AI Code Testing Company Blacksmith Valuation Rises to $550 Million
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Blacksmith Completes $45 Million Series B Financing, with Valuation Significantly Up from Less Than a Year Ago. The Company Buys into the Code Testing and Verification Needs That Will Arise Following the Accelerated Programming of AI.
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随着 AI 编程工具加快软件开发节奏,代码测试和上线前验证正成为新的瓶颈。成立仅两年的 Blacksmith 押注这一环节,最新完成 4500 万美元 B 轮融资,估值升至 5.5 亿美元。

估值不到一年接近翻十倍

这轮融资由 Peak XV Partners 领投,老股东 GV 和 Y Combinator 继续跟投。按本轮计算,Blacksmith 估值较不到一年前的 6000 万美元明显抬升。公司累计融资额也增至 5850 万美元。

Blacksmith 创立于 2024 年,主要帮助企业在软件进入生产环境前完成构建、测试和验证。公司称,客户数量已超过 5000 家,高于不到一年前的 700 多家,客户包括 Mercury、Supabase、Clerk、Ashby 和 Expensify。

AI 写代码更快,测试压力同步上升

OpenAI 的 Codex、Anthropic 的 Claude Code 以及 Cursor 等工具,正在降低生成代码的门槛,也让开发团队能更快提交更多代码。但代码生成提速,并不意味着质量验证同步完成。

Blacksmith 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Aditya Jayaprakash 表示,代码验证仍是开发流程中的限制环节,而在 AI 提高产出后,这一压力反而更突出。

  • 本轮融资金额:4500 万美元
  • 本轮估值:5.5 亿美元
  • 累计融资额:5850 万美元

竞争者覆盖云厂商与 AI 工具平台

尽管增长迅速,Blacksmith 所处赛道并不空缺。其竞争对手包括 GitHub Actions,也包括 Cursor Automations,以及 Codex 和 Claude Code 自带的验证能力。亚马逊云、微软 Azure 和谷歌云也提供相关 AI 代码测试服务。

公司称,当前竞争重点在于测试速度和成本。Blacksmith 还表示,未来将把产品从测试与验证延伸到更广泛的编程工具,目标是帮助开发者更快完成编写、验证和合并代码。

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