Zak Mandhro

Agents ship slop in the dark. I'm building Lit Factory: the illuminated floor where humans and AI scale craft.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

AI agents ship slop in the dark.

Come listen to my talk on scaling human + AI craft at AI4.

August 4 in Las Vegas, the day we turn on the lights and open Lit Factory to everyone.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Lit Factory is live in public beta!

Start free with 1,000 Spark credits to accelerate your work.

At Ai4 in Las Vegas? Come see us at K715. We'll help you create your first Floor and connect a real workflow.

https://t.co/6D2m0SYS5y

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Dark factories ship slop. Scale human + AI craft with the lights on.

Excited to be speaking at Ai4 2026. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/CSCXCQ9L0R

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Charging for every human discourages collaboration. Charging for every agent punishes innovation.

Pay for acceleration - not occupancy.

Public beta opens in 7 days, on August 4.
Follow the reveal. @litfactoryai

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Do agents need seats?
AI broke the seat licensing model.

The next team you build might have 8 humans and 80 agents.

Buying 88 software seats would be absurd.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Context → Visibility → Insight → Automation → Optimization

Lit Factory:
∞ Unlimited humans
∞ Unlimited agents
No seat or agent licenses

One shared ⚡ Spark budget powers operations that produce, act, or materially accelerate.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

@mfishbein Great work here! Our workflow is strikingly similar but it's more productized. Would love to chat. @litfactoryai

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

@irinatoxi This is amazing. Now all we need is K3 capacity. Looking at you, @Kimi_Moonshot

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

The goal was never more AI output. It was more leverage without losing human judgment, taste, or craft.

Manage the factory, not every station.

Public beta opens August 4 at AI4.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Linear issues and Jira tickets weren't designed for AI throughput. 🧵

They show individual work moving faster than ever.

What they don't show is the flow of the whole operation - where bottlenecks form, work piles up, and capacity sits idle.

That's why we built the Lit Factory Floor.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Seeing the system is only useful if you can change it.

The Floor makes the entire operation actionable.

Spot where work is stuck. Bring in the right human. Coordinate agents and automations. Keep the line moving.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

@tldraw Thank you for this wonderful tool! Giving my agents the ability to express through "whiteboarding" feels almost magical!

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

AI agents are creating more work. But who can see the whole operation?

Introducing the Lit Factory Floor: one live control plane for human + AI work.

This animation is the map. Over the next few days, I'll reveal the real product, one part at a time.

Public beta Aug 4.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

Visit us at K715 for a live demo and onboarding.

Start free from anywhere on August 4.

Scale human + AI craft in the world’s first illuminated factory.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

AI agents ship slop in the dark.

Come listen to my talk on scaling human + AI craft at AI4.

August 4 in Las Vegas, the day we turn on the lights and open Lit Factory to everyone.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

From chaos to momentum: connect your apps and agents, see where work stalls, orchestrate the workflow, automate the right parts, and continuously optimize human + AI work without sacrificing craft.

[Zak Mandhro @zakmandhro]

@Houda_nait This feels way more natural than what we’ve experienced so far. Looking forward to using this!