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# Big platforms are buying the tools that coordinate coding agents, and hosted versions are shutting down

## Retrieval answer

Meta bought Conductor, which runs many coding agents in parallel, and Conductor Cloud shuts down on November 20. Factory is taking in HumanLayer's agent-workflow team, and OpenAI is buying Pierre, whose libraries handle file navigation and change review in Codex.

Meta bought Conductor, which runs many coding agents in parallel, and Conductor Cloud shuts down on November 20. Factory is taking in HumanLayer's agent-workflow team, and OpenAI is buying Pierre, whose libraries handle file navigation and change review in Codex. If your workflow depends on an independent hosted orchestration or review tool, plan for it to be absorbed or retired.

From the Field Notes:

- [Meta acquires Conductor, the startup for running multiple AI coding agents in parallel; Conductor Cloud to shut down Nov 20](https://newruntime.com/posts/meta-acquires-conductor-the-startup-for-running-multiple-47f016/) (2026-11-05)
- [Conductor is joining Meta](https://newruntime.com/posts/conductor-is-joining-meta-7ebfa2/) (2026-11-05)
- [Today, humanlayer_dev is joining Factory.](https://newruntime.com/posts/today-humanlayer-dev-is-joining-factory-5bfc11/) (2026-11-04)
- [Welcome to the team dexhorthy and 0xblacklight!](https://newruntime.com/posts/welcome-to-the-team-dexhorthy-and-0xblacklight-aaa045/) (2026-11-04)
- [OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company, Inc.](https://newruntime.com/posts/openai-to-acquire-pierre-computer-company-inc-14bb12/) (2026-11-04)

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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