HumanLayer joins Factory, existing platform transition period of at least 30 days

HumanLayer, the coding-agent collaboration platform, is joining enterprise AI software engineering firm Factory, with its team set to bring multi-user tasks, document and plan collaboration, and real-time session diff streaming into Factory's product. The existing HumanLayer platform will keep running through a transition period of at least 30 days, during which users can export their data, migrate to Factory, or self-host the open-source version. HumanLayer will also refund paid users for the past several months. The deal marks further consolidation in the AI coding tooling space, as standalone collaboration layers get absorbed into broader enterprise engineering platforms. What to watch next is how smoothly HumanLayer's multi-user and real-time diff features are folded into Factory, and whether its open-source self-hosting option retains a meaningful user base after the transition window closes.