Factory raises $200 million at $5 billion, Google gives agents Google Home access, and more - AI Programming Weekly #69

September 22, 2026 - AI Programming Weekly
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Factory raised $200 million to support its enterprise software development agent platform, while Cognition and Amazon Web Services agreed to support production deployments of Devin for tasks including migrations, security fixes and legacy modernization. Allstacks added Anthropic Claude and Cursor integrations to Product Studio, and GAPVelocity AI introduced VELO for VB6 to convert Visual Basic 6 applications to Blazor and C# .NET for Microsoft Azure.

Model Context Protocol integrations also continue to expand, with new connections from Google Home, Qount, CookieYes and Relativity. At the same time, Hush Security reported hardcoded credentials in 12% of credential slots it reviewed across about 82,000 public MCP configuration files, highlighting security considerations as agents receive access to more systems and data.
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Gates Foundation joins Agentic AI Foundation
The Gates Foundation becomes the first philanthropic member of the Agentic AI Foundation, with Matt Vasey joining its board. The organizations plan to support access to agentic AI standards and tools in underserved communities and low income countries, including through a developer summit in Nairobi. Read more
Google opens Google Home devices to AI agents via MCP
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TestMu AI adds requirements linked assurance lifecycle to Kane CLI
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Factory, a San Francisco AI startup, raises $200 million at a $5 billion valuation. The funding will support its AI agent platform for enterprise software development, testing and maintenance. Read more
CAEVES Technology appoints Kirk Ryan as Director of AI Innovation
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Lovable partners with Salesforce for apps built on Salesforce data
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Verkada expands physical AI platform with transportation security
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Qount launches MCP Connector for accounting firm data
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Cognition and AWS partner to deploy Devin for enterprise software work
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CookieYes launches MCP server for consent management in Claude and ChatGPT
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RSVPify launches Cue AI assistant and MCP connector
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Relativity renames RelativityOne as Relativity aiR
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Qount expands details on MCP connector for AI accounting data access
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Nextworld named Accelerator in Nucleus Research's 2026 LCAP Matrix
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Hush Security finds secrets in 12% of public MCP credential slots
Hush Security analyzed about 82,000 public Model Context Protocol configuration files and found hardcoded secrets in 12% of credential slots. The review identified tokens for GitHub, Anthropic, OpenAI, Slack and Notion, along with database connection strings, while 24% of exposed secrets had broad permissions and no expiration. Read more
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Arcjet launches runtime security for AI agents
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Relativity integrates aiR with ChatGPT Enterprise via MCP
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Mapbox introduces location infrastructure for AI applications
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Fulcrum launches AI tools for field workflow creation
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Decimal AI raises $4 million for customer engineering platform
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