Factory

What is Factory?

Factory is an agent-native software development platform built around "Droids" — specialized AI agents (code, review, test, docs, knowledge) coordinated by a router to autonomously execute engineering work across the full SDLC: triage incoming signals, generate code, run validation/tests, manage releases, write documentation and monitor production. Founded in San Francisco in 2023 by Matan Grinberg and Eno Reyes, it raised a $150M Series C led by Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois joined the board) in April 2026, with Sequoia Capital, Blackstone, Insight Partners and NEA participating — a $1.5B valuation on $220M total raised. It ships as a CLI, desktop app and SDK for individual developers, plus fully managed cloud, hybrid, on-premise or air-gapped deployment for enterprises; independently reported enterprise users include Morgan Stanley, EY (Ernst & Young) and Palo Alto Networks, with Blackstone, Wipro, Adyen, You.com, Groq and Chainguard shown as customers on Factory's own site.

What does Factory do?

Factory organizes agent work into stages it calls the self-improving SDLC: Triage (ingest signals from issue trackers, monitoring and other sources), Code Generation, Validation (automated PR checks and testing), Release (deployment management), Documentation (auto-generated docs) and Monitor (production incident/health tracking). Droids are role-specialized — a code droid, review droid, test droid, docs droid and knowledge droid — coordinated rather than one generalist agent doing everything. Access is via CLI, desktop app or SDK for local and cloud background agent runs, or "Droid Computers" (Factory-managed cloud compute) on the Plus tier and above. Enterprise deployment spans fully-managed SaaS, hybrid (cloud control plane, customer compute), fully on-premise, and air-gapped (no external network) configurations, across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Key features

• Specialized, coordinated Droids: A router dispatches work to role-specific agents (code, review, test, docs, knowledge) rather than one generalist agent handling every task — a different coordination model than the single-assistant design of Cursor, Cline or Claude Code.
• Full-SDLC automation, not just code generation: Covers triage, code generation, automated validation/testing, release management, documentation and production monitoring as one pipeline, not just an in-editor or terminal code-writing loop.
• Enterprise deployment flexibility: SaaS, hybrid, fully on-premise or air-gapped deployment across AWS/Azure/GCP, with SSO, SAML/SCIM, Zero Data Retention and customer-managed encryption keys on the Business/Enterprise tiers.
• Well-funded, enterprise-proven: $150M Series C led by Khosla Ventures at a $1.5B valuation (April 2026, $220M total raised), with independently reported enterprise customers including Morgan Stanley, EY and Palo Alto Networks.

What are Factory's use cases?

• Enterprise engineering org automating SDLC stages: A large engineering team deploys Business/Enterprise-tier Droids across triage, code review and testing, with SSO/SAML/SCIM and Zero Data Retention meeting its security and compliance requirements.
• Individual developer running background coding agents: A developer on the $20/mo Pro plan uses the CLI or desktop app to run local and cloud background agents on well-scoped tasks alongside their normal editor workflow.
• Regulated or network-isolated environment: An organization with strict data-residency or network-isolation requirements deploys Factory fully on-premise or air-gapped instead of the managed SaaS cloud.

What does Factory integrate with?

• AWS, Azure and GCP for enterprise deployment
• CLI, desktop app and SDK access
• Droid Computers (Factory-managed cloud compute, Plus tier and above)

Why use Factory?

• Coordinates specialized agents across the full SDLC (triage, code, test, release, docs, monitoring), not just code generation in an editor or terminal.
• Real, independently-corroborated funding and enterprise traction: a $150M Series C led by Khosla Ventures at a $1.5B valuation, plus named users including Morgan Stanley, EY and Palo Alto Networks.
• Enterprise deployment flexibility other coding agents in this category don't match — SaaS, hybrid, fully on-premise or air-gapped, with SSO/SAML/SCIM, Zero Data Retention and customer-managed encryption keys.
• A published individual entry point at $20/month (Pro, CLI/desktop/SDK access) rather than only a sales-gated enterprise product.

Pros & cons

Factory pricing

No free tier or trial — Pro starts at $20/month (CLI/desktop/SDK), scaling to Plus ($100/mo) and Max ($200/mo) by usage multiple; Business and Enterprise are custom-quoted with SSO/on-premise/air-gapped options.

• Pro$20 / /month
• Plus$100 / /month
• Max$200 / /month
• BusinessCustom
• EnterpriseCustom

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Factory review

Factory is a genuinely differentiated bet in the coding-agents category: instead of one generalist assistant, it coordinates specialized "Droids" — code, review, test, docs, knowledge — across the full software development lifecycle, from triage through production monitoring, and backs that pitch with real enterprise traction ($150M Series C led by Khosla Ventures at a $1.5B valuation, named users including Morgan Stanley, EY and Palo Alto Networks) and deployment flexibility (SaaS, hybrid, on-premise, air-gapped) most individual-developer coding agents don't offer. The tradeoffs are real: there is no free tier or trial at any price point, the deepest enterprise/security controls are sales-gated behind custom pricing, and its public track record is still thin relative to incumbents with years more case studies. Pick it if your organization wants agents automating SDLC stages beyond code generation and can justify enterprise pricing; look elsewhere if you want a free or cheap way to try an agentic coding tool first.

The full-SDLC pick — coordinated specialist agents and real enterprise traction, but no free tier and its deepest controls are sales-gated.

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