Recently, Kayvon Beykpour, former Twitter product head, announced the launch of a new AI tool called "Macroscope," designed to help developers and product managers easily understand codebases, summarize updates, and identify potential bugs.  

Macroscope was founded by Beykpour and his childhood friend Joe Bernstein, who also worked at their live video startup Periscope and previous startup Terriblyclever. Another co-founder, Rob Bishop, sold his computer vision and machine learning company Magic Pony Technology to Twitter in 2016.  

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Beykpour stated that Macroscope is the tool they wished they had when starting their early companies. Today, engineers use various tools like JIRA, Linear, and spreadsheets to manage work, often wasting time in meetings instead of focusing on development. Macroscope aims to change this situation.  

Users first need to install Macroscope's application on GitHub to allow the company to access the codebase. They can then choose to install other integration tools such as Slack, Linear, and JIRA. Macroscope analyzes the code, tracks changes, helps users find bugs to fix, summarizes PRs (pull requests), and answers questions related to the code.  

Product managers can also use the software to get real-time summaries of product updates, productivity insights, and answers to natural language questions, helping them better understand the team's priorities in engineering resource allocation. Beykpour emphasized that regardless of the user's technical ability, they can ask questions in natural language, which not only avoids disturbing senior engineers on the team but also effectively retrieves information.  

In terms of competition, although there are no direct competitors for Macroscope in the market, it faces competition in the code review field from tools like CodeRabbit, Cursor Bugbot, and Graphite Diamond. According to internal benchmark tests, Macroscope found 5% more bugs than the second-best tool and generated 75% fewer comments.  

Macroscope charges $30 per active developer per month, starting with five seats, and offers customized pricing and integration solutions for large enterprises. The product currently requires GitHub Cloud. Before its official launch, some startups and large enterprises have already started using this product.  

This San Francisco-based startup has 20 team members and completed a $30 million Series A funding round in July, with investors including Lightspeed, Adverb, Thrive Capital, and Google Ventures. So far, Macroscope has raised a total of $40 million in funding.  

Key Points:  

🌟 ** Launch of a New Tool **: Macroscope is a newly launched AI tool designed to help developers and product managers better manage code and identify bugs.  

💡 ** Natural Language Questions **: Users can ask questions in natural language to get information without disturbing senior engineers on the team.  

💰 ** Pricing and Funding **: Macroscope charges $30 per active developer per month and has received a total of $40 million in funding support.