AI Code Testing Startup Blacksmith Raises $66M at $1B Valuation

24 Oct 2026, 1:21 pm · 21h ago · 1 min read · Indian Startup News

Amount

$66M

Stage

Series C

Lead

Sequoia Capital

AI-powered code-testing infrastructure platform Blacksmith has raised $66 million in a Series C funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The transaction officially elevates the developer tooling startup into the unicorn club with a post-money valuation of $1 billion. Blacksmith builds automated testing workflows and continuous integration environments powered by machine learning to help engineering teams deploy software faster. The company will use the capital to scale its cloud infrastructure, expand its enterprise sales force, and enhance automated code verification capabilities as software development shifts rapidly toward autonomous coding assistants and agentic engineering workflows.