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Amp

Quick answer

Amp is a standalone vertical AI agent from Amp (Amp, Inc.). A coding agent that runs in the terminal and on remote machines, working on threads on its own and waking on schedules or events. Nearfi's Agent Index rates its autonomy 4/5 (multi-step on its own): Amp's page says agents run unsupervised on remote machines called Orbs, keep working after the laptop is closed and wake on schedules or events such as a new Linear issue or failing CI. It stops short of a 5 because the user starts each thread and reviews the changes. Status: live; 0 incident(s) logged.

By Amp (Amp, Inc.) · launched 2025-05 · last checked 2026-11-05

At a glance
Autonomy
4/5
Multi-step on its own

Why 4: Amp's page says agents run unsupervised on remote machines called Orbs, keep working after the laptop is closed and wake on schedules or events such as a new Linear issue or failing CI. It stops short of a 5 because the user starts each thread and reviews the changes.

The findings

What it does. Amp runs from a CLI, which can also run headless on servers and CI, and from the web, with threads, previews of running apps and a tab for reviewing changes. Each thread gets a fresh remote machine with the code and tools. Sourcegraph launched Amp in 2025 and on 2 December 2025 announced it was becoming a separate company, Amp, Inc., which says it is profitable.

Where it falls short. The launch month (May 2025) comes from Tessl's report; Amp's own pages opened give no launch date. The profitability statement is the company's own and no figures are given.

What it can do

codefilesschedulingmonitoringmessaging

Price: Tiers include agent usage and Orb time; the page opened gives no prices. · Where: Not stated. · Surfaces: CLI, web, phone, API

Incidents

  • None logged.

Closest fiction

Silicon Valley — Engineering work delegated to a tireless junior.

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History

  • 2026-11-05 Added to the index.

Sources

  1. Amp Amp
  2. Amp Inc Amp, 2025-12-02
  3. Sourcegraph spins out AI coding agent Amp as a standalone company Tessl, 2025-12-03

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