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Fig (YC S20) — Fig adds visual apps, shortcuts, and autocomplete to your terminal

Fig is re-imagining the terminal. We make it more accessible to beginners and more productive for advanced engineers Our first product is autocomplete, but we plan to expand into a full App Store ecosystem for the Terminal.

Fig is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Fig adds visual apps, shortcuts, and autocomplete to your terminal. The founders listed are Brendan Falk (Founder), Matt Schrage (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, August 21, 2020).

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Fig

New accelerator entry · 2020-08-21 · the record

Summer 2020
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5
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Early
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United States of America
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BatchSummer 2020
Announced2020-08-21
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size5
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsDeveloper Tools, DevSecOps, Open Source
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://fig.io
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Fig is re-imagining the terminal. We make it more accessible to beginners and more productive for advanced engineers Our first product is autocomplete, but we plan to expand into a full App Store ecosystem for the Terminal. We can do a bunch of cool stuff, check out our website. And if you're interested, we are hiring 😀

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