Former GitHub CEO raises $60M for AI code auditing
A new startup named Entire, led by former GitHub CEO Thomas Stomke, has secured $60 million in funding. The company is building a platform called “Checkpoints” focused on auditing AI-generated code, signaling a market shift toward a paradigm of AI code generation with human oversight.
- The $60 million seed round represents one of the largest ever for a developer tools startup, giving the company a $300 million valuation. The round was led by Felicis, with participation from Microsoft's M12, Madrona, and angel investors like Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel. - Founder Thomas Dohmke was previously the CEO of GitHub from 2021 to 2025, where he led the rollout and scaling of GitHub Copilot, giving him direct insight into the challenges of integrating AI into developer workflows. - The initial product, "Checkpoints," is an open-source command-line tool that integrates with Git to solve the "review bottleneck" created by AI-generated code. It captures the context behind the code, including the prompts, decision steps, and execution traces that led to a commit. - This contextual data is stored in a git-compatible database, creating an auditable and reproducible trail of the AI agent's work, which is not possible with traditional pull requests. This allows developers to understand the "why" behind the code, not just the "what." - Checkpoints is launching with initial support for Anthropic's Claude Code and Google's Gemini CLI, with plans to expand to other coding agents in the future. - The startup's core thesis is that existing software production systems were designed for human-to-human collaboration and are ill-equipped for a future where AI agents are the primary producers of code.
