About Engine
This platform lets founders and small teams build and run a business by chatting with AI agents. Branded cto.new on its own site, it provides multi agent teams that work inside fast cloud sandboxes. A technical lead plans architecture and delegates, while backend, frontend and quality assurance engineers build, test and ship the work. Web browsing, email and scheduling are included as built in agent capabilities rather than add ons.
Beyond engineering, the service runs a marketplace where ready made AI teams can be hired or listed for sale. Published examples include a full stack engineering team for SaaS products, a marketing team combining a strategist, a content writer and a data analyst, and a website creation team aimed at local businesses. Integrations connect to Linear, Sentry, Vercel and Notion, any MCP server can be attached, and the service suggests integrations based on what is being built. Model selection is automatic by default and draws on current models from Anthropic, OpenAI and others.
The free tier is the headline offer. No credit card and no API keys are required, limits reset daily, and the plan is supported by advertising. Frontier models, AI businesses, agent chats, and API and MCP integrations are all listed as included at no cost. A Premium upgrade starts at $20 and raises usage limits, unlocks additional agent features and widens the list of available models. The pricing page does not break Premium into named tiers beyond that starting figure.
One point to note before searching for it: the listing name and the site branding differ, and the product is presented throughout its own site under the cto.new domain name.