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12 Aug 2026, 7:00 PM	TechCrunch	5.0	AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year Blacksmith, a CI and AI code-testing startup, raised a $45M Series B at a $550M valuation, up from $60M in under a year. It serves 5,000+ customers including Supabase, Clerk, and Expensify, and has added Codesmith, an AI agent that auto-fixes failed code checks, on top of its CI platform. Why: If you ship AI-generated code via Cursor, Codex, or Claude Code, validation—not generation—is now your bottleneck; evaluate whether a dedicated CI/testing layer like Blacksmith or built-in options (GitHub Actions, Cursor Automations) fits your pipeline before this becomes a production-quality issue. ci-cd ai-coding-tools code-testing funding

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12 Aug 2026, 7:00 PM

TechCrunch

5.0

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year

Blacksmith, a CI and AI code-testing startup, raised a $45M Series B at a $550M valuation, up from $60M in under a year. It serves 5,000+ customers including Supabase, Clerk, and Expensify, and has added Codesmith, an AI agent that auto-fixes failed code checks, on top of its CI platform.

Why: If you ship AI-generated code via Cursor, Codex, or Claude Code, validation—not generation—is now your bottleneck; evaluate whether a dedicated CI/testing layer like Blacksmith or built-in options (GitHub Actions, Cursor Automations) fits your pipeline before this becomes a production-quality issue.