Alex
AI coding assistant for Apple's Xcode IDE; team acqui-hired by OpenAI in 2025
Alex (Alex Codes) was a Y Combinator-backed AI coding assistant built specifically for Apple's Xcode IDE, offering AI autocomplete, automated bug fixing, and Swift package management for iOS and Swift developers. In September 2025, founder Daniel Edrisian announced the team had joined OpenAI's Codex division in an acqui-hire; new downloads ceased October 1, 2025.
Funding
$2.5M total raised