{
  "id": 660770,
  "title": "AI code-testing startup Blacksmith raised a $45M Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a $550M valuation, up from $60M after it raised a $10M Series A in 2025 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ai-code-testing-startup-blacksmith-raised-a-45m-series-b-led-by-peak",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-12T11:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/blacksmiths-valuation-jumps-10x-to-550m-as-ai-coding-fuels-software-validation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}