Ridwan Shariffdeen, CEO and co-founder of AutoCodeRover
Sonar, a Swiss provider of code quality and security solutions, has acquired AutoCodeRover, a Singapore-based autonomous AI agent platform for software development, for an undisclosed amount.
According to a press release, the acquisition aims to enhance developer productivity and improve software development processes using AI.
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AutoCodeRover, a spin-off from the National University of Singapore (NUS), uses large language models (LLMs) for coding and code maintenance. It has demonstrated results on the SWE bench, a benchmark for automatically evaluating systems’ ability to fix software issues. The platform infers developer intent from project artefacts to evolve software projects.
Key benefits:
AI-driven automation: AutoCodeRover automates key tasks in the software development life cycle (SDLC), such as debugging, issue remediation, and code refactoring.
Enhanced code quality: The integration of AutoCodeRover with SonarQube is expected to expedite code reviews and instantly remediate issues, ensuring the agile delivery of high-quality applications.
Reduced development costs: AutoCodeRover helps lower development costs by autonomously handling laborious coding tasks.
Focus on innovation: Developers can spend less time on fixing issues and more time on creating innovative business solutions.
Tariq Shaukat, CEO of Sonar, stated that AI agents provide developers with powerful new tools to build better and faster. He noted that developers spend significant time fixing bugs and addressing technical debt, which impacts productivity and happiness. Agentic AI can work alongside developers to free them up to focus on writing code, creating new products, and driving innovation.
AutoCodeRover’s LLM-agnostic design ensures compatibility with various language models, including those from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta. This allows users to select the best solution for their specific needs. Sonar plans to integrate AutoCodeRover with its SonarQube offerings later this year.
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Ridwan Shariffdeen, CEO and co-founder of AutoCodeRover, believes that combining their advanced agent technology with Sonar’s code quality and security solutions will have a greater impact on developers and organisations.
Sonar’s solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies and are used by over 7 million developers and 400,000 organisations worldwide. The acquisition of AutoCodeRover underscores Sonar’s commitment to investing in AI to help developers and organisations build high-quality, secure applications more effectively.
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