Factory acquires HumanLayer; platform to go open source
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HumanLayer has announced it is joining Factory, and the two will work together to build autonomous, self-improving software for enterprises and developers. HumanLayer says the existing platform will continue to operate for a transition period of at least 30 days, during which users can export data, migrate to Factory or self-host the open-source version; paying users will receive refunds for the past few months of fees. HumanLayer will subsequently be open-sourced. HumanLayer says that in the coming weeks, multi-person tasks and workflows, as well as in-app collaboration features for plans, product specs and design documents written for agents, will be introduced into Factory.
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- Factory BlogHumanLayer is joining Factory
HumanLayer is joining Factory to accelerate building autonomous, self-improving software for enterprises and developers. Going forward, Factory will open source HumanLayer and invite all HumanLayer users to Factory, with the current platform remaining up during a transition period for data export, migration to Factory, or self-hosting. Dex Horthy, Kyle Mistele and team will bring features such as multiplayer tasks/workstreams and in-app collaboration on agent-written plans, product specs, and design docs to Factory in the coming weeks.
- HumanLayer BlogHumanLayer is joining Factory
HumanLayer announced it is joining Factory to accelerate building autonomous, self-improving software for enterprises and developers. The company says it will open source HumanLayer and bring features such as multiplayer tasks/workstreams, in-app collaboration on docs and plans, and live session diff streaming into Factory. The current HumanLayer platform will remain running for a transition period of at least 30 days, with support for exporting data, migrating to Factory, or self-hosting the open source, and paying customers will be refunded for the last several months.
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