Datadog veterans raise $7M for AI coding startup Niteshift, betting against Big AI lock-in
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Julie Bort
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AI coding startup Niteshift, founded by former early Datadog engineers Sajid Mehmood and Conor Branagan, has raised a $7 million seed round led by Greylock with backing from prominent angels including Reid Hoffman and Datadog's founders. The company enters the crowded AI coding agent space with a focus on giving enterprises control over their code and avoiding vendor lock-in with large AI model providers. The modest funding round reflects a strategic bet that companies will prioritize flexibility and ownership over being tied to a single AI model ecosystem.
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bskyDatadog veterans raise $7M for AI coding startup Niteshift, betting against Big AI lock-intechcrunch.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledWhy would any company trust its most sensitive code to a single AI model provider?
We believe enterprises want power over their code, not lock-in with model makers.
The AI coding space is crowded, but the approach of avoiding vendor lock-in is what sets Niteshift apart.
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