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Factory Adds User Groups for Per-Person Enterprise Controls
Products and toolsNovember 6, 2026

Factory Adds User Groups for Per-Person Enterprise Controls

Factory has introduced User Groups, an extension to its Organization Model that lets enterprise customers apply usage limits and model access to selected people within…

HumanLayer Joins Factory to Advance Autonomous Software Development
BusinessNovember 4, 2026

HumanLayer Joins Factory to Advance Autonomous Software Development

HumanLayer is joining Factory to accelerate the development of autonomous, self-improving software for enterprises and developers. Factory says the deal will bring…

Factory Acquires Typedef to Give Its Droids Deeper Data Context
BusinessOctober 30, 2026

Factory Acquires Typedef to Give Its Droids Deeper Data Context

Factory has acquired Typedef, a startup that builds a context layer from code, to give its autonomous software engineering agents a clearer view of data dependencies.…

Factory's Droid 1.0 agent harness claims higher Terminal-Bench 4 scores at lower cost
For developersOctober 29, 2026

Factory's Droid 1.0 agent harness claims higher Terminal-Bench 4 scores at lower cost

Factory has released Droid 1.0, a rebuilt version of its coding agent harness that makes programmatic tool calling the default. According to the company, Droid scores…

Factory and Databricks partner to tie data migration to software modernization
BusinessOctober 19, 2026

Factory and Databricks partner to tie data migration to software modernization

Factory has announced a partnership with Databricks that lets customers use the data and models in the Databricks Data + AI Platform to power software built or migrated…

Factory launches OpenCompute to run agent sandboxes on customer infrastructure
Products and toolsOctober 14, 2026

Factory launches OpenCompute to run agent sandboxes on customer infrastructure

Factory has introduced OpenCompute, a self-hosted orchestrator that provisions and manages agent sandboxes on infrastructure the customer chooses. The product is in…

Factory makes Environments generally available as sandboxes for cloud Droids
Products and toolsOctober 12, 2026

Factory makes Environments generally available as sandboxes for cloud Droids

Factory has made Environments generally available, giving its Droid coding agents a reusable, prebuilt sandbox to run in. According to the company, Environments are…

Factory Acquires Mentlio to Make Enterprise AI Spend More Efficient
BusinessOctober 9, 2026

Factory Acquires Mentlio to Make Enterprise AI Spend More Efficient

Factory, the company behind the autonomous software engineering platform with its Droids agents, has acquired Mentlio (YC S26). Mentlio's team, which works on model…

Factory Hires Connor Maloney as Head of Federal to Push Into Public Sector
BusinessOctober 8, 2026

Factory Hires Connor Maloney as Head of Federal to Push Into Public Sector

Factory, which describes itself as the global leader in self-improving software development, has hired Connor Maloney as Head of Federal to lead its expansion into the…

Factory Analytics shows engineering leaders where AI coding spend goes
Products and toolsOctober 2, 2026

Factory Analytics shows engineering leaders where AI coding spend goes

Factory has released a redesigned Analytics view that shows engineering leaders how much their organizations consume, which models run each request and who is using the…

Factory Joins OpenAI Marketplace as Launch Partner at DevDay
BusinessSeptember 29, 2026

Factory Joins OpenAI Marketplace as Launch Partner at DevDay

Factory has become a launch partner for the OpenAI marketplace, which OpenAI announced at DevDay. Eligible OpenAI enterprise customers can now put part of their existing…