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# Factory Acquires Mentlio to Build Token Efficient AI Agents

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**Published:** 2026-10-09T17:08:49.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

Factory acquired Mentlio to build intelligent and token efficient agent systems at scale\. Founder Ashank Shah and his colleagues from the Y Combinator S26 program are joining Factory to optimize the balance between system intelligence and token usage\.

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