Key takeaways
- AI coding agents are powerful but unmanageable at scale without orchestration
- Enterprises need guardrails, not just capabilities
- Agent-agnostic infrastructure beats vendor lock-in
FAQ
What is Tembo?
Tembo is AI coding agent orchestration for enterprises — the infrastructure layer that makes agents manageable at scale.
Why build Tembo?
Because AI coding agents are too powerful to deploy without enterprise controls, and too valuable to ignore.
The Problem
AI coding agents are transforming software development. Claude Code, Cursor, Devin, Codex — the tooling is getting better every month. Engineers who use them are dramatically more productive.
But there's a gap.
Individual developers can adopt these tools easily. Enterprises cannot.
Why? Because enterprises need:
- Visibility — Who's using what? What code is being generated?
- Control — Rate limits, approved models, budget caps
- Compliance — Audit trails, signed commits, approved integrations
- Choice — Not locked into a single vendor's agent
No existing tool provides this. Devin is a product, not a platform. Claude Code is a CLI, not an enterprise solution. Cursor is an IDE, not infrastructure.[1]
The Vision
Tembo is the orchestration layer for AI coding agents.[2]
We believe:
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Agents should be orchestrated, not operated. Teams shouldn't manage agent infrastructure. They should configure policies and let the platform handle execution.
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Choice beats lock-in. The best agent today won't be the best agent tomorrow. Enterprises need to swap models and agents without rewriting workflows.
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Guardrails enable adoption. The companies that deploy AI coding at scale will be the ones with visibility and control — not the ones running agents in the shadows.
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The human stays in the loop. Agents do the work; humans review and approve. This isn't about replacing developers. It's about amplifying them.
What We're Building
- Agent-agnostic execution — Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or custom agents through a unified interface
- Enterprise integrations — Jira, Bitbucket, GitHub Enterprise, SSO
- Policy engine — Rate limits, model allowlists, budget controls
- Audit trail — Every prompt, every commit, every decision logged
- Signed commits — Cryptographic proof of agent-generated code
Why Now?
The AI coding market is exploding, but it's fragmented. Every vendor is building vertically — their agent, their infrastructure, their workflow.
We're building horizontally. The orchestration layer that works with any agent, any model, any codebase.
The companies that win with AI won't be the ones that adopt first. They'll be the ones that adopt safely — with visibility, control, and the ability to evolve as the technology improves.
That's what Tembo enables.
Interested in enterprise AI coding orchestration? Learn more at tembo.io
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