[Factory Acquires HumanLayer, Coding Agent Platform; Product to be Open Source] According to a Factory announcement, enterprise AI software engineering company Factory has announced the acquisition of HumanLayer, a coding agent collaboration platform. Co-founders Dex Horthy and Kyle Mistele have joined the company. The HumanLayer platform will be open source, and during the transition period, users can export data, migrate to Factory, or self-host the open source version.