CodeStory, founded in London, United Kingdom, is the creator of Aide, an AI-native, privacy-first Integrated Development Environment (IDE) built on top of Visual Studio Code (VSCode). The company's mission is to revolutionize the development environment by integrating AI as a core component, enabling developers and AI to collaborate seamlessly. Aide aims to enhance developer workflows by allowing AI to pair-program and independently complete tasks, ensuring both efficiency and privacy in coding practices.
The founding team includes a former tech lead at Meta for testing infrastructure and an ACM ICPC world finalist, bringing significant expertise in software development and competitive programming. CodeStory has made notable strides in the tech community by building payments infrastructure for 150k merchants. Their innovative approach has garnered attention for its potential to transform how developers interact with code, setting a new standard for privacy and AI integration in development tools.