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Blacksmith

Other B2B Software · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2024

A company that helps businesses to conduct their continuous integration (CI) up to twice as quickly and at half the expense MoreLess

A platform designed to accelerate GitHub Actions, providing a drop-in replacement for standard runners. The service leverages high-performance gaming CPUs to deliver significantly faster build and test times, targeting a reduction in CI/CD operational costs for software development companies.

The business model is based on a usage-based pricing structure, offering a more cost-effective alternative to GitHub's native runners. By focusing on performance and cost-efficiency, the company appeals to development teams looking to optimize their workflows and reduce operational expenses.

Keywords: CI/CD, GitHub Actions, developer tools, performance optimization, cloud infrastructure, cost reduction, software development, automation, DevOps, code compilation

Company overview

Blacksmith company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Employees
54
Open positions
12
Dealroom signal
92.1
client focusb2bbusiness modelSaaSsectorYC W24industryEnterprise Software

Valuation & funding

Blacksmith funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES BEquity / VC Aug 2026 $45M $550M Y Combinator · GV · Peak XV Partners
SERIES AEquity / VC Sep 2025 $10M $40M GV
SEEDEquity / VC May 2025 $3.5M $14M Spencer Kimball · Peter Mattis · Y Combinator · Richard Aberman
SEEDEquity / VC Mar 2024 $125K $500K Y Combinator
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Financials

Revenue and workforce over time

Available revenue and workforce history. Fields without reported data are omitted.

YearRevenueGrowthEmployees
2026 $3.5M 0% 54
2025 $3.5M 27
2024 14
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Growth signals

Blacksmith website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Blacksmith is 190K monthly website visits, up 18.8% over the last three months. Blacksmith's team grew 100% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits190K 3-month web change+18.8% 1-year team growth+100%
Monthly website visits30 observations · Feb 2024–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

Blacksmith compared with similar companies

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Talent graph

Blacksmith's talent

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Team profiled 6 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 4 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

6 investors on Blacksmith's cap table

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Seed 5 investors entered at this stage
Y Combinator
GV
Spencer Kimball
Peter Mattis
Richard Aberman
Series A 1 investor entered at this stage

Global footprint

Where Blacksmith has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
2 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States88.9%
🇨🇦 Canada11.1%
2 countries shown

In the news

Latest news about Blacksmith

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Blacksmith

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