Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor

The strategic signal here is less about coding tools than about how AI agents get orchestrated at scale: Conductor's parallel-workspace model is exactly the kind of workflow layer platform owners want to own rather than rent. Meta's confirmation without terms fits its pattern of absorbing small, early-stage teams before their products mature, and Conductor's promise of a next-generation interface early next year suggests the roadmap continues under new ownership. The open question is whether Conductor's product survives as a standalone tool or gets folded into Meta's internal and developer-facing AI stack.