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Ellipsis

1Deploys 2autonomous 3coding 4agents 5via 6git

the six Ws · specification

W1 Who

Built by Ellipsis, a Y Combinator startup, for engineering teams automating feature work and review.

W2 What

Runs autonomous coding agents in isolated sandboxes defined and deployed through YAML files pushed via git.

W3 Where

Operates through GitHub pull requests and Slack, with agents chosen among Claude, Codex, and Gemini.

W4 When

Founded in 2024 during Y Combinator W24 and actively operating with paid customers in 2026.

W5 Why

Lets teams codify and budget-cap recurring engineering tasks like review and small feature delivery.

W6 With

Requires GitHub integration, agent YAML definitions, and calls out to third-party model providers per task.

W7 Watch

Commercial hosted service with usage-based billing, closed source, executes agent actions in Ellipsis-managed cloud sandboxes.

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