The current SW toolchain / AI coding industry is seeing so much frothy behavior... Every toolmaker seemingly is raising $$$M at $$$Bn valuation. And they all seem to sell to largely the same pool of developers.
Reeks of self-driving startups getting funded out of every garage, about a decade ago.
Expecting to see consolidation / acquihiring / and straight-up running-outta-money in 3..2..1 years
SilverElfin•34m ago
Yep. I don’t see how this is sustainable. The people with the most capital will win. And increasingly, it looks like that’ll be the actual foundational model owners. OpenAI could presumably replicate everything this company is doing. How can they actually differentiate themselves?
lomase•17m ago
I can wait to see what the next bublle HN wants to sell me!
leakycap•16m ago
I think they're trying to address your concern by pointing out how their Droids are different
>Every AI coding platform forces you to choose: one IDE, one LLM, one agent, one interface. Subscribing and unsubscribing from plans to try and stay at the cutting edge is now obsolete. Developers deserve a choice. Factory is giving choice back to developers. Droids work with any LLM, in any IDE, in local or remote, and in any interface. You can delegate tasks to Droids from your Terminal, your IDE, Slack, Linear, or on the web. For further customization, you can use headless mode to set up scripts or triggers to run Droids tailored to your team's workflow.
The Factory.ai Droid does rank well in the terminal-bench leaderboard (currently 3 of the top 5)
popalchemist•14m ago
A tale as old as time, startup CEO's and self-indulgent announcement videos with no adherence to norms of storytelling technique or pacing.
aanet•1h ago
Reeks of self-driving startups getting funded out of every garage, about a decade ago.
Expecting to see consolidation / acquihiring / and straight-up running-outta-money in 3..2..1 years
SilverElfin•34m ago
lomase•17m ago
leakycap•16m ago
>Every AI coding platform forces you to choose: one IDE, one LLM, one agent, one interface. Subscribing and unsubscribing from plans to try and stay at the cutting edge is now obsolete. Developers deserve a choice. Factory is giving choice back to developers. Droids work with any LLM, in any IDE, in local or remote, and in any interface. You can delegate tasks to Droids from your Terminal, your IDE, Slack, Linear, or on the web. For further customization, you can use headless mode to set up scripts or triggers to run Droids tailored to your team's workflow.
The Factory.ai Droid does rank well in the terminal-bench leaderboard (currently 3 of the top 5)