Dark Factories: Why Your AI Coding Setup Is Already Outdated

You're using Copilot. Maybe you've tried Cursor or Claude Code. But what if that's already the tail end of the AI wave? In this episode, Romain sits down with Christian Weichel, CTO and co-founder of Ona (formerly Gitpod), to explore 'dark factories' — autonomous AI agents that pick up work, write code, open PRs, and ship fixes while you sleep. No laptop required. Chris shares how his team of ~20 engineers went from 450 open pull requests to a streamlined, auto-approving system — all while staying SOC 2 compliant. He walks through the 3 stages of AI in the SDLC (better autocomplete →…