Pierre

Pierre, initially named Umbrella Company, is a business-to-business (B2B) entity focused on the Engineering, Product, and Design sectors. Launched in 2023 and participating in Y Combinator’s W23 batch, Pierre operates primarily in the United States and Canada. The company’s main offering is a sophisticated platform that combines various aspects of product engineering including code hosting, review, documentation, and continuous integration. This platform is enhanced with a modern rich text editor that supports resizable images and videos without the need for Markdown, and features such as built-in team presence, real-time notifications, and a scriptable continuous integration system using TypeScript. Pierre’s system allows for character-based comments on code and descriptions, and includes innovative tools like preview deploy comments and a new diff style called blended diffs for clearer code comprehension. Additionally, the platform supports integrations with popular tools like Discord, GitHub, and Linear, and offers a multiplayer editor for real-time collaboration. Pierre’s recent innovations also include AI-powered summarization and categorization of code changes, image rendering in diffs, and a new file explorer that renders Markdown, SVGs, and images inline. The company facilitates quick setup through a command-line interface and provides early access via a community Discord or a waitlist.