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Blacksmith raises $66M at a $1B valuation as AI increases testing demand

Blacksmith raised a $66 million Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1 billion valuation, bringing total funding to $125 million. The company says annual recurring revenue has grown 17-fold and its platform has run more than 90 million continuous-integration jobs as AI-generated code increases build and testing workloads.