Augment Code vs Visual Studio Code
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AI coding assistant for enterprise teams. Eric Schmidt-backed. Raised $252M. Code Review agent #1 on benchmarks. Intent desktop launched Feb 2026. Founded 2022, Palo Alto.
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Augment Code is an AI coding assistant founded in 2022 by Guy Gur-Ari, Igor Ostrovsky, and Mike Speiser, headquartered in Palo Alto. Emerged from stealth April 2024 with $252M funding. Backed by Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors, Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, and Meritech Capital.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) free open-source code editor with 70%+ developer market share and 50,000+ extensions; GitHub Copilot AI integration generating subscription revenue competing with JetBrains and Cursor for developer tooling.
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Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free, open-source code editor — developed and maintained by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and released under the MIT License on GitHub — providing software developers across all programming languages and platforms with intelligent code completion (IntelliSense), integrated debugging, built-in Git version control, and extensibility through a marketplace of 50,000+ community-developed extensions, making it the most widely used code editor globally with 70%+ developer market share per Stack Overflow's annual Developer Survey. Launched in 2015 and built on the Electron framework (Chromium + Node.js for cross-platform desktop apps), VS Code runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux with identical functionality, enabling the same editing experience across development environments.
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