HumanLayer
YC F24 · Active · The multiplayer control plane for your software factory
Competitors
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 AutosanaShared: code diff, coding agent, setupActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS25 |
 Agentic FabriqShared: control plane, agentActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW26 |
 MosaicShared: coding agent, multiplayer, sessionActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
Adjacent
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 CodevisorShared: bring agent, coding agent, integratedActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCW25 |
 SpecificShared: coding agent, dev, environmentActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCF25 |
 OmnaraShared: control plane, agent, runActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS25 |
 MistleShared: background agent, runActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS22 |
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Founders
- Dexter HorthyFounder/CEO
About HumanLayer
HumanLayer is a multiplayer coding agent IDE+cloud that works seamlessly from your workstation to anywhere you want to run background agents. It brings agent sessions, plan artifacts, and code diffs together in one place for you team to collaborate and ship. It's built in composable pieces to meet software factory builders where they already are - you can BYO compute, dev environment setup, and harness, or use our full integrated stack.
- YC batch
- F24 · Fall 2024
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2023
- Checked
- 30m ago
YC tags: Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
HumanLayer: questions
Which YC batch was HumanLayer in?
HumanLayer was in Y Combinator's Fall 2024 batch (F24).
Is HumanLayer still active?
Y Combinator lists HumanLayer as active.
Who founded HumanLayer?
HumanLayer's founders, as listed on its YC page: Dexter Horthy (Founder/CEO).
Where is HumanLayer based?
HumanLayer lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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