Momentic raises $15M to build AI that bullies other AI about bugs

SAN FRANCISCO — AI testing startup Momentic has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Standard Capital to revolutionize software development by automating the process of finding mistakes. The company promises to use the funds to build AI agents that tirelessly critique code written by other AI, finally creating a closed loop of digital bickering.

The platform allows developers to set up automated tests where one AI acts as a strict manager for another. Instead of humans spending hours hunting for bugs, Momentic’s system deploys virtual supervisors to stare over the digital shoulders of coding bots. “We realized that while AI can write code fast, it lacks the crippling anxiety of a human reviewer,” said Marcus Thorne, Vice President of Digital Micromanagement. “Our software brings that essential element of judgment back into the process without involving a single person.”

Investors, including Dropbox Ventures and Y Combinator, are betting that the future of tech involves robots arguing with each other at light speed. Early beta users reported that the testing AI is incredibly thorough, often flagging errors that don’t exist just to assert dominance. In one case, a testing agent paused a product launch for six hours to lecture a coding agent about indentation style. “It is the ultimate efficiency hack,” explained Dr. Aris Thorne, Director of Infinite Recursion. “Humans simply pay the server costs while the software spends all day yelling at itself about syntax errors.”

At press time, Momentic was reportedly seeking an additional round of funding to develop a third layer of AI designed to mediate HR disputes between the coding bots and the testing bots.

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