tl;dr Today, we’re announcing our new company @EntireHQ to build the next developer platform for agent–human collaboration. Open, scalable, independent, and backed by a $60M seed round. Plus, we are shipping Checkpoints to automatically capture agent context.
In the last three months, the fundamental role of the software developer has been refactored. The incredible improvements from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI on their latest models made coding agents so good, in many situations it’s easier now to prompt than to write code yourself. The terminal has become the new center of gravity on our computers again. The best engineers can run a dozen agents at once.
Yet, we still depend on a software development lifecycle that makes code in files and folders the central artifact, in repositories and in pull requests. The concept of understanding and reviewing code is a dying paradigm. It’s going to be replaced by a workflow that starts with intent and ends with outcomes expressed in natural language, product and business metrics, as well as assertions to validate correctness.
This is the purpose of our new company @EntireHQ, to build the world's next developer platform where agents and humans can collaborate, learn, and ship together. A platform that will be open, scalable, and independent for every developer, no matter which agent or model you use.
Our vision is centered on three core components: 1) A Git-compatible database that unifies code, intent, constraints, and reasoning in a single version-controlled system. 2) A universal semantic reasoning layer that enables multi-agent coordination through the context graph. 3) An AI-native user interface that reinvents the software development lifecycle for agent–human collaboration.
In pursuit of this vision, we’re proud to be backed by a $60M seed round led by @felicis, with support from @MadronaVentures, @m12VC, @BasisSet, @20vcFund, @CherryVentures, @picuscap, and @Global_Founders alongside a global group of builders and operators, including @GergelyOrosz, @theo, Jerry Yang, @oliveur, @garrytan, and many others, who all recognize that the time is now to take such a big swing.
And we begin shipping today with Checkpoints, a new primitive that automatically captures agent context as first-class, versioned data in Git. When you commit code generated by an agent, Checkpoints captures the full session alongside the commit: the transcript, prompts, files touched, token usage, tool calls, and more. It’s our first crack at the semantic layer, as open source CLI on GitHub.
From here on out, no more stealth. We are building in the open and as open source! More to come soon, in the meantime check out all the details in our blog.
As a retired Amazon VP who experienced a 9082% increase in Amazon stock during my time, I am out of touch with many common life struggles. The SVPs and CEOs above me are often more so. Talking about wealth and it's impacts is a taboo subject most executives avoid. I'm going to try to address one small piece today.
It would be hypocritical to talk about "executives" in general without owning my own situation first. For brevity, here are four examples:
1) No mortgage
2) A maid service cleans every two weeks
3) Someone else mows the grass
4) I retired at age 50
The average family, even the average tech or knowledge worker, does not have these benefits.
In the level above me, I have seen much more:
1) Multiple staffed vacation homes, with caretakers
2) Private jets (PJs in the lingo)
3) Personal assistants. Never pay a bill, get groceries, or pick up a kid when you are busy. The PA handles it all.
4) Drivers (security and efficiency)
5) Breathtakingly expensive and exclusive private schools for their kids
6) They live wherever they want. Cost is not an obstacle
Let's look at one example of how disconnection from the daily experiences of employees can lead to very different priorities: return to work.
The disconnect here really starts with differing priorities. Executive wealth then supports the different choices.
Most executives place work and career success very highly in their lives. If they do not, they rarely become top executives. Most of them (myself included) then use our pay to free up time. Most time goes to work, some to family.
If work is the main focus of your life, then returning to the office might seem like a natural priority.
Now imagine:
No need to commute, your driver takes you door to door while you work in the back
No need to hurry home to pick up the kids, the PA does it
No need to shop, clean, or cook, the staff does it all
No need to help with homework, the amazing school provides tutoring
With these circumstances, returning to the office feels very "worth it."
This is not a screed against executive wealth. After all, I paid with 25 years of my life and I got some of the wealth. Instead, it is an explanation so that you can understand the disconnect.
If you need to influence an executive where their experiences may be out of touch with your reality, help them see the impact through stories, videos, and data.
Remember, they live literally in another world. This doesn't necessarily make them evil, just disconnected. I do not want to be "out of touch" but it is important to acknowledge that this does happen over time.