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Chris Degnan
AddedMay 13, 2026
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Chris Degnan

Chris Degnan

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Chris Degnan's Career

Factory

Factory

Series C$355MSan Francisco, CA, US
Advisor

Recent news

Vast Data launches confidential computing service for sensitive workloadsSiliconAngle · 2026
Factory raises $200M for its self-improving software development platformSiliconAngle · 2026
Factory, whose AI coding agents, called Droids, switch between models depending on a task's complexity, raised $200M at a $5B valuation, up from $1.5B in AprilWall Street Journal · 2026

Leadership at Factory

Nikesh AroraNikesh AroraInvestor
Dev IttycheriaDev IttycheriaInvestor
Aaron LevieAaron LevieInvestor
Ali GhodsiAli GhodsiInvestor
Frank SlootmanFrank SlootmanInvestor
Nikesh AroraNikesh AroraInvestor

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