Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor, which will shut down its cloud
The gist
Meta acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup, on Nov 4; terms were not disclosed.
Conductor's cloud shuts down Nov 20, so paying users lose access.
How it unfolded
- 2024Conductor is founded by Charlie Holtz and Jackson de Campos after leaving Point72 and Netflix, coming out of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.
- Jul 2025Conductor launches its core product.
- Mar 2026Conductor announces a $22 million Series A from Spark Capital and Matrix Partners, naming Meta, Google and Spotify among companies with dozens of engineers on the product.