Coding Agents: From a Single Terminal to Factories, Sandboxes, and Orchestrators
The proliferation of coding agents capable of working for hours has spawned a new class of tools—dispatchers that manage parallel sessions, distribute agents across isolated environments, and monitor their status. This market, born from a combination of old Unix utilities (tmux, git worktree) and new isolation mechanisms (Docker, microVM), split in 2026 into terminal managers, graphical environments, PR orchestrators, and meta-harness platforms. However, the first wave of products faces monetization challenges: a vivid example is the closure of Vibe Kanban in April 2026.
Anthropic
Cognition
Princeton University (Sengupta Lab)

