Augment Code

"Augment puts your team’s collective knowledge—codebase, documentation, and dependencies—at your fingertips via chat, code completions, and suggested edits. Get up to speed, stay in the flow and get more done. Lightning fast and highly secure, Augment works in your favorite IDEs and Slack. We proudly augment developers at Webflow, Kong, Pigment, and more. We are alumni of great AI and cloud companies, including Google, Meta, NVIDIA, Snowflake, and Databricks. If, like us, you believe in augmenting and not replacing software developers, join us on our mission to improve software development at scale using AI."

Coding Agents

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Founded

2022

Location

Palo Alto, CA

Funding

$252M

Augment Code: AI Coding Agent for Real-World, Large Codebases

Augment Code is an enterprise-focused AI coding platform built to understand complex, real-world codebases and accelerate software delivery. Its Agent combines deep code context with safe, auditable execution to assist with chat, completions, suggested edits, code review, and end-to-end task execution in your IDE and Slack.

Founded in 2022; HQ in Palo Alto, CA

Founders: Igor Ostrovsky and Guy Gur‑Ari

Backed by Sutter Hill Ventures and Eric Schmidt; emerged from stealth in 2024

Explore the platform on the [homepage](https://www.augmentcode.com/) and [product overview](https://www.augmentcode.com/product).

What Makes Augment Different

**Context-first architecture:** An indexed “context engine” and persistent **Memories** keep the Agent grounded in your code, docs, and dependencies for accurate help across large repos .

**Local + Remote Agent:**

Local runs in your IDE for day-to-day development .

Remote Agent executes multi-step tasks in a secure cloud, opens PRs, and completes features end-to-end with guardrails .

**Safety and control by design:** **Tool Permissions** restrict what the Agent can execute, and **Checkpoints** and PR-centric workflows keep changes controlled and auditable .

**Work where you code and chat:** Native support for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Vim/Neovim, and Slack .

Core Capabilities

**End-to-end task execution:** Implement features, upgrade dependencies, draft and open pull requests with summaries .

**Context-aware chat and exploration:** Ask questions that reference your repository, services, and docs .

**Suggested edits and completions:** Aligns to project patterns and style .

**Code review:** Generate summaries and context-aware suggestions to speed up reviews .

Integrations

**IDEs:** VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Vim, Neovim .

**Chat & collaboration:** Slack for sharing answers and collaborating in-channel .

**GitHub workflows:** Create PRs and integrate with IP-restricted orgs via static IP allowlists .

Security, Privacy, and Governance

**Enterprise-grade posture:** No training on proprietary data; privacy-by-default; dedicated [Security](https://www.augmentcode.com/security), [Privacy Policy](https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/privacy-policy), and [Trust Center](https://trust.augmentcode.com/) with a downloadable [Security & Privacy overview](https://get.augmentcode.com/rs/926-RRL-702/images/Augment-Security-and-Privacy-No-NDA-Required-082024.pdf).

**Granular Tool Permissions:** Explicitly approve which tools and operations the Agent can execute .

**Controlled execution:** Local agent runs inside your IDE; Remote Agent executes in a secure cloud with auditable PR workflows .

**Network controls:** Static IPs for GitHub allowlists and restricted environments .

Pricing and Trial

**Credit-based plans** with a free tier to try the platform. Credits pool across chat, completions, suggested edits, and agent runs, and reset each billing cycle .

Performance and Benchmarks

Reported internal “**70% win rate vs. GitHub Copilot**” and strong SWE-bench results highlighted in the press .

Who It’s For

Engineering teams with large, interconnected codebases needing accurate, persistent context across services and repos.

Organizations seeking agent-driven, end-to-end execution with guardrails, permissions, and auditability.

Developers who prefer to stay in their IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Vim/Neovim) and keep Slack in the loop.

Common Use Cases

Implement features spanning multiple services; create PRs with contextual descriptions .

Speed up code review with summaries and context-aware suggestions .

Debug and explore legacy or complex repos via chat grounded in your repo and docs .

Generate suggested edits and completions aligned to your codebase patterns .

Collaborate in Slack; ask questions about your codebase and share answers in-channel .

Buyer Proof Points

Users praise context quality on large repos and existing projects, noting speed and productivity when context is set up:

“Better than competitors” and “works consistently well” (community discussion on [r/ChatGPTCoding](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPTCoding/comments/1ihznew/augment_code_anyone/))

“Beyond the pack for working on existing codebases”

“In a class of its own for large code bases”

Positive flow and productivity stories

Considerations and critiques to evaluate:

Privacy and onboarding defaults prompted concerns about code upload scope

Variability in performance/stability over time and occasional context pollution

Pricing changes drew pushback from parts of the community

Leadership, Funding, and Customers

Founders: Igor Ostrovsky and Guy Gur‑Ari .

CEO transition to Matt McClernan noted publicly .

Funding: $227M Series B at a $977M post-money valuation; total reported ~$252M .

Noted customers include teams such as Webflow, Kong, and Pigment .

Quick Facts

Name: Augment Code

Founded: 2022; HQ: Palo Alto, CA

Team: 51–200 employees; ~16k followers on LinkedIn

Core product: AI Agent with context engine, Memories, Checkpoints, suggested edits, code review, local and remote execution

Security: No training on customer code; privacy-first posture; Trust Center; granular Tool Permissions

Notes on Naming and Docs

The CLI and docs often reference “Auggie,” the command-line interface and agent entrypoint .

Feature highlights include **Memories**, **Checkpoints**, suggested edits, code review, and **Remote Agent** execution .

Getting Started

Install the IDE plugin for your editor of choice and connect Slack if desired:

[VS Code](https://www.augmentcode.com/install/vscode)

[JetBrains IDEs](https://docs.augmentcode.com/jetbrains/setup-augment/install-jetbrains-ides)

[Vim/Neovim](https://docs.augmentcode.com/vim/setup-augment/install-vim-neovim)

[Slack app](https://docs.augmentcode.com/using-augment/slack)

Review security posture, tool permissions, and network settings before rollout:

[Security](https://www.augmentcode.com/security), [Trust Center](https://trust.augmentcode.com/), [Tool Permissions](https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/permissions), [Static IPs](https://docs.augmentcode.com/setup-augment/static-ip-support)

Start on the free tier and scale via credit-based plans .

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