Enterprise AI software engineering company Factory has acquired coding agent collaboration platform HumanLayer, with co-founders Dex Horthy and Kyle Mistele joining the Factory team. The acquisition marks a consolidation in the AI coding tools space as companies race to build integrated development platforms. HumanLayer will be open-sourced following the acquisition. During the transition period, existing users can export their data, migrate to Factory's platform, or self-host the newly open-source version of HumanLayer.