal was confirmed by Conductor in a post on its website, though the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Conductor’s software allows developers to run several coding agents at once, each in an isolated copy of the codebase, and then review and merge their outputs. Supported agents include Anthropic PBC’s Claude Code, OpenAI Group PBC’s Codex, and Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s Cursor. Users pay for these agents through their own subscriptions and keys.
What this means in practice
Conductor’s desktop app runs on Macs, while its hosted version, Conductor Cloud, uses sandboxed virtual machines to allow agents to work for extended periods. Users can monitor these agents via an iPhone app. The acquisition comes as Meta continues to expand its AI coding capabilities, following the release of Muse Spark Open and Muse Wonder models. Conductor’s products are now closing in stages, with new sign-ups and downloads halted today. Pro users receive their paid features for free, and the cloud service will go read-only on November 13 before shutting down on November 20. Users are advised to export their data or move cloud workspaces to their own machines before this date.
Limitations and availability
Conductor’s desktop app will continue to function until early 2027, when a new interface is expected to be released. However, new models and critical bug fixes will stop arriving at that point, and the app’s user data will be deleted. The company has stated it has never sold user data or trained models on it. Conductor’s products are being phased out, with the company planning to delete user data stored in its cloud service after November 20.
