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Startups · MAY 13, 2026

Anchor Collab

Editor’s note · FT.News Editor

Anchor builds a desktop bridge between Figma, Linear, and the editor. The wedge is that they refuse to ship an AI assistant. Their pitch deck literally has a slide titled "No copilot." That's the counterprogramming angle: every other team in their cohort is racing to be the agentic IDE; Anchor is selling craftsmanship as the differentiator. Worth watching whether the market still pays for that posture.
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