Bend language ships LAWS: proof-checked code that blocks AI mistakes at near-C speed
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-10-07
Victor Taelin's team launched the Bend language website, pitching it as a fast language that blocks AI coding mistakes via proofs.
- Fast: compiles to native code, near-C on a single core, with the same binary scaling to 16 cores or GPU—up to 100x faster.
- Proof-checked: the type checker is a proof checker like Lean/Rocq, but finishes in under a second so agents can verify every change.
- LAWS.bend: you declare laws (e.g. "winning is impossible") and no AI can ship code breaking them; a demo shows a Claude-introduced bug blocked once laws were enabled.
- Workflow: install via curl, add conventions to AGENTS.md—run bend guide, keep LAWS.bend rules, run bend PROOF.bend before committing, parallelize freely.
Positioned as a post-AGI tool: precise machine-checkable intent specification for code humans will never read.
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