$252M total funding — largest in category after Cognition. ~70.6% SWE-bench Verified (third-party report, not independently audited). Mandatory approval gates; BYOA flexibility (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode). Enterprise-focused with limited public artifacts.
Where it wins
$252M total funding — largest in software-factories category after Cognition
~70.6% SWE-bench Verified (third-party report) — if accurate, highest in category
Mandatory approval gates reduce autonomous risk
BYOA flexibility (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) — bring-your-own-agent architecture
Eric Schmidt–backed; enterprise-grade named logos
Where to be skeptical
Limited public artifact visibility — no open-source repo, no public GitHub activity
70.6% SWE-bench score not independently audited or reproducible
Near-zero community signal — no HN threads, no Reddit, no independent reviews
macOS only (Windows waitlist)
Editorial verdict
Strongest enterprise contender outside the top 3 by funding and claimed benchmark. The 70.6% SWE-bench score (if verified) would rank it #2. But public trust signals are weak relative to claims — no open-source repo, no public GitHub activity, near-zero community signal. Would move to #2 with a verified, auditable benchmark submission.
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Claude Code
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OpenHands
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Gemini CLI
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Codex CLI
87OpenAI's open-source coding agent built in Rust. Terminal-Bench 77.3% (#2), SWE-bench Pro standardized 41.04% (GPT-5.2-Codex). GPT-5.4 shipped March 5, 2026. Codex Security agent adds appsec capabilities. 3-4x more token-efficient than Claude Code, 240+ tokens/sec. Free with ChatGPT subscription, sandbox-first execution. 1M+ first-month users. Cleanest security record in Tier 1 — no documented incidents.
Public evidence
$252M total funding and $977M valuation make Augment the largest-funded software-factories entrant after Cognition. Eric Schmidt backing signals enterprise ambition.
~70.6% SWE-bench Verified claimed via third-party report. If accurate, this would be the highest score in the category. Source not independently audited — weight accordingly.
SWE-bench Pro 51.8% (#1 with custom scaffolding). 70% win rate over GitHub Copilot. VentureBeat covered independently. SWE-bench Verified is contaminated so Pro score is more credible.
Tekion (1,400 engineers): time-to-merge dropped 60% (3d 4h → 1d 7h), onboarding reduced from 18 months to 2 weeks on legacy Java monolith. Most specific enterprise impact numbers in the category.
Raw GitHub source
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