#Developer tools
Coverage of developer tools at Venture Herald focuses on startups building software that helps teams create, test, deploy, and monitor applications more efficiently. It also highlights the venture capital and AI activity shaping this layer of the technology stack as companies compete to improve developer productivity and workflow automation.
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5.5 with 1M context
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 with a 1 million-token context window, $2/$10 pricing and broad API availability.
Nov 7, 2026 · 4 min
Pi Network sets Nov. 17-19 ecosystem summit
Pi Network will host a three-day online ecosystem summit Nov. 17-19, 2026, and launch Pi Next with a $200,000 USDT prize pool.
Nov 7, 2026 · 3 min
Meta acquires Conductor as Cloud wind-down starts
Meta acquired Conductor, and the startup is winding down Conductor Cloud while its team says it will build a new interface inside Meta.
Nov 6, 2026 · 3 min
Anthropic launches Claude 5.5 family with new models
Anthropic introduced Haiku 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Opus 5.5 with faster speeds, lower prices and broader platform availability.
Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min
Expand launches Fetch URL-to-Markdown API for AI agents
YC-listed Expand Fetch launches a $1-per-1,000-requests API that turns URLs into Markdown, hidden JSON and snapshots for agents.
Oct 15, 2026 · 4 min
Google launches Gemini 4 Argon API pricing
Google released Gemini 4 Argon through the Gemini API with introductory pricing of $2 per 1M input tokens through Nov. 30.
Oct 14, 2026 · 4 min
Anthropic expands Claude Startups with credits
Anthropic added free Claude Team access, API credits and partner offers for startups building AI products.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min
OpenAI expands Codex, ChatGPT into dev hub
OpenAI added reusable cloud dev environments, cross-device Codex access, and in-ChatGPT plugins for partners like Devin, Notion
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min
Privateer launches open-source terminal AI agent
Privateer released a cross-platform terminal coding agent with BYO model support, local no-key mode, and MIT-licensed open source.
Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min