A specialized IDE that observes your GitHub/Jira/Slack, drafts PRDs, expands into epics and stories, detects spec–code drift, suggests owners, and sends weekly digests — seamlessly integrated into your development environment.
Private beta. Engineering-led teams get priority.
Brief in a paragraph → PRD with citations → epics/stories with acceptance criteria
PR vs. spec alignment with actionable comments and automated rule checks
Suggest owners by skill, load, and deadlines — with clear rationale
A purpose-built development environment that handles coordination overhead so your team can focus on building great products.
Transform brief descriptions into comprehensive Product Requirements Documents with citations, user stories, and acceptance criteria — all within your IDE workspace.
Automatically detect when code changes deviate from specifications with inline editor warnings and actionable feedback with policy enforcement.
Optimize task distribution based on team skills, current workload, deadlines, and historical performance data.
Generate weekly digests, progress reports, and risk analysis with data-driven insights and recommendations.
Build and maintain a live work graph and skill graph accessible through IDE panels to provide contextually relevant suggestions and avoid hallucinations.
All automated actions are governed by configurable policies with full audit trails and approval workflows.
A three-step process built into your development environment that transforms chaotic workflows into organized, automated product management.
Connect GitHub and Jira. Backseat passively learns from tickets, PRs, comments, and commits to understand your team's workflow patterns.
Builds a live work graph and skill graph. Retrieves context to avoid hallucinations and provide accurate, relevant insights.
Drafts specs, flags drift, suggests owners, and sends digests. All writes are policy-gated and fully auditable.
Watch BackseatAI autonomously generate PRDs, create epics, assign tasks, and monitor for drift — all from within a familiar IDE interface with both visual panels and integrated terminal commands.
A familiar IDE experience enhanced with autonomous product management capabilities. Work the way you're used to, with intelligent assistance built right in.
Visual interface for PRD generation, epic planning, and task management
Built on proven IDE foundations with extensions you already know
Choose between visual panels and command-line based on your preference
Works with your existing Git, CI/CD, and project management tools
Product management capabilities right where you write code
Choose the level of automation that fits your team's workflow and comfort level.
You say what to build, Backseat drafts PRDs and plans, asks for confirmation, then proposes optimal owners and timelines.
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Connect your existing tools and workflows. BackseatAI works with your current stack.
Complete Git workflow integration including PR lifecycle, reviews, comments, commits, and labels.
Project management tool integration for issues, epics, transitions, and assignment tracking.
Documentation platforms for context gathering, citation building, and knowledge management.
Team communication platforms for digests, notifications, and collaborative workflows.
OAuth integration with read-only permissions
2-week observation period to understand your workflow
Start with shadow mode, gradually enable features
Security-first design principles with enterprise compliance planning from day one.
Designed with deny-by-default policies using Open Policy Agent (OPA) rules. Shadow mode will be the default operating state.
Designed for immutable logging with hash chaining for tamper-proof records. Complete traceability of all decisions and citations.
Designed for minimal required scopes with read-only defaults. Write permissions will be explicitly granted and time-bounded.
Designed for automatic detection and redaction of personally identifiable information in logs and processing pipelines.
Designed to support BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) and configurable data residency for enterprise compliance requirements.
Designed with zero-trust principles including end-to-end encryption, certificate-based authentication, and network segmentation.
OPA-based policy engine with configurable rules and approval workflows
Encrypted storage with audit logs and immutable record keeping
OAuth 2.0 with PKCE, RBAC, and time-bounded permissions
When we started building Backseat, we didn't want another AI demo that looks impressive in a tweet but collapses the moment it touches a real workflow. We wanted something that could replace the noise — the status meetings, Jira churn, the "who's owning this?" cycle that every product team knows too well.
Backseat isn't just a prototype. It's an autonomous product layer that observes how your team actually works, learns from your repos, and coordinates without you needing to herd a dozen tools.
"That's why early access isn't free. We want committed teams, the kind that will install integrations, push code, and push back."
You're not paying for a preview; you're helping shape a system designed to make your organization faster, leaner, and saner.
We're starting small and quiet. Every early user will have direct access to me and our core team. Every dollar goes into building a real, durable product, not ads, not hype.
If that sounds like the kind of experiment you want to be part of, you're exactly who we built this for.
— Ihab McShea
Founder, BackseatAI
Questions? Reach out to us at
founders@backseat.cloudBuilt for production environments, not impressive tweets. Every feature is tested against actual team dynamics.
We work with teams who push back, install integrations, and help us build something that actually works.
Direct access to founders, every dollar into product development, no hype or marketing theater.
Be among the first engineering teams to experience autonomous product management with BackseatAI. Private beta launching Q1 2026.
Get early access with dedicated support and personalized setup
Private beta starts January 2026, with general availability in Q1 2027
Shape the product roadmap based on your team's specific needs
Q1 2026
Invite-only access for select engineering teams
Q3 2026
Open beta with core features and integrations
Q1 2027
Full launch with enterprise features and support
Everything you need to know about BackseatAI
No. BackseatAI replaces status meetings and coordination overhead with automated artifacts and citations. PMs still make strategic trade-offs, talk to users, and guide product direction. We handle the boring but critical work so PMs can focus on what humans do best.
By default, absolutely not. Shadow mode is standard — Backseat observes and suggests but never writes without explicit approval. All write operations require policy approval and pass through configurable governance rules. You maintain complete control over when and how automation is enabled.
A pilot repository and Jira project with read-only OAuth scopes. Backseat learns your team's patterns for 1-2 weeks in observation mode, then provides suggestions through our VS Code extension and web dashboard. No changes to your existing workflow required.
Backseat builds a semantic understanding of your specifications and continuously compares them against code changes in pull requests. It identifies when implementations deviate from requirements and provides specific, actionable feedback with citations to the original specs.
Security is designed from the ground up with enterprise requirements in mind. We're planning on-premises and VPC deployment options, least-privilege OAuth scopes, immutable audit trails, and policy-gated operations. PII detection and redaction are core features. Compliance certifications are planned for production release.
BackseatAI is designed to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with your team's historical context to avoid hallucinations. We're targeting high accuracy in PRD generation through continuous learning from your team's patterns and preferences. Actual performance metrics will be available during beta testing.
BackseatAI is designed to integrate with GitHub/GitLab, Jira/Linear, Slack/Teams, and Confluence/Notion through standard APIs. The goal is to adapt to your existing workflow rather than requiring changes. Integration availability will roll out during the beta program.
Private beta requires a commitment investment as mentioned in our founder's note. Post-launch pricing will be per-developer with enterprise tiers for advanced features like on-premises deployment, custom policies, and dedicated support. We'll announce detailed pricing closer to general availability in Q1 2027.
Beta participants have direct access to our founding team and product roadmap. We prioritize features based on real user feedback and use cases. Join our private Slack community or schedule regular feedback sessions to share your needs.
We're here to help. Reach out to our team for personalized answers.