Blacksmith Raises Series C at $1B Valuation as CI Jobs Grow 18x
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-21
Harj Taggar of YC reshared Blacksmith's announcement: the CI-infrastructure startup closed a Series C led by Sequoia at a $1B valuation. Founded in 2024 to make CI faster and less painful, it ran 5 million CI jobs per week in January and now exceeds 90 million. Taggar notes the top end of growth rates for AI-tailwind companies keeps accelerating.
Related event: Blacksmith Raises $66M Series C at $1B Valuation Led by Sequoia(4 posts)→
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