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AI Coding Companies in 2026

AI coding companies build software that writes, edits, reviews or tests code for developers. Their products include AI code editors and IDE plugins, autonomous coding agents that take on whole tickets, and prompt-to-app builders that generate full applications. The category sits between general-purpose AI model labs and traditional developer-tools vendors.

  1. Cursor (Anysphere)
  2. Cognition
  3. GitHub
  4. Replit
  5. Lovable
  6. Factory
  7. StackBlitz (Bolt.new)
  8. Augment Code
  9. Qodo
  10. Amp

AI Coding Companies to know

We included companies whose main product is an AI coding assistant, an AI IDE, a coding agent, or a code-generation platform for building software. We selected using public signals as of October 2026: reported funding and valuation, reported revenue or user numbers, enterprise adoption, and press coverage. We left out general model labs whose coding tools are one product among many (Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI's Codex), because they belong in a model-provider directory. We also left out companies that were acquired and folded into another company on this list (Windsurf/Codeium into Cognition, Supermaven into Cursor). Cursor stays on the list because it still runs as its own product as a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX.

  1. Cursor (Anysphere) logo

    Cursor (Anysphere)

    AI code editor and coding agent environment built by Anysphere

    Anysphere builds Cursor, an AI code editor where agents search codebases, edit files and run multi-step programming tasks. Its other products include Bugbot for reviewing GitHub pull requests, and it acquired Supermaven (2024) and the code-review startup Graphite (December 2025). SpaceX completed its acquisition of Anysphere on August 14, 2026, and Cursor now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX.

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Website
  2. Cognition logo

    Cognition

    Maker of the Devin autonomous coding agent and the Devin Desktop IDE

    Cognition builds Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer, and DeepWiki, a tool that documents codebases. In July 2025 it acquired the agentic IDE Windsurf, which it renamed Devin Desktop in June 2026. In September 2026 the company said its annualized revenue run rate passed $1B, with customers including Mercedes-Benz, NASA, Goldman Sachs and Citi.

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Website
  3. GitHub logo

    GitHub

    Microsoft-owned code host that makes GitHub Copilot, its AI coding assistant

    GitHub is the Microsoft-owned code hosting platform behind GitHub Copilot, an AI coding assistant first previewed in June 2021 and generally available since June 2022. Copilot offers code completion, chat, an agent mode (February 2025) and a coding agent that takes assigned issues (May 2025). It works in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim and Eclipse, and users can pick models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI.

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Website
  4. Replit logo

    Replit

    Browser-based development platform with an AI agent that builds and deploys apps

    Replit runs a cloud platform for writing, running and deploying software. It has a browser-based IDE and Replit Agent, which builds applications from prompts. In March 2026 it released Agent 4. The company reports more than 50 million users and says it is aiming for $1B in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2026.

    Headquarters
    Foster City, California, USA
    Website
  5. Lovable logo

    Lovable

    Prompt-to-app platform that generates full-stack web applications

    Lovable is a Stockholm-based platform that turns natural-language prompts into working web applications. It grew out of the open-source GPT Engineer project. TechCrunch reported that it reached $500M in annualized run-rate revenue in June 2026 and hosts 60 million projects.

    Headquarters
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Website
  6. Factory logo

    Factory

    Autonomous coding agents (Droids) for enterprise software teams

    Factory builds Droids, autonomous AI agents that handle software tasks such as code generation, testing, review and deployment. Reported customers include Nvidia, Adobe, Morgan Stanley, Ernst & Young, Palo Alto Networks and MongoDB. In August 2026 the company expanded to Japan.

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Website
  7. StackBlitz (Bolt.new) logo

    StackBlitz (Bolt.new)

    Browser-based AI app builder Bolt.new, built on StackBlitz WebContainers

    StackBlitz builds browser-based development tools. In 2024 it launched Bolt.new, which generates and runs full-stack web and mobile apps from prompts in the browser. Sacra estimated Bolt.new's ARR at $40M in March 2025 and reported more than 7 million users by December 2025.

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Website
  8. Augment Code logo

    Augment Code

    AI coding assistant and agents built around large-codebase context

    Augment Code builds AI coding tools for professional teams that work in large codebases. Its products include IDE extensions, the Auggie CLI agent and a context engine. In 2026 it released Augment Prism for model routing, rebuilt the Auggie CLI, and published work on multi-agent software-development automation.

    Headquarters
    Palo Alto, California, USA
    Website
  9. Qodo logo

    Qodo

    AI code review and code quality platform for engineering teams

    Qodo (formerly CodiumAI) builds an AI code review and code quality platform. It runs in IDEs, pull requests, CI/CD and Git workflows. Its 2026 releases added multi-agent pull-request review, cross-repository review, and an Agentic Toolbox that works with third-party coding agents. Its IDE plugins support VS Code and JetBrains.

    Headquarters
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    Website
  10. Amp logo

    Amp

    Agentic coding tool spun out of Sourcegraph as an independent company

    Amp is an AI coding agent that Sourcegraph released in 2025. It generates code, writes tests and documentation, and refactors code. On December 2, 2025 it spun out of Sourcegraph as Amp Frontier Corporation, which describes itself as an independent research lab. In 2026 it launched Amp Labs, which embeds small engineering teams with enterprises; Westpac became a partner in July 2026.

    Headquarters
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Website

AI Coding Companies at a glance

AI Coding Companies: headquarters and focus
CompanyHeadquartersFocus
Cursor (Anysphere)San Francisco, California, USAai-ide, coding-agent
CognitionSan Francisco, California, USAcoding-agent, ai-ide
GitHubSan Francisco, California, USAcoding-assistant, coding-agent
ReplitFoster City, California, USAapp-builder, coding-agent
LovableStockholm, Swedenapp-builder, vibe-coding
FactorySan Francisco, California, USAcoding-agent, enterprise
StackBlitz (Bolt.new)San Francisco, California, USAapp-builder, vibe-coding
Augment CodePalo Alto, California, USAcoding-assistant, coding-agent
QodoTel Aviv, Israelcode-review, testing
AmpSan Francisco, California, USAcoding-agent, cli

Frequently asked questions

What are the largest AI coding companies in 2026?

By reported valuation, Cognition raised a $2B Series E at a $48B post-money valuation in September 2026. SpaceX agreed in April 2026 to acquire Cursor (Anysphere) in an all-stock deal reported at $60B and closed it in August 2026. Lovable was valued at $13.3B in August 2026, Replit at $9B in March 2026, and Factory at $5B in September 2026. GitHub, which makes Copilot, is owned by Microsoft.

What is the difference between an AI coding assistant and a coding agent?

An AI coding assistant, such as GitHub Copilot's completion and chat, suggests code while a developer works in the editor. A coding agent, such as Cognition's Devin, Factory's Droids or Amp, takes on multi-step tasks or whole tickets on its own and returns the result for human review. Many products now do both: Copilot added an agent mode in February 2025 and a coding agent in May 2025, and Cursor runs agents inside its editor.

How do prompt-to-app builders like Lovable, Replit and Bolt.new differ from AI IDEs like Cursor?

Lovable, Replit Agent and Bolt.new build and deploy whole applications from natural-language prompts, so people with little coding experience can use them. AI IDEs such as Cursor and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) are editors for professional developers working in existing codebases. In those editors, agents edit files and run multi-step programming tasks.

What happened to Windsurf and Supermaven?

Cognition acquired the agentic IDE Windsurf in July 2025 and renamed it Devin Desktop in June 2026. Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, acquired Supermaven in 2024.

Which AI coding companies focus on code review and testing?

Qodo (formerly CodiumAI), based in Tel Aviv, is built around AI code review and code quality, including multi-agent pull-request review and cross-repository review. It raised a $70M Series B led by Qumra Capital in March 2026. Cursor offers Bugbot for GitHub pull-request review and acquired the code-review startup Graphite in December 2025.

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