Meta buys Conductor: its cloud closes on 20 November, so export your work now
Conductor, the app for running several AI coding agents at once, is joining Meta. Its cloud goes read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, when cloud data deletion begins.
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Conductor, a tool for running a team of AI in parallel, announced on 4 November 2026 that it is joining Meta. TechCrunch also reported the acquisition. The part that matters most for users is the timeline: Conductor Cloud shuts down on Friday 20 November, and deletion of cloud data starts that day.
What Conductor does
Conductor lets a developer hand several coding tasks to AI agents at the same time, each working in its own workspace, and then review and merge what they produce. It runs as a Mac desktop app (“local”) and as a hosted service (“Cloud”).
The timeline
- Wednesday 4 November: no new sign-ups or app downloads. Free users can no longer upgrade. Existing Pro users keep Pro features at no charge.
- Friday 13 November: Cloud workspaces become read-only. You can still read old chats and export data, but can't send new messages.
- Friday 20 November: Cloud shuts down and Cloud user data starts being deleted.
- Early 2027: the local desktop app gets new models and critical fixes until then, then winds down. Local user data is deleted when the app shuts down.
Conductor says active subscribers will get a refund, but the announcement doesn't say how much, how or when. It also says the team has never sold or trained on user data and won't. The company hints at something new “early next year” without details, and the announcement gives no deal terms.
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Who should care
- Teams using Conductor Cloud: you have about two weeks, and only one of those with full write access.
- Teams on the desktop app: nothing breaks today, but you should plan a replacement before early 2027.
- Anyone choosing AI developer tools: this is a reminder that young AI tools can be acquired and shut down quickly. Where your prompts, agent history and work in progress live matters as much as features.
Limits and caveats
- The deletion date applies to Cloud data. Code you already merged into your own repository is unaffected; the risk is unmerged work, chat history and workspace context.
- The transfer-to-local option moves workspaces to your Mac, which buys time but not a long-term home, because the local app also winds down.
- There is no stated successor product yet, so don't plan around one.
What to do this week
- Merge or push any finished work from Conductor workspaces to your own repository.
- Transfer Cloud workspaces you still need to local (right-click the workspace and choose “Transfer to local”), before 13 November if you still need to work in them.
- Export everything from Settings → Account → Export data, and keep the export somewhere your team controls.
- List the replacement options your team will trial, and pick one before the desktop app winds down.
- Add an exit check to how you buy AI tools: can you export your data, and in what format?
If you're moving agent-based development onto tools you control, The DevDrift can help set it up with approvals and an audit trail.
