Sequoia backs Blacksmith to verify code as fast as agents write it
Sequoia Capital · rss · 2026-10-19
Sequoia Capital announces its investment in Blacksmith, founded by JP, Aayush and Maru. The startup builds infrastructure for developers to validate and ship trustworthy code at the speed agents generate it — targeting the trust bottleneck of the AI coding era.
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