Blacksmith hits $550M valuation by fixing AI's code testing bottleneck
ai code-testing startup blacksmith raised a $45m series b at a $550m valuation, up nearly 10x since last year, serving 5,000 customers like mercury and supabase.
blacksmith raised a $45m series b led by peak xv partners at a $550m valuation, up from $60m less than a year ago, to automate software testing and validation for teams using ai coding tools. the startup grew its customer base to 5,000, including mercury and supabase, and claims $10m in annual recurring revenue with 30 employees, competing with github actions and aws by offering faster fixes via its codesmith agent. blacksmith plans to expand into a broader suite of coding tools to help developers write, validate, and merge software faster.