The New Stack
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Atlassian launched AI-powered features for Jira including a Coding Agent that converts work items into pull requests and integrates with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to make the platform more appealing to developers. Internal testing showed a 36% reduction in PR cycle time, 44% boost in agent task completion efficiency, and 48% drop in token consumption among Atlassian's 6,000 engineers. The updates aim to keep developers in Jira by automating routine tasks and reducing context switching, though the company acknowledges challenges remain in code review bottlenecks and has set no roadmap beyond the next quarter.
The New Stack
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Anaconda acquired Kilo, an open-source coding agent that lets developers switch between AI model providers without vendor lock-in. Kilo routes approximately 10 trillion tokens monthly from 3 million developers across 500-plus models from 60+ providers. Anaconda plans to integrate Kilo into its governance platform over the next 12 months, allowing enterprises to manage AI spending and policies across development and production without being tied to a single model provider.
The New Stack
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OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT Work combined reached 8 million active users following the July 9 launch of GPT-5.6, growing from 5 million in early June. The rapid user surge from 7 million to 8 million occurred between July 12 and July 15, exposing scaling issues that forced OpenAI to reduce the context window from 372,000 to 272,000 tokens and temporarily lift usage caps. The consolidation of Codex into a unified desktop app with integrated tools like Slack and Google Drive marks a shift toward positioning AI as a workspace layer rather than a standalone product.
Sifted
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Meticulous, a London-based startup founded by ex-Palantir and Dropbox engineers, raised $15m in Series A funding to help developers test and verify AI-generated code before deployment. The company has achieved 5x annual recurring revenue growth over the past year with customers including Notion, ElevenLabs, and Dropbox, and currently tests frontend code by simulating user flows across edge cases. The funding will support expansion into backend testing, marketing, and hiring to grow the team from 20 to 30-40 employees over the next year.
