Former GitHub CEO Launches 'Entire' Platform
Thomas Dohmke, the former CEO of GitHub, has unveiled a new startup called Entire. The company aims to rebuild software development for what it calls the "agentic era." This move signals a growing focus within the software industry on creating tools centered around autonomous agents and AI-assisted coding.
- Entire secured a landmark $60 million in seed funding, one of the largest seed rounds for a developer tools startup, valuing the company at $300 million. - The funding round was led by Felicis, with participation from Madrona, Microsoft's M12 venture arm, and several high-profile angel investors including the CEOs of Y Combinator and Datadog. - The "agentic era" refers to a new phase in software development where AI agents become active collaborators, capable of reasoning, planning, and executing complex tasks with less human oversight, moving beyond simple code generation. - During his tenure as CEO of GitHub from 2021 to 2025, Thomas Dohmke oversaw the launch and growth of GitHub Copilot, the platform's widely adopted AI pair programmer. - Entire's first product is an open-source command-line tool called Checkpoints, which integrates with Git to automatically capture the reasoning, prompts, and decisions of AI agents with every commit. - The company's vision is to create a git-compatible database that stores not just code, but also the intent and reasoning behind it, making AI-generated software more auditable and reproducible. - Entire is a remote-first company with 15 employees, many of whom have experience building developer tools at companies like GitHub and Atlassian. - Dohmke's motivation for leaving GitHub was a desire to return to being a founder and build a new platform from the ground up, a move he discussed with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
