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2026 January 21 According to TechCrunch and Fortune, CI cloud company Blacksmith completed the USD 66 million Series C led by Sequoia, with a valuation of USD 1 billion; Premji Invest and Peak XV, GV, YC participated, with a cumulative financing of about USD 125 million. The company said that since the beginning of the year, the amount of CI tasks and ARRs have increased significantly, and AI code writing speed has become a bottleneck (10).
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- techcrunch.com ↗Published Oct 21, 2026
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2026年10月21日，据 TechCrunch 与 Fortune，CI 云公司 Blacksmith 完成 Sequoia 领投的 6600 万美元 Series C，估值 10 亿美元；Premji Invest 及 Peak XV、GV、YC 等参与，累计融资约 1.25 亿美元。公司称自年初周 CI 任务量与 ARR 显著增长，AI 写码提速后验码成瓶颈。