fundraise receipt · ai
frontrun flagged Factory 103 days before its $150M Series C round
tl;dr: Factory announced $150M Series C on Apr 16, 2026, led by Khosla Ventures. frontrun flagged the company on Jan 3, 2026, when it had 47,973 followers, 103 days before the announcement.
what Factory raised
Factory (@factoryai · factory.com) announced $150M Series C on Apr 16, 2026, led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Blackstone, Insight Partners, Evantic Capital, Abstract Ventures, 20VC, NEA, Mantis VC. verified against x.com.
Toward self-improving software. @FactoryAI
how we knew 103 days early
frontrun watches the follow graphs of 5,000+ tracked accounts on X. on Jan 3, 2026, tracked investors began following Factory, which had 47,973 followers at the time. that convergence was logged that day. the round landed 103 days later.
207 tracked investors follow Factory today, and the account has grown to 1,713 followers. that count is public. which investors they are, and the day each one followed, is what the product shows.
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other rounds we called early
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data updated Nov 9, 2026 · Factory signal page · every round we called early · trending this week