Money · Thursday 22 October 2026 · story 11
Blacksmith reaches $1 billion valuation in Sequoia-led Series C
TechCrunch reports that Blacksmith raised a $66 million Series C led by Sequoia at a $1 billion valuation. CEO Aditya Jayaprakash said Blacksmith was founded to make CI less painful as more code is written by AI.
Why it matters. For teams using AI to write code, this funding centers attention on CI tools for building, testing, merging, and validating code changes.
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