Medium · Apr 2026
A practitioner write-up showing Firebender being used for Android UI testing, emulator flows, YAML test generation, and automated failure analysis.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Firebender is an Android-native coding agent for Android Studio and other JetBrains IDEs. It helps Android engineers write features, test them in the emulator, fix issues from Logcat/debugger context, and generate production-ready Jetpack Compose code. Public sources describe it as privacy-first with zero data retention, deep IDE integration, and custom agents/sub-agents for workflows. Founders are Aman Gottumukkala and Kevin Tang; Kevin Tang is publicly listed as Co-Founder and CTO. No separate CEO is publicly confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Primary product
Android-native coding agent for Android Studio / JetBrains IDEs
Founded
2023
Headquarters
156 2nd St. Unit 421, San Francisco, CA 94105
Team size
1-10 employees
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI developer tools / Android coding assistant
Offices
156 2nd St. Unit 421, San Francisco, CA 94105
Business model
freemium
B2B SaaS
team and enterprise subscriptions
usage-based cloud agents
Funding
Stage
Pre-Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Apr 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Apr 2024 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder and CTO
Founders
Founder
Investors
Work & culture
Engineering-first and mission-driven, with a small tight-knit in-person team in San Francisco. Public hiring copy signals a high-intensity startup culture and explicitly says it is not a place for work-life balance.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Yes
Compensation
Public hiring data for the Founding Engineer role showed $180K-$250K base salary plus 1.00%-3.00% equity, and the job post stated visa sponsorship was available.
Product & market
Pricing
Free self-serve plugin, with team/enterprise cloud-agent features and usage-based/on-demand pricing for cloud agents.
Differentiators
- —Android-native, not a generic coding assistant
- —Deep integration with Android Studio
- —Uses emulator, Logcat, debugger, and IDE refactor tools
- —Can generate production-ready Jetpack Compose from Figma
- —Supports custom agents and sub-agents
- —Privacy-first / zero data retention positioning
- —Keeps up with latest Android SDKs, libraries, and docs
- —Works across JetBrains IDEs
Technology
Android Studio
IntelliJ Platform
JetBrains IDEs
Android Emulator
Logcat
Debugger
Android SDKs
Kotlin
Java
LSP
GitHub App
Daytona.io
Stripe
Claude 4.5 Opus
GPT-5.2
Gemini 3
.firebender/commands
.firebender/rules
VNC
SSH
Customers
Instacart
Tinder
Adobe
GoodRx
Airbnb
Zillow
Slack
Anthropic
Competitors
Cursor
Windsurf
Claude Code
GitHub Copilot
Google Antigravity
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Around $2M ARR (public self-report)
Estimated monthly visits
27.2K
Latest news
RevenueCat · Mar 2026
RevenueCat described Firebender adding MCP/OAuth support so Android developers can manage subscriptions, offerings, and revenue analytics from inside the IDE.
Firebender blog · Jan 2026
Firebender announced an updated benchmark for evaluating agentic LLM behavior on Kotlin and Android tasks.
Hacker News · Mar 2025
Launch post describing Firebender’s Android Studio agent, including multi-file edits, Gradle/test iteration, and context from the IDE.
Product Hunt · Oct 2024
Product Hunt launch page summarizing Firebender as an Android Studio AI assistant with chat, quick edits, and Android-aware model support.
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