Peak XV Partners leads the round as Blacksmith grows from 800 to more than 6,000 customers amid surging demand for faster code validation. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Blacksmith, a ...

For years, writing code was the slow part of shipping software. With AI coding agents now producing a large and growing share of the world's code, the burden has changed from writing code to ...

Code-testing startup Blacksmith hits a $1 billion valuation after a $66 million Sequoia-led Series C, two months after its $550 million Series B.

Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round led by Sequoia that values the company at $1 billion.

July 21, 2025 at 7:15 a.m. EDT44 minutes ago Beatrix Lockwood spoke to Caitlin Morris. Illustrations by Maya Scarpa for The Washington Post. Caitlin Morris is the owner of Ms. Caitlin’s School of ...

Joe Grantham is a Staff Writer from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With ...

The Blacksmith is just one of several NPCs that you can encounter in the game world. Before you unlock his functions, you must first rescue him as part of a quest called Travel Through the Shroud. The ...