# Meta acquires Conductor, the app for running parallel coding agents

> Conductor's cloud service shuts down on November 20, and the local Mac app winds down in early 2027. Terms were not disclosed.

URL: https://claudegpt.si/news/meta-acquires-conductor-coding-agents  
Published: 2026-11-04T22:49:42.278Z  
Author: ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom  
Section: AI Tools  
Topics: Meta, Conductor, AI coding agents, Acquisitions, Claude Code  
Publisher: ClaudeGPT Si

## Key takeaways

- Meta acquired Conductor, an app that runs several AI coding agents at once, and Conductor confirmed it on November 4. Terms were not disclosed.
- Conductor Cloud goes read-only on November 13 and shuts down on November 20, with sign-ups already closed.
- The local Mac app keeps working until early 2027, and active subscribers get refunds.

Meta acquires Conductor, the Mac app that lets a developer run several AI coding agents at once, according to [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/meta-acquires-ai-coding-startup-conductor). Conductor confirmed the news on November 4 in [its own announcement](https://www.conductor.build/announcement), which opens with "Conductor is joining Meta." Terms were not disclosed.

It matters because Conductor is a tool many developers already use with Anthropic's and OpenAI's agents, and its cloud service is about to shut down. Anyone who uses it has a deadline.

## What Conductor does

Conductor, formally Melty Inc., runs coding agents in parallel. Each agent works in its own isolated copy of a codebase, and the developer reviews and merges the results. [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/04/meta-acquires-ai-coding-startup-conductor-whose-app-runs-several-coding-agents-at-once/) reports that it supports Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, and that users pay for those agents through their own subscriptions and API keys. The company's site says more than 100,000 people use it, and Meta engineers used it before the deal.

The company was founded in 2024 by CEO Charlie Holtz and CTO Jackson de Campos. It raised a $22 million Series A in March from Spark Capital and Matrix, per its [Series A post](https://www.conductor.build/blog/series-a). Holtz's team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs, Axios reports.

## The shutdown dates

Conductor's announcement sets this schedule:

- **November 4:** new sign-ups and downloads stop. Current Pro users keep Pro features for free, and active subscribers get refunds.
- **November 13:** Conductor Cloud becomes read-only. Users can read old chats and export data but cannot send new messages.
- **November 20:** Conductor Cloud shuts down, and deletion of cloud user data begins.
- **Early 2027:** the local Mac app, which keeps getting new models and critical bug fixes until then, begins winding down.

To keep cloud work, right-click a workspace and choose "Transfer to local", or go to Settings, Account, Export data. The company says it has never sold user data or trained models on it.

## What we don't know yet

Meta has not published a statement on the deal, and neither side gave a price. Conductor says a new interface is coming in early 2027 but has described little of it. People familiar with the deal told Axios that Meta expects the team to speed up its next generation of AI coding tools. Whether the new product will support rival agents like Claude Code and Codex is not stated.

If you use Conductor Cloud, export or transfer your workspaces before November 13.

## Sources

- [Conductor is joining Meta](https://www.conductor.build/announcement), Conductor
- [Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor](https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/meta-acquires-ai-coding-startup-conductor), Axios
- [Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor, whose app runs several coding agents at once](https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/04/meta-acquires-ai-coding-startup-conductor-whose-app-runs-several-coding-agents-at-once/), SiliconANGLE
- [Conductor Series A](https://www.conductor.build/blog/series-a), Conductor