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Blacksmith

Backed byGoogle Ventures
Total raised$13.5M
StageSeries A
Founded2024
Team size11-50
HQSan Francisco, United States
IndustriesSoftware DevelopmentCloud InfrastructureCI/CDDevOpsBare MetalSystems Engineering

About Blacksmith

Blacksmith is a GitHub Action workflows orchestration platform that operates a fleet of bare-metal gaming CPUs designed for running computationally intensive workflows. The company has secured $13.5M in funding from Google Ventures, positioning it as a well-backed player in the infrastructure automation space. By combining specialized hardware with workflow orchestration capabilities, Blacksmith enables developers to execute demanding tasks more efficiently within their GitHub-based development pipelines.

Open positions · 5

Company at a glance

Locations
New York, United States ·San Francisco, United States ·Los Angeles, United States ·New York City, United States ·Verona, United States
Websiteblacksmith.sh
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Founders & Leadership

MT

Michael Tallmadge

Retired

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AS

Aayush Shah

Co-Founder at Blacksmith | Building the fastest way to run CI workloads

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AJ

Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash

Co-Founder & CEO at Blacksmith

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Aditya Maru

Co-Founder at Blacksmith | Building the fastest way to run your CI workloads

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PB

Paul Bardea

Smithing @ Blacksmith

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Other Specialized30%
  • Engineering14%
  • Business Operations14%
  • Sales & Business Development14%
  • Leadership11%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Waterloo
  2. 2.University of Michigan
  3. 3.McGill University
  4. 4.Duke University
  5. 5.New York University

Team Worked At

  • Stripe
  • Datadog
  • Cockroach Labs
  • Superblocks

Team Composition

31 people
  • Engineering2 senior9
  • Entrepreneurship4 senior4
  • Business Development1 senior3
  • Operations3
  • Administrative1
  • Arts and Design1
  • Consulting1
  • Leadership1 senior1

Funding History

Cumulative Funding

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