YC spotlights Blacksmith again: $1B CI cloud betting testing is AI's new bottleneck
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-02
Y Combinator re-shares its profile of Blacksmith (W24), the faster CI cloud betting that testing and validation become the bottleneck as AI coding tools generate more code.
- 20x growth in the past year; $66M Series C at a $1B valuation
- Non-DevOps founders started on gaming-class CPUs rented from Minecraft/Call of Duty server hosts
- Team of 30, cutting CI waits from minutes to seconds
- Chapters: gaming CPUs for CI, winning investors and developers, scaling CI for the AI coding era
Related event: CI Cloud Blacksmith Raises $66M Series C at $1B Valuation(4 posts)→
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