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Stories, lessons, and ideas from the team building the platform for AI software engineers.

VisionJune 7, 2026

The Future of Software Is the Agent

Software engineers don't disappear. They evolve into agent operators — defining behavior, setting constraints, and verifying outcomes instead of writing every line by hand.

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StrategyJune 6, 2026

How CTOs Should Think About Agentic Workflows

70% of developers report personal AI productivity gains, but only 17% see team-level improvements. The gap is organizational, not technological. Here's how to close it.

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AutomationsJune 4, 2026

Maintaining Documentation Without a Human

Documentation rots the moment it's written. We built an agent that polls for code changes on a schedule and generates PRs to keep docs in sync — no human in the loop.

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CompanyMay 15, 2026

How We Built Ellipsis

From YC W24 demo day to production agent platform. The architecture decisions, the pivots, and the mistakes we made building the infrastructure layer for AI engineers.

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EngineeringMay 1, 2026

Lessons from 15 Months of Building LLM Agents

What we learned shipping autonomous coding agents to hundreds of engineering teams. Sandboxing, context management, cost control, and the things that actually matter.

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ProductApril 20, 2026

$0.25 Per Review: Why We Chose Usage-Based Pricing

Per-seat pricing is broken for AI tools. Your team shouldn't pay $59/user/month for a tool that runs asynchronously. Here's why usage-based pricing aligns incentives better.

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AutomationsMarch 23, 2026

Automating Your Daily Standup with Ellipsis

Configure a Cron Workflow that summarizes all recently merged code and posts it to Slack every morning, so standup time goes to resolving blockers instead of status updates.

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ProductMarch 17, 2026

🚨 Launch Alert: Codebase Reports

Select a repository and a delivery window to get a daily, weekly, or monthly digest of what changed in your codebase, delivered via Slack or email.

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ProductMarch 5, 2026

🚨 Launch Alert: Implementation Plans for GitHub/Linear Issues

Tag @ellipsis-dev on any GitHub or Linear issue to get an implementation plan grounded in your codebase and past pull requests.

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EngineeringFebruary 18, 2026

How to Move Your GitHub App to GitLab

GitHub bundles authentication, webhooks, and UI into one Application concept. GitLab splits them apart. What we learned bringing Ellipsis to GitLab.

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SecurityFebruary 3, 2026

Ellipsis Is Now SOC 2 Type I Certified

Ellipsis has achieved SOC 2 Type I certification. Reach out for the report, and read about our no-data-persistence policy.

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CompanyJanuary 14, 2026

Ellipsis Raises a $2M Seed Round

Ellipsis gets a LGTM from investors, including Y Combinator. $2M to automate the tedious parts of software engineering.

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