Blacksmith raises $66M Series C led by Sequoia at $1B valuation
Blacksmith, which runs infrastructure companies use to build and test software including code written by AI, announced a $66 million Series C led by Sequoia Capital that values it at $1 billion, as reported by TechCrunch and Fortune. The round came about two months after a $45 million Series B at a $550 million valuation, and roughly a year after a $10 million Series A at $60 million, bringing total funding to $125 million. The company, whose customers it lists as Mercury and Granola, also said annual recurring revenue has grown 17-fold and that it has run more than 90 million CI jobs; co-founder and CEO Aditya Jayaprakash said most companies are struggling to keep up with the volume of CI they need to run as more code is written by AI.
The deal shows continued investor interest in tooling that tests AI-generated code, with Blacksmith's valuation roughly doubling two months after its Series B.
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10:18 AM PDT · October 21, 2026

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