AUSTIN, Texas, May 6, 2026 (Globe Newswire) — coderthe leader in self-hosted AI development infrastructure for enterprises, today announced the release of its beta version. coder agent. The solution is a native AI coding agent designed to run entirely on self-hosted infrastructure, giving enterprises the security and governance they need to run AI-driven development workflows at scale by empowering developers to use their desired AI models.
The adoption of AI in software development is rapidly accelerating. 61% of engineering teams are already running agents. However, most of them are still in early stages of maturity and lack the infrastructure to safely scale. Many rely on tools with cloud-hosted orchestration, sending code and context to third-party services with limited visibility and control. For large enterprises and those in highly regulated industries, this trade-off is unacceptable.
Built directly into Coder, Coder Agent provides a way for enterprises to deliver modern, agent-driven developer workflows without sending source code, prompts, or model interactions outside the network boundary. Rather than running agents in a vendor-controlled cloud, the entire agent system, including control plane, orchestration, and execution, runs on customer-owned and operated infrastructure, enabling centralized governance and secure, scalable development across the organization.
“Enterprises are being forced to choose between deploying AI agents and maintaining control of their infrastructure and data,” said Rob Whiteley, CEO of Coder. “Coder Agents removes that tradeoff. You get a modern conversational agent experience, completely within your own environment. Enterprises can now equip their workforce with their preferred AI coding model with the governance and flexibility they need.”
AI coding workflow standards
AI coding workflows are entering a new phase. As model capabilities continue to evolve, differentiation is moving from the agents themselves to the infrastructure required to run them securely and at scale. Despite such demands, coder research Research reveals that there is a gap between deployment and enterprise readiness, with 70% of enterprises deploying agents on infrastructure that was not designed to support them.
Coder addresses this challenge and enables organizations to:
- Keep source code, prompts, and model traffic within your network perimeter
- Run the agent in a fully air-gapped or network-restricted environment
- Connect to any AI model provider or self-hosted AI model without any intermediate routing
- Enforce centralized policies for model access, prompts, and usage across your team.
Coder Agents provides platform teams with a standardized way to deploy and manage AI agents across their organizations. Instead of fragmented tools and inconsistent configurations, teams can centralize access to models, enforce policies, and gain visibility into how agents are used and what they produce. Through conversational interfaces and APIs, developers can delegate tasks such as writing code, generating tests, analyzing repositories, and opening pull requests.
Coder Agents is currently available in beta with full access through September and no usage-based limits. Visit our website for more information.
About the coder
Coder is the only AI development infrastructure that combines development environment, AI governance, and autonomous agents into a single self-hosted system. This enables enterprises to move development from unmanaged endpoints to a standardized, policy-controlled environment where both builders and AI agents work securely in parallel. With centralized governance, AI model-agnostic flexibility, and full observability, Coder enables organizations to scale AI deployments without compromising security, compliance, or cost control. Learn more here coder.com.
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Coder agent FAQ
Q: What is Coder Agent?
A: Coder Agents are native AI coding agents that run on self-hosted infrastructure. The agent operates from the Coder control plane and provisions workspaces only when code needs to run, allowing developers to complete tasks such as writing code, generating tests, and opening pull requests without sending source code or prompts outside the environment.
Q: How is it different from Coder Agent?
A: Most AI coding agents rely on cloud-hosted orchestration, where parts of the agent workflow (planning, inference, and coordination) run on vendor infrastructure. Coder Agents runs the entire agent system, including control plane, orchestration, and execution, on customer-owned infrastructure. This allows organizations to maintain full control of data flow, enforce governance policies, support air-gapped environments, and choose model providers without intermediate routing.
Q: How is Coder Agent different from tools like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor Agent?
A: Coder Agents are not wrappers for tools like Claude Code or Codex. It uses its own native agent and runs entirely on customer-controlled infrastructure. Unlike many AI coding tools that rely on cloud-hosted orchestration, Coder Agent keeps the complete agent system (planning, orchestration, and execution) within the customer’s environment. This gives you more control over your data, governance, and model usage.
Q: Why do businesses need a self-hosted AI coding agent?
A: Enterprises, especially in regulated industries, need to control where source code and model interactions are handled. Many existing AI coding tools require code and context to be sent to third-party cloud services, creating challenges around data residency, compliance, and auditability. Self-hosted agents allow organizations to adopt AI-driven development while keeping all activity within their own infrastructure, ensuring security, governance, and visibility.
Q: Does Coder Agent lock teams to specific AI models?
A: No. Coder Agents are model agnostic and support multiple providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, AWS Bedrock, and self-hosted models. Platform teams can centralize the available models, and developers can use approved options without being tied to a single vendor.
Q: Can Coder Agent run in an air-gapped or regulated environment?
A: Yes. Coder Agents are designed to run entirely on self-hosted infrastructure, including cloud VPCs, on-premises environments, and fully air-gapped deployments. Organizations can also connect to self-hosted models to ensure that code, prompts, and model traffic never leave the network. This makes it suitable for industries with strict security, compliance, or data residency requirements.
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