Blacksmith has raised $10 million in Series A funding, led by Google Ventures, to deliver CI that's faster, more cost-effective, and increasingly observable for engineering teams on GitHub Actions.

The round - closed in just 14 days - includes participation from previous backers and notable angels like Spencer Kimball, CEO of Cockroach Labs, and David Cramer, Co-founder of Sentry.

Blacksmith makes CI faster, more cost-effective, and more reliable by avoiding hyperscaler-based solutions and running GitHub Actions on high-performance hardware with gaming-grade CPUs - tuned for maximum throughput and enhanced with growing observability capabilities. This approach eliminates build bottlenecks, lowers infrastructure costs, and gives teams a clear view into pipeline health. In the AI era, where rapid iteration is critical, Blacksmith keeps development cycles moving - enabling faster validation, safer deployments, and more competitive release schedules.