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Blacksmith hits $1B valuation with $66M Sequoia-led Series C
The CI startup's valuation nearly doubled in two months as AI coding agents push weekly jobs on its platform past 90 million.
Jaeden SchaferEditor in Chief4 min read
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Ringg raises $10M from Peak XV to push voice AI past the call center
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Blacksmith raises $45M Series B at $550M valuation as AI code testing booms
The code-validation startup's valuation jumped nearly 10x in under a year as AI-generated code overwhelms testing pipelines.
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Vapi hits $500M valuation after Amazon Ring picks it over 40 AI voice rivals
Peak XV led a $50M Series B after Ring routed 100% of inbound calls through Vapi, which now processes up to 5M calls a day.
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