Conductor

What Conductor does

Conductor, operating as Melty Labs, Inc. (Delaware), is a San Francisco-based software company founded in Summer 2024 by Charlie Holtz (CEO) and Jackson de Campos (CTO) through the Y Combinator S24 batch. The company builds a macOS-native application that allows developers to run multiple AI coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode — in parallel using isolated git worktree workspaces. Each agent operates in its own branch, terminal, diff, and review path, enabling engineers to parallelize coding tasks, review agent output, and merge completed work without conflicts. The platform extends via Conductor Cloud (cloud workspaces in early access), Conductor Enterprise (managed settings and privacy controls for organizations), and the recently acquired cmd tool for Xcode AI integration. A Conductor Skill allows agents to self-configure and operate within workspaces.

The product is used by individual developers and engineering teams at companies including Linear, Vercel, Notion, Ramp, Stripe, Square, Spotify, Life360, Reducto, Google, Meta, HubSpot, Chime, Intercom, Datadog, Block, Flexport, Rippling, and Amazon, among others. Conductor employs approximately 8 people based in San Francisco and has raised $24M in total funding, including a $22M Series A in March 2026 led by Spark and Matrix, with Ilya Sukhar (Matrix) on the board and participation from founders of Notion and Linear. The GTM is hybrid: product-led growth via direct Mac app download, an enterprise tier reached through a contact form, and an early-access waitlist for Conductor Cloud. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and Enterprise contracts appear quote-based. In April 2026 the company acquired cmd and onboarded its creator, former Airbnb Staff Engineer Guillaume Sabran, as a founding engineer, signaling an intent to evolve from a Mac desktop tool into a broader AI-native development platform.

Name

Conductor

Legal name

Melty Labs, Inc.

Website

https://conductor.build

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Conductor (Melty Labs, Inc.) is a San Francisco-based software company founded in 2024 that builds a macOS application for running multiple AI coding agents in parallel using isolated git worktree workspaces, serving individual developers and engineering teams at technology companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Developer Tools

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) (BPAEAKAC)

Keywords

• AI coding agents
• Developer productivity tools
• Code editor software
• AI workflow orchestration
• Software development platform

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription (Mac App): Conductor offers a downloadable Mac application with subscription-based pricing. The platform supports various subscription tiers including Enterprise for organizations with advanced requirements. The company generates recurring revenue from subscriptions with billing cadences including monthly and annual options.
2. Conductor Cloud: Cloud-based workspace offering currently in early access. Extends the product beyond local Mac execution to cloud environments, potentially introducing cloud-specific revenue streams.
3. Enterprise Tier: Dedicated enterprise offering with deployment requirements, security constraints, and workflow integration capabilities for organizations. Includes features like enterprise_data_privacy mode, managed settings, and organization-wide configuration controls.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Conductor develops a macOS-native AI code editor that runs multiple AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode) in parallel across isolated git worktree workspaces. Each workspace gets its own branch, run environment, and shared context folder, enabling developers to deploy, monitor, review, and merge AI-generated code changes from multiple agents simultaneously. The platform is extended through Conductor Cloud (cloud-based workspaces), Conductor Enterprise (organization-wide managed settings and privacy controls), and the acquired cmd tool (Xcode AI integration).

Product overview

Conductor is a unified AI-native software development platform centered on its macOS desktop application for running multiple coding agents in parallel. The core Conductor macOS App creates isolated git worktree workspaces where AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode) work autonomously on separate branches, with human review and merge workflows. The platform extends through Conductor Cloud (cloud workspaces with remote file sync and browser preview), Conductor Enterprise (organization-wide security controls and managed settings), and the acquired cmd tool (Xcode AI integration). A Conductor Skill enables agents to self-configure and operate within workspaces. The product is designed for AI managers who delegate coding tasks to agent teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conductor macOS App A Mac desktop application for running multiple AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode) in parallel across isolated git worktree workspaces. Each workspace operates independently with its own branch, files, terminal, diff, and review path, enabling developers to parallelize coding tasks and manage AI agent teams. Designed for engineers who deploy, monitor, review, and merge AI-generated code changes from multiple agents simultaneously.
• Conductor Cloud Cloud-based extension of Conductor enabling users to run a team of coding agents in the cloud. Provides cloud workspaces with remote file sync, browser preview (powered by Agentation), and enterprise privacy controls. Currently in early access.
• Conductor Enterprise Enterprise tier offering for organizations requiring deployment flexibility, security controls, and team collaboration features. Includes enterprise privacy mode (enterprise_data_privacy), managed settings for organization-wide configuration via settings.managed.toml, and dedicated support for security and compliance requirements. SOC 2 Type 2 compliance is maintained by Conductor's database host and analytics provider.
• cmd An Xcode AI integration tool acquired by Conductor in April 2026, originally created by Guillaume Sabran to bring AI into Xcode. Now part of Conductor's platform, helping expand the product from a Mac desktop app to a multi-platform offering across devices.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10x user growth since January 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability3 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• cmd (Guillaume Sabran)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2026cmd, an Xcode AI integration tool created by Guillaume Sabran (former Airbnb Staff Engineer), joined Conductor. This brings deep iOS/Xcode integration expertise and the cmd product into the Conductor platform. Gui was one of Conductor's earliest power users before joining the team as a Founding Engineer. The acquisition strengthens Conductor's platform capabilities and team technical expertise.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cursor (Anysphere): AI-native code editor with its own agent (Composer 2.5) and deep AI integration. The most direct competitor to Conductor's single-agent experience and a credible threat to extend into parallel-agent orchestration natively.
• Replit: AI-native cloud IDE with built-in agents and an Agent platform. Conductor's DevRel lead previously led DevRel at Replit, indicating direct functional overlap in serving developers who run AI coding agents inside an IDE-like environment.
• Windsurf (Codeium): AI-native IDE with built-in agent flows and Cascade agentic workflows. Competes directly for developers who want an integrated AI coding experience inside a single editor.
• Warp: AI-powered terminal with agent capabilities for developer workflows. Competes with Conductor at the intersection of terminal, IDE, and AI agent execution for engineering teams.
• Sourcegraph Cody: AI coding assistant with enterprise code intelligence and agentic capabilities. Targets the same enterprise developer-tool buyer that Conductor's Enterprise tier pursues, with broader codebase context features.

Broad incumbents

• Tabnine: Enterprise-focused AI code completion and assistant platform with private deployment and compliance features. Competes for the same enterprise engineering organization buyers that Conductor Enterprise targets, with broader enterprise sales motion.
• GitHub Copilot Workspace: Microsoft/GitHub's AI development platform with coding agents, workspace concepts, and enterprise distribution. Operates at much larger scale with broader capabilities; competes indirectly for AI coding workflow share.

Emerging players

• Aider: Open-source AI pair programming tool that runs coding agents from the terminal with git-aware workflows. Overlaps with Conductor's open-source, agent-orchestration positioning but in a CLI-first form.
• Continue: Open-source AI code assistant with agent and chat capabilities for VS Code and JetBrains. Overlaps with Conductor's open-source positioning and target persona of AI-forward developers.
• Cline (formerly Claude Dev): Autonomous AI coding agent that runs inside VS Code. Competes for the same developer use case of running AI agents with workspace isolation, though as a VS Code extension rather than a standalone app.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/conductor_build
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@conductor_build

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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