Blacksmith raises $66M Series C at $1B valuation for faster AI-era CI cloud
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-02
Y Combinator profiles Blacksmith (W24), a faster continuous integration cloud riding the wave of AI-generated code.
- Grew 20x over the past year; recently raised a $66M Series C at a $1B valuation
- Founders came from outside DevOps, initially building on high-performance gaming CPUs and servers rented for Minecraft/Call of Duty hosting
- Team of just 30, cutting customer CI waits from minutes to seconds
- Thesis: as agents write more code, fast testing and validation become the new bottleneck
The interview covers how they found the idea and won their first 200 customers.
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