Factory acquires HumanLayer and plans to open source its platform

AIDex Horthy announces that HumanLayer is joining forces with Factory, thanking customers, investors, and supporters for the past three years. The post says a fuller explanation covers what happens to HumanLayer's customers and its open-source project. Factory's welcome post names Dex Horthy and 0xblacklight as joining its team.

AIFactory is acquiring HumanLayer, according to Dex Horthy's post, with HumanLayer's platform remaining live for at least 30 days during a transition period. Paying customers will be refunded for the last several months, and HumanLayer will be open sourced while its multiplayer and collaboration features move into Factory.

AIFactory acquires HumanLayer, the coding-agent platform built by Dex Horthy and Kyle Mistele, and says it will open source HumanLayer and invite its users to Factory. The current HumanLayer platform stays running during a transition period, with users able to export their data, migrate to Factory, or self-host the open source version. Factory says it will bring HumanLayer features such as multiplayer tasks and in-app collaboration on agent-written plans to its product in the coming weeks.