Meta bought an AI coding startup.
First, xAI spent $60 billion on Cursor, and now Meta picked up Conductor for an undisclosed amount, as reported previously by Axios, as they all compete with the likes of Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex.

TL;DR
- Meta has acquired AI coding startup Conductor.
- The acquisition intensifies competition with other AI players like xAI, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
- Conductor's product enables software engineers to manage multiple AI agents.
- Conductor Cloud will cease operations on November 20, 2023.
- Local Conductor will receive updates until early 2027.