Factory | Agent-Native Software Development
Summary
Factory offers "Agent-Native Software Development" tools, allowing developers to delegate tasks like refactors, incident response, and migrations to "Droids" without altering their existing workflows or tools. These Droids can be integrated across various platforms including IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Vim), web browsers, command lines, Slack/Teams, and project management tools. The platform emphasizes seamless integration, enabling developers to interact with Droids directly within their preferred environments. For instance, Droids can be accessed via a CLI for macOS, Linux, and Windows, or through a web interface for instant task delegation. The system supports large-scale automation for CI/CD, migrations, and maintenance, and facilitates collaboration by allowing support teams and engineers to delegate tasks in plain English, leading to faster fixes and reduced Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR). Factory is designed for enterprise use, prioritizing security, scalability, and integration with existing engineering stacks. It is vendor-agnostic regarding models and tooling. Recent news highlights include an evaluation of context compression for AI agents, a security report on disrupting AI-orchestrated cyber fraud, a partnership with Palo Alto Networks for secure AI development, and Droid achieving state-of-the-art performance on Terminal-Bench. The company is also hiring for various engineering, operations, product, and sales roles.