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Factory Droids automate coding, testing, and deployment for startups and enterprises.

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7.6Score#19 of 999 agents#4 of 40 in Software engineer
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Why it ranks #19

Factory Droids, an AI software engineer by Factory, ranks #19 of 999 AI agents and #4 of 40 in Software engineer, with a score of 7.6 of 10. Data as of .

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

  1. Proof

    Do customers use it? 30% of the score

    10

    Claims revenue or growth, named customers, a customer result and a customer count.

    • +4
      Revenue or growth
      “For each of the past six months, we've doubled revenue month over month.”
      Source · 16 Apr 2026
    • +3
      Named customers
      “Today Nvidia, Blackstone, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Palo Alto Networks, Adobe, and T-Mobile are building self-improving software factories they can control, trust, and measure with Factory.”
      Source · 15 Sep 2026
    • +2
      A customer result
      “Enterprises are seeing results across the SDLC: 31x faster feature delivery, 96.1% shorter migration times, 95.8% reduction in on-call resolution times, and more time for developers to focus on design and architecture.”
      Source
    • +2
      A customer count
      “Today, Droids are used daily by hundreds of thousands of developers across enterprises including Nvidia, Adobe, EY, Palo Alto Networks, and Adyen.”
      Source · 16 Apr 2026

    Not found: work done at scale (+2)

  2. Scale

    Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score

    3

    Raised $200M.

    • +3
      Largest of 3 rounds: $200MFactory raises $200M at $5B valuationSource · 15 Sep 2026

  3. Momentum

    Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score

    10

    Shows a recent launch, hiring, a new claim and funding news.

    • +3
      Release post in the last 6 monthsFactory Analytics brings transparency to every sessionSource · 2 Oct 2026
    • +3
      Hiring: 53 open rolesSoftware Engineer, AI, Software Engineer, Fullstack, Solutions Engineer, Enterprise, West Source
    • +2
      A new traction claim
      “Today Nvidia, Blackstone, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Palo Alto Networks, Adobe, and T-Mobile are building self-improving software factories they can control, trust, and measure with Factory.”
      Source · 15 Sep 2026
    • +2
      Funding news in the last yearFactory raises $200M at $5B valuationSource · 15 Sep 2026

    Not found: founded in the last year (it was founded in 2023) (+1)

  4. Autonomy

    How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score

    8

    Autonomous worker: completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.

    • +8
      Level 3 of 4: Autonomous workerCompletes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.
    How the level was set
    • Level 3 (autonomous worker) from a reviewed decision that cites the product's own pages

    Level 3: Completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.

About Factory Droids

Learn about Factory’s mission and team. We’re building the agent-native future with AI coding agents.

Launches and news

  1. Release2 Oct 2026Factory Analytics brings transparency to every session
  2. Release30 Sep 2026Automate the work that keeps coming back
  3. Release18 Sep 2026Introducing Flexible Deployment Options at Factory
  4. Release25 Aug 2026Connect Droid to the tools that run your company
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  1. Release13 Aug 2026Introducing Agent Effectiveness

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