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- Developer ToolsTop 50%
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Blacksmith, founded in 2024 in San Francisco, provides a high-speed continuous integration (CI) platform for GitHub Actions.
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Funding history
- 2026-10-21Series C$66M
Investors · Sequoia Capital, Premji Invest, Peak XV Partners, GV, Y CombinatorSource · techcrunch.com ↗
- 2025-09Series A$10M
Investors · GVSource · SVTR Weekly #123
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