{
  "id": 7587864,
  "title": "Factory, whose AI coding agents, called Droids, switch between models depending on a task's complexity, raised $200M at a $5B valuation, up from $1.5B in April (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/factory-whose-ai-coding-agents-called-droids-switch-between-models",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T16:15:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-coding-startup-factory-more-than-triples-valuation-to-5-billion-871da697?st=9rBDpw&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Khosla Ventures, Blackstone and Marc Benioff are among the investors putting $200 million into the startup",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "AI coding agent startup Factory triples valuation to $5 billion in latest funding round",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ai-coding-agent-startup-factory-triples-valuation-to-5-billion-in",
        "published": "2026-09-15T18:22:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "AI coding agent startup Factory triples valuation to $5 billion in latest funding round",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ai-coding-agent-startup-factory-triples-valuation-to-5-billion-in-7604682",
        "published": "2026-09-15T18:24:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}