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Blacksmith raises $66M Series C at $1B valuation for CI built for AI-written code

Fortune reports, in an exclusive, that Blacksmith raised a $66 million Series C led by Sequoia at a $1 billion valuation, up from $550 million two months earlier. The CI infrastructure startup says it serves more than 10,000 companies and that weekly validation checks rose from 5 million to 90 million this year.

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Fortunefortune.com/2026/10/21/exclusive-ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-hits-1-billion-valuation-as-ai-written-code-surges/

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

07:00
Fortune
Exclusive: AI code-testing startup Blacksmith hits $1 billion valuation as AI-written code surges
08:10
Crypto Briefing
cryptobriefing.com/blacksmith-1-billion-valuation-sequoia-series-c/
11:10
Blacksmith
blacksmith.sh/blog/series-c
11:10
Entrackr
entrackr.com/news/blacksmith-raises-66-mn-at-1-bn-valuation-led-by-sequoia-12696481
11:10
FinSMEs
finsmes.com/2026/10/blacksmith-raises-66m-in-series-c-funding.html
14:10
TechCrunch
techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/blacksmith-hits-unicorn-valuation-after-sequoia-leads-series-c/
14:10
Blacksmith
prnewswire.com/news-releases/blacksmith-raises-sequoia-led-series-c-at-1-billion-valuation-to-scale-code-validation-302915140.html
17:10
Pulse 2.0
pulse2.com/blacksmith-raises-66-million-series-c-at-1-billion-valuation-to-expand-ci-infrastructure/
18:40
Ventureburn
ventureburn.com/blacksmith-raises-66m-ai-code-testing-infrastructure/
22:40
SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com/2026/10/21/code-testing-startup-blacksmith-becomes-a-unicorn-after-raising-66m-in-series-c-funding/

Thursday, October 22, 2026

02:10
The SaaS News
thesaasnews.com/news/blacksmith-raises-66m-series-c/

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