techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/blacksmith-hits-unicorn-valuation-after-sequoia-leads-series-c Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C
Blacksmith's valuation has gone from $60 million to $1 billion in a year, capped by a $66 million Series C led by Sequoia just two months after a Series B that valued it at $550 million. The CI platform says its annual recurring revenue is up 17x and it has run more than 90 million automated code checks, with demand driven by the flood of AI-written code.
— via TechCrunch, Dominic-Madori Davis
