--- title: AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps... description: Blacksmith, a startup providing CI infrastructure and AI-driven code testing/validation, raised a $45 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-s-valuation-jumps-almost-10x-in-less-than-a-year-bbbkrwprm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year | daily.dev og:description: Blacksmith, a startup providing CI infrastructure and AI-driven code testing/validation, raised a $45 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-s-valuation-jumps-almost-10x-in-less-than-a-year-bbbkrwprm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BBBkrwprm.png og:image:alt: AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Blacksmith, a startup providing CI infrastructure and AI-driven code testing/validation, raised a $45 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550 million valuation, up nearly 10x from its $60 million valuation less than a year ago. The company has grown from 700 to over 5,000 customers, including Mercury, Supabase, Clerk, Ashby, and Expensify, and revenue has grown more than tenfold to 'tens of millions of dollars' with a team of about 30. Blacksmith started as a CI cloud provider and has expanded into Codesmith, an AI agent that automatically fixes failed code checks, positioning itself against competitors like GitHub Actions, Cursor Automations, and cloud providers' native AI testing tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much funding did Blacksmith raise in its Series B round and what is the company now valued at? Blacksmith raised a $45 million Series B round led by Peak XV Partners, valuing the company at $550 million. That's up almost 10x from the $60 million valuation it had less than a year earlier during its $10 million Series A. Existing investors GV and Y Combinator also participated, bringing total funding to $58.5 million. _Teams choosing a CI and code-validation platform can follow funding and product shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### What does Blacksmith's Codesmith product do? Codesmith is an AI coding agent from Blacksmith that automatically fixes failed code checks. It extends Blacksmith's original CI cloud offering, which runs software builds and tests to validate code before production, into a broader suite aimed at helping developers write, validate, and merge software faster. _Developers evaluating AI agents for CI fixes can track tools like this on daily.dev._ ### Who are Blacksmith's main competitors in AI code testing and CI? Blacksmith competes with GitHub Actions, Cursor Automations, validation features built into OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code, numerous other startups, and AI code-testing services from AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Blacksmith says it differentiates on testing speed and affordability, serving over 5,000 customers including Mercury, Supabase, Clerk, Ashby, and Expensify. _Teams weighing CI providers against AI-native alternatives can compare options via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation](https://daily.dev/posts/former-github-ceo-raises-record-60m-dev-tool-seed-round-at-300m-valuation-5tblooavz) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Coval raises $28M to stress-test AI voice agents](https://daily.dev/posts/coval-raises-28m-to-stress-test-ai-voice-agents-61gjl6ez2) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-s-valuation-jumps-almost-10x-in-less-than-a-year-bbbkrwprm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-s-valuation-jumps-almost-10x-in-less-than-a-year-bbbkrwprm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-s-valuation-jumps-almost-10x-in-less-than-a-year-bbbkrwprm"},"datePublished":"2026-08-12T11:01:46.614Z","dateModified":"2026-08-12T11:42:50.118Z","description":"Blacksmith, a startup providing CI infrastructure and AI-driven code testing/validation, raised a $45 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/62ff997a1a0a3b8581245215ad37bd63?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/62ff997a1a0a3b8581245215ad37bd63?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-s-valuation-jumps-almost-10x-in-less-than-a-year-bbbkrwprm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"testing,ai-agents,venture-capital,cicd","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-s-valuation-jumps-almost-10x-in-less-than-a-year-bbbkrwprm#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much funding did Blacksmith raise in its Series B round and what is the company now valued at?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Blacksmith raised a $45 million Series B round led by Peak XV Partners, valuing the company at $550 million. 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