
Sweep
The best AI coding assistant for JetBrains
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 ·
- Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
- Scale 2 × 30% 0.6
- Momentum 2 × 25% 0.5
- Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
- = 2.0
- 0
Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
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
4 people.
- +24 people on its YC page3 or 4 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
- +2
- 2
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
Shows hiring.
- +2
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)
- 6
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6Level 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.
- +6
About Sweep
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Founders
- William ZengFounder
- Kevin LuFounder
Launches and news
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