Blacksmith Becomes Unicorn with $66M Series C Led by Sequoia

21 Oct 2026, 10:48 pm · 13h ago · 1 min read · TechCrunch AI

Amount

$66M

Stage

Series C

Lead

Sequoia Capital

San Francisco-based AI code testing startup Blacksmith has raised $66 million in a Series C funding round led by Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $1 billion. The platform enables developers and enterprise teams to automatically build and run testing pipelines for AI-generated code. The fresh capital will be deployed to expand its compute capacity across data centers and enhance engineering efforts to support growing enterprise demand. The fundraise comes amid surging adoption of automated coding assistants, positioning Blacksmith to help software teams merge code faster and securely manage increasing volumes of AI-written software globally.