# Quinn Slack

> Quinn Slack is co-founder of Amp. Amp on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

Co-founder, Amp.

Quinn Slack co-founded Sourcegraph, the code search company, with Beyang Liu in 2013 after both studied at Stanford. Amp began inside Sourcegraph as a coding agent, and in December 2025 he and Liu set it up as a separate company while staying on Sourcegraph's board.

## What Quinn builds

- [Amp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.md), graded C, 57.1/100, in Agent harnesses. Amp is a closed-source coding agent from Amp Frontier Corporation, with a terminal CLI, web, macOS and iOS apps and cloud machines called orbs. An execute mode with JSON streaming and TypeScript and Python SDKs let programs run it. Co-founder, Amp, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Beyang Liu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/beyang-liu/), Co-founder, Amp

## Questions

### Who is Quinn Slack?

Quinn Slack co-founded Sourcegraph, the code search company, with Beyang Liu in 2013 after both studied at Stanford. Amp began inside Sourcegraph as a coding agent, and in December 2025 he and Liu set it up as a separate company while staying on Sourcegraph's board.

### What does Amp Frontier Corporation make?

Anchor Terminal lists Amp from Amp Frontier Corporation. Amp is a closed-source coding agent from Amp Frontier Corporation, with a terminal CLI, web, macOS and iOS apps and cloud machines called orbs. An execute mode with JSON streaming and TypeScript and Python SDKs let programs run it.

### How are Quinn's tools graded?

Amp is graded C, 57.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://ampcode.com/about
- https://ampcode.com/news/amp-inc
- https://ampcode.com/news/amp-frontier-corporation
- https://sourcegraph.com/blog/why-sourcegraph-and-amp-are-becoming-independent-companies
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourcegraph
- https://ampcode.com/press-kit
- https://ampcode.com/docs/markdown/support/getting-help

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