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Acquired · Pioneering open-source coding agent

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Competitors

AIOpenCodeShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC W21TorontoStartup →AITraceRoot.AIShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC S25San FranciscoStartup →AIFreebuffShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC F24San FranciscoStartup →AIRelaceShared: coding agentYC W23San FranciscoStartup →AIScott AIShared: coding agentYC F25New York CityStartup →OtherRWXShared: coding agentStartup →OtherSkyPilotShared: open, sourceStartup →OtherTogether AIShared: open, sourceStartup →
Companies closest to Continue
Company
OpenCodeShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC W21ActiveAI, Devtools
TraceRoot.AIShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC S25ActiveAI, Devtools
FreebuffShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC F24ActiveAI, Devtools
RelaceShared: coding agentYC W23ActiveAI, Devtools
Scott AIShared: coding agentYC F25ActiveAI, Devtools
RWXnot in a program hereShared: coding agentElsewhereOther
SkyPilotnot in a program hereShared: open, sourceElsewhereOther
Together AInot in a program hereShared: open, sourceElsewhereOther

Adjacent

AISpecificShared: coding agentYC F25StockholmStartup →AIsudocodeShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC S23San FranciscoStartup →AICentauri AIShared: coding agentYC W24San FranciscoStartup →AIMethodShared: coding agentYC X25New York CityStartup →AISynthShared: coding agentYC F24San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Continue
Company
SpecificShared: coding agentYC F25ActiveAI, Devtools
sudocodeShared: coding agent, open, sourceYC S23ActiveAI, Devtools
Centauri AIShared: coding agentYC W24ActiveAI, Devtools
MethodShared: coding agentYC X25ActiveAI, Devtools
SynthShared: coding agentYC F24ActiveAI, Devtools

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Company
AtlaThe improvement engine for AI agentsteam of 10InactiveAI, Data, Devtools
AutomorphicInfuse knowledge into language models with just 10 samplesteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools
BaserunObservability and evaluation platform for LLM apps.team of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
CedanaFast, reliable, reproducible AI with GPU live migrationteam of 5hiringActiveAI, Devtools
ChatterDead simple LLM testing and iterationacquiredteam of 2AcquiredAI, Devtools
CodeStoryAide is an AI-native , privacy-first IDE built on top of VSCodeteam of 4InactiveAI, Devtools

About Continue

Acquired by Cursor

YC batch
S23 · Summer 2023
Status, per YC
Acquired
Category
AI, Developer tools
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Developer Tools, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Which YC batch was Continue in?

Continue was in Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch (S23).

Is Continue still active?

Y Combinator lists Continue as acquired.

Where is Continue based?

Continue lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.