Factory 2.0 wants to move from code agents to "software factories."

Factory 2.0 shifts autonomous Droids coding agents to software factories to automate the entire development cycle for clients like NVIDIA, Adobe and EY.

Factory, the company behind the autonomous coding agents Droids, positions Factory 2.0 as a shift in scale: moving from agents that assist developers to what it calls software factories. The stated goal is to close the entire development cycle loop, from input signals (bug reports, customer feedback, business needs) to software deployed to production and then monitored, with this monitoring in turn generating new signals.

The company sets three conditions for such a system: model independence, via a Router that selects the most suitable for each task; sovereignty, with deployments ranging from the cloud to a fully network-isolated (air-gapped) installation; and continuous improvement, with each step being instrumented and feeding the subsequent ones. Work is distributed across a spectrum of autonomy, from simple Droids and skills for well-defined tasks to multi-agent Missions that break down a complex problem over several hours, encompassing Automations and Droid Computers.

As for concrete new features, Factory adds a dashboard to manage its software factory directly within its desktop application. Among its production clients, the company cites NVIDIA, EY, Adobe, Palo Alto Networks, Adyen, Blackstone, Wipro, and Comarch.