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AWS Open Sources Kiro Crew for Asynchronous Coding Agents

Renato Losio — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:23:00 GMT

Amazon recently announced Kiro Crew, an open-source system for running multiple Kiro coding agents across sessions, tools, and tasks. The new workspace lets developers assign asynchronous coding tasks to AI agents, allowing work such as incident investigation, ticket triage, migrations, and PR monitoring to continue without active supervision.

By Renato Losio

Cursor Releases Origin as an Agent-Native Alternative to GitHub

Matt Saunders — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT

AI coding agent Cursor has launched Origin, a git based code hosting platform embedded inside its AI-powered editor, positioning it as an alternative to GitHub for teams that already work in Cursor. Origin is rolling out in early beta on Pro, Teams and Enterprise plans, and lives inside a new Codebase tab within the Cursor application.

By Matt Saunders