Factory acquires Human Layer... existing services to be maintained for at least 30 days

Factory has acquired HumanLayer, the coding-agent collaboration platform, and will keep its existing service running for at least 30 days while users export their data, migrate to Factory, or self-host the open-source code. HumanLayer co-founders Dex Horthy and Kyle Mistele said in a joint statement that top engineers want composable tools and that large development teams need to plan and coordinate agent work together. The deal consolidates a small but specialized player in the emerging market for orchestrating multiple coding agents into Factory's broader agent platform. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. What to watch next is how quickly HumanLayer users migrate to Factory versus self-hosting, and whether Factory folds HumanLayer's multi-agent coordination features into its own product.