Factory AI

Viral / trending Coding agents and AI IDEsupdated 10 Nov 2026

“Droids” for enterprise refactors and migrations; valued at $5B after a $200M raise (15 Sep). Bought HumanLayer (4 Nov) and launched Security Factory (10 Nov).

What it offers

Main offerings
Droids
Agents that take tickets through to merged pull requests.
Security Factory
Turns security findings into tested fixes (private preview, 10 Nov).

Recent news

  • Factory launches Security Factory in private previewTurns security findings into tested fixes, the space Cognition and CodeRabbit are also entering.Factory ↗
  • Factory acquires HumanLayer and will open-source its platformAdds a team known for agent swarms and research-plan-implement workflows.Factory ↗
  • Factory raises $200M at a $5B valuationIts third step-up of 2026, from $1.5B in April; enterprise Droid adoption keeps compounding.Crypto Briefing ↗
  • Factory raises $120M Series C-2 at a $4B valuationFactory's valuation more than doubled within one cycle as enterprise Droid adoption grewFactory ↗
  • Factory raises $150M Series C at $1.5B, led by KhoslaRevenue doubled month over month for six months, with Droids at Nvidia, Adobe and EYFactory ↗

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