Blacksmith announced a $66 million Series C funding round on October 21, 2026. The round was led by Sequoia and lifts the company's valuation to $1 billion. The platform helps firms run continuous integration (CI) – automated building, testing and merging of code – including code generated by AI. Blacksmith said its annual recurring revenue has grown 17 times and it has processed more than 90 million CI jobs. Customers include Mercury and Granola.
Why it matters
Enterprises can now rely on a better‑funded tool to manage the surge of AI‑written code in their CI pipelines.
