Tech news picked on 2026-09-16
Factory AI Coding Tool Now Available for Purchase Using Anthropic Customer Commitment Amounts
- AI coding agent company Factory received $200 million at a corporate valuation of $5 billion.
- It surged more than 3 times in just five months from April $1.5 billion.
- Six days ago, it entered the Claude Marketplace where Anthropic enterprise customers can purchase using committed usage amounts, making it more interesting since the company emphasized offering multiple model selections as a strength.
- If selling B2B AI tools, the first task is to find where customers have already allocated their budgets.
Profound Measures AI Search in 9 Places, Naver Missing
- Profound, which measures brand exposure in AI answers, raised $180 million in a Series D funding round, recognizing a valuation of $1.8 billion.
- Compared to 1 billion during the Series C in February, it's a 1.8-fold increase in just 7 months.
- However, Naver is missing from the 9 AI search platforms tracked by the company.
- If the target is the domestic market, it would be immediately useful to periodically ask the same questions to Naver and ChatGPT rather than relying on overseas dashboards.