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Meta buys AI coding startup Conductor as big tech races to lock in developers

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Meta buys AI coding startup Conductor as big tech races to lock in developers

The Decoder · Nov 5, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

Meta is acquiring AI coding startup Conductor, which lets developers control multiple AI coding agents at once. On the same day, OpenAI announced plans to acquire Pierre Computer, and Anthropic already bought Stainless back in May. The deals follow a pattern: AI models are becoming interchangeable, and the value is shifting to the tools built around them.…