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The best AI coding assistant for JetBrains

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2.0Score#689 of 999 agents#30 of 40 in Software engineer
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Why it ranks #689

Sweep, an AI software engineer from YC S23, ranks #689 of 999 AI agents and #30 of 40 in Software engineer, with a score of 2.0 of 10. Data as of .

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

  1. Proof

    Do customers use it? 30% of the score

    0

    No public claims of customers or revenue yet.

    Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)

  2. Scale

    Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score

    2

    4 people.

    • +2
      4 people on its YC page3 or 4 people

    Not found: funding round in its news (+3)

  3. Momentum

    Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score

    2

    Shows hiring.

    • +2
      Hiring: 1 open roleML Research Engineer (Full-time / Internship)YC page

    Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Summer 2023) (+1)

  4. Autonomy

    How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score

    6

    Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

    • +6
      Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
    What the model read
    • Acts in other systems: 48% likely
    • Finishes whole tasks: 17% likely
    • Calls itself an agent: 81% likely
    • Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2

    Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Sweep

Use your favorite JetBrains IDE without compromising on AI. Sweep is the best autocomplete and agent in JetBrains: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/26860-sweep-ai

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Launches and news

  1. Launch YC7 Nov 2025🧹 Sweep: Cursor Tab for JetBrains IDEsMeet Sweep, the smartest autocomplete for IntelliJ, PyCharm, and Android Studio
  2. Launch YC13 Mar 2025Sweep: JetBrains AI Coding AssistantWe built a self-hostable AI coding assistant for JetBrains IDEs
  3. News2 Nov 2023Sweep aims to automate basic dev tasks using large language models | TechCrunch

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