# Matt McClernan (slim)

> Matt McClernan is CEO at Augment Code. Auggie CLI on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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CEO, Augment Code.

Matt McClernan is chief executive of Augment Code, and in October 2026 announced the sale of Auggie, Cosmos and the Context Engine to Harness.

## What Matt builds

- [Auggie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie.md), graded D, 51/100, in Agent harnesses. Augment Code's terminal coding agent, owned by Harness since 8 October 2026. It runs interactively, in print mode for scripts and CI, as an ACP agent for editors and as an MCP server for code retrieval. CEO, Augment Code, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Guy Gur-Ari](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guy-gur-ari/), Co-founder, Augment Code
- [Igor Ostrovsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/igor-ostrovsky/), Co-founder and CTO, Augment Code
- [Jyoti Bansal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jyoti-bansal/), Co-founder and CEO, Harness
- [Rishi Singh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rishi-singh/), Co-founder and board member, Harness, and its founding CTO

## Backed by

- [Sutter Hill Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sutter-hill-ventures/)
- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/innovation-endeavors/)
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners/)
- [Meritech Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/meritech-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is Matt McClernan?

Matt McClernan is chief executive of Augment Code, and in October 2026 announced the sale of Auggie, Cosmos and the Context Engine to Harness.

### What does Harness (formerly Augment Code) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Auggie CLI from Harness (formerly Augment Code).

### Who has invested in Harness (formerly Augment Code)?

The sources our research read name Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Meritech Capital.

### How are Matt's tools graded?

Auggie CLI is graded D, 51 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.harness.io/press-and-news/harness-acquires-augment-code
- https://www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment-code-next-chapter
- https://x.com/igoro
- https://www.humanx.co/speakers/guy-gur-ari
- https://x.com/guygr
- https://www.augmentcode.com/
- https://support.augmentcode.com/
- https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/overview
- https://docs.augmentcode.com/troubleshooting/feedback
- https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/sla-and-support-policy

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.