Kevin Tang
| Kevin Tang | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, software developer |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founder of Firebender |
Kevin Tang is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Firebender, an artificial intelligence coding agent designed specifically for Android engineers. Firebender was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2024 batch.[1]
Early life and education
Tang attended Boston University's Questrom School of Business, where he was a senior as of early 2022. While at Boston University, he co-founded Cleana, described as a BU and MIT startup company focused on designing restroom hardware products. He spoke as an IGNITE speaker at IDEA Con 2022, an innovation and entrepreneurship conference hosted by Boston University's BUild Lab. Tang is originally from Bergen County, New Jersey.
Career
Tang co-founded Firebender, which develops what the company describes as the first Android-native coding agent. The product is available as a plugin through the JetBrains IntelliJ plugin marketplace and integrates directly into Android developers' integrated development environments (IDEs). Firebender provides AI-assisted capabilities including answering questions about codebases, debugging code, and writing complete features.[2]
The tool differentiates itself from general-purpose AI coding assistants by offering Android-specific functionality, including access to the Android emulator, Jetpack Compose previews, and language server protocol (LSP) tools such as finding usages and renaming variables and functions. Firebender is designed to stay current with the latest Android SDKs, libraries, and development practices.[1]
The company's product has been adopted by engineers at a number of prominent technology companies. Firebender's website lists users from organizations including Netflix, DoorDash, Adobe, OpenAI, Instacart, Square, Tinder, Patreon, Chewy, Life360, Monday.com, Rappi, Toast, Naver, and Grindr, among others.[2]
Firebender is classified in the artificial intelligence and AI assistant industries. Tang co-founded the company alongside Aman Gottumukkala.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Firebender – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Firebender". 'Firebender}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.