Factory

Track the ROI of AI coding agents. Autonomy ratio, token economics, adoption metrics, and productivity output.

The page evaluates codebase readiness for autonomous AI development using eight pillars, five maturity levels, and actionable recommendations.

Assign tickets to AI. Factory’s Droids turns tasks into code with autonomous coding agents

Org-wide analytics for Droid usage: tokens, tool calls, productivity, and agent readiness across teams and repos.

The page describes software as a foundation of modern society and says creating it remains a bespoke, confusing, and largely unmanageable process.

Factory joined an industry working group convened by OpenAI to define AGENTS.md, an open standard.

Factory raised $200M at a $5B valuation to scale self-improving software development in the enterprise.

Agent Effectiveness is available in Factory Analytics and connects Factory sessions to cycle time and work intent.

Factory is seeking AI engineers to build and evolve AI systems for software organizations.

Factory is hiring a data engineer to own the systems used to understand and operate the business.

Factory creates and deploys AI solutions to accelerate engineering workflows.

Factory is hiring frontend engineers to build human-AI interaction patterns for its core platform.

Compare Factory Pro, Plus, and Max plans for individual developers.

Compare Factory Teams, Business, and Enterprise plans for shared usage, governance, security, and support.

Paid plans start at $20/month. Custom coding agent deployments for enterprise.

Factory is building an agent-native future with AI coding agents.

Factory offers enterprise AI solutions and lets visitors schedule a demo or contact its team.

Factory Droids automate coding, testing, and deployment for startups and enterprises.

Factory collects, uses, and protects data while enabling secure agent-native development.

The page explains how to control whether Droid telemetry includes per-user identity or message content, and what is sent to Factory versus a user's own collector.

The page presents terms for using Factory’s AI software engineering platform and services.

Benchmark partners say the AI boom is straining the venture capital norm against investing in competing companies. Eric Vishria says rapid company changes make conflicts unavoidable, while Chetan Puttagunta argues that cheaper software development encourages founders to pursue broader markets and overlap. Peter Fenton calls conflicts the firm’s toughest problem and says transparency matters, especially when a portfolio company expands into another’s territory.

Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Former Slack leaders Noah Desai Weiss and Dolapo Falola launch Scuba, a context engine designed to help teams and AI agents share company knowledge and stay aligned. The New York-based startup has raised $34 million in pre-seed and seed rounds led or co-led by Accel and IVP. Users save web content and other materials as Captures, organize them into shareable Collections, and access them through connectors for ChatGPT, Claude, and Slack.

Oct 2026 · Upstarts MediaNews article

Menlo Ventures invests in AI coding startup Factory as the company extends a funding round announced at a $5 billion valuation. Menlo declines to disclose the investment amount, while a source says the commitment is significant and limited by available cap-table space. The investment follows a public dispute between Factory CEO Matan Grinberg and former board adviser Chris Degnan over alleged sharing of confidential information with competitor Cognition, and Menlo praises Factory’s founders, technology, and customer relationships.

Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Factory and Cognition publicly feud over former Factory board observer and advisor Chris Degnan's move to Cognition as chief revenue officer. Factory CEO Matan Grinberg says Degnan held recurring conversations with Cognition while advising on confidential matters and alleges Cognition employees posed as Factory job candidates; Degnan and Cognition CEO Scott Wu dispute the allegations. The clash follows Factory's $200 million raise at a $5 billion valuation and Cognition's more than $2 billion raise at a $48 billion valuation.

Sep 2026 · Business InsiderNews article