Sentry CEO: a model-less coding harness likely can't be a viable business given compute costs
zeeg · x · 2026-11-01
Sentry CEO David Cramer says that if a viable business could be built on a great coding harness without model advantage, he'd launch Junior to compete with many services — but he doesn't believe that world exists, as the industry wouldn't pay thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly in compute. A pointed take on coding-agent startups' business models without owning a model.
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