By Factory Team - November 4, 2026 - 2 minute read
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Today, HumanLayer is joining Factory to accelerate building autonomous, self-improving software for enterprises and developers. We have long admired Dex Horthy and Kyle Mistele, and we are thrilled to be building the future of software factories together.
Dex and Kyle have been power users of coding agents since early 2025, early on ideas like agent swarms and publishing the Research/Plan/Implement framework, one of the first viral “skill packs” in August 2025. Since then, HumanLayer has been regularly 6-9 months ahead of the zeitgeist on best practices for working with coding agents and software factories, especially for larger teams with hundreds or thousands of engineers. Their writing and speaking has earned millions of views, and their product has earned a loyal following.
In conversations with Dex and Kyle, it became obvious that both teams were aligned on mission, respect for each other’s contributions, and a vision that we could pursue faster and better together. We joined forces knowing this would be a big win for customers of Factory and HumanLayer, and we are already building together in service of our developers and our enterprise users.
Going forward, we will be open sourcing HumanLayer and inviting all HumanLayer users to Factory. Dex and Kyle have created an impressive product and a devoted developer community with hundreds of daily active users, and we want to support them through the transition.
The current HumanLayer platform will remain up and running during a transition period, where we will support users in any or all of: exporting their data, migrating to Factory, or self-hosting the HumanLayer open source.
As part of this acquisition, we’re excited to bring some of the most beloved features of HumanLayer to Factory. In the next few weeks, Dex, Kyle and team are working hard to bring things like multiplayer tasks/workstreams and in-app collaboration on agent-written plans, product specs, and design docs. We’re excited to share what’s coming and get early feedback from the HumanLayer community on this work.
Welcome to the team Dex and Kyle, let’s build!
About Factory
Factory brings autonomous software engineering to the enterprise. Factory helps enterprises run a governed, model-independent system that turns business priorities and engineering signals into production software. Droids plan, build, validate, and improve work inside each company’s infrastructure, policies, and approved models. Every workstream learns from measured results, expanding engineering capacity, improving quality, and tying engineering to business results. Factory was founded in 2023 by Matan Grinberg and Eno Reyes and is headquartered in San Francisco.