Blacksmith’s cofounder and CEO Aditya Jayaprakash, in a blog post, said “Since the start of the year, the number of CI (Continuous Integration) jobs run on Blacksmith has grown by 5-10% week over week, as more engineers adopt AI codegen tools.” CI involves certain automated tests that help expedite bug fixes, improve software quality, etc.

Blacksmith says revenue has grown more than tenfold over the past year.

Blacksmith's valuation jumped from $18.84M to $546M in roughly a year, fueled by tenfold revenue growth and surging demand for faster CI