Factory Acquires Typedef: Bringing Data Context to the Software Factory
Typedef's data context layer joins Factory's Droid harness
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Factory is acquiring Typedef to give its autonomous software engineering Droids deeper data context, the company said.
Typedef builds a context layer from code that makes relationships between data models, definitions, pipelines and dashboards visible, which Factory says helps engineers plan migrations, check refactors and explain results.
Factory supplies the harness that lets Droids work inside a customer's own environment, and the two companies say combining them will give engineers clearer lineage and evidence as Droids plan migrations, debug pipelines and refactor models.
Typedef founders Yoni Michael and Kostas Pardalis are joining Factory along with their team; Michael previously co-founded Coolan, whose technology was deployed across more than 100,000 servers before Salesforce acquired it in 2016, and Pardalis founded Blendo, used by more than 400 companies.
Factory says both teams share a conviction that customers should control their infrastructure, with value in their data, environment and the harness around it.
Factory was founded in 2023 by Matan Grinberg and Eno Reyes and is headquartered in San Francisco.
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Today we’re excited to announce that Typedef is joining Factory to bring deeper data context to autonomous software engineering.
As enterprises put Droids to work across their software systems, a change to a data model can ripple through definitions, pipelines, and dashboards. Without a clear view of those dependencies, it is harder to plan a migration, check a refactor, or explain the result.
Typedef builds a context layer from code that makes those relationships visible. Factory brings the harness that lets Droids work within a customer’s environment. Together, we will give engineers clearer lineage and evidence as Droids plan migrations, debug pipelines, and refactor models.
Factory is a place where founders can keep building like founders. In conversations across our teams, Yoni Michael and Kostas Pardalis found the same high-agency, flat culture, ambition without ego, and drive to learn that shaped Typedef. We share a technical conviction: customers should control their infrastructure.
The value is in their data, their environment, and the harness around it. AI should elevate engineers into designers and operators of the factories that build software, not replace them.
