{"slug": "we-built-codend-an-ai-agent-platform-for-software-development", "title": "We built Codend — An AI Agent Platform for Software Development", "summary": "Anythic, founded by a developer who announced the project on DEV Community, launched Codend V1 on November 8, 2026, an AI agent platform for software development. Codend lets users describe a build or change in natural language and has an AI agent work through the task inside isolated cloud sandboxes, aimed at automating development workflows. The platform is positioned around agents that understand tasks and operate in real development environments rather than simply generating code.", "body_md": "Hey DEV Community! 👋\n\nI'm the founder of **Anythic**, and today I'd like to introduce **Codend**, an AI agent platform we've been building.\n\n**Codend V1 officially launched on November 8, 2026.**\n\n🔗 **Try Codend:** [https://codend.dev](https://codend.dev)\n\nAI is changing the way we build software.\n\nBut I believe the next step isn't simply generating code. It's building AI agents that can understand tasks, work in real development environments, and help turn ideas into functioning applications.\n\nThat's the direction we're exploring with Codend.\n\nCodend is an AI agent platform designed to help developers and creators build software and automate development workflows.\n\nHere are some of the capabilities we're working with:\n\n**🤖 AI-powered development**\n\nDescribe what you want to build or change, and let an AI agent work through the task.\n\n**💻 Isolated cloud environments**\n\nAgent tasks run in cloud sandboxes, keeping execution environments separated.\n\n**🛠️ Development workflows**\n\nCodend is designed to assist with tasks such as implementing", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-built-codend-an-ai-agent-platform-for-software-development", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/ozoduwdev/we-built-codend-an-ai-agent-platform-for-software-development-4nom", "published_at": "2026-11-15 09:48:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-15 09:52:11.358787+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "ai-products", "developer-tools", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Anythic", "Codend", "DEV Community"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-built-codend-an-ai-agent-platform-for-software-development", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-built-codend-an-ai-agent-platform-for-software-development.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-built-codend-an-ai-agent-platform-for-software-development.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-built-codend-an-ai-agent-platform-for-software-development.jsonld"}}