Companies330 Funding$40.1B Rounds110 ▲5 mo Investors77 Eng roles3942 ● 14 events pending
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Blacksmith

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Blacksmith

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54.4/100
Venture signal
scored above 46% of growth peers
Outlook Stable
Why this score? ↓
Funding
$45M
2026-08-12
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings

Traction

Current round

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_recency (18% of the score).

3 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
54/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
4/100
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Market & funding stage 1 of 3 signals present ▾
Funding stage
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Lifecycle stage
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Latest round stage
series_b observed
Timeline 1 events ▾
  1. 2026-08-12 series_b · $45M

Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 54.4/100 for blacksmith, composed from 2 of 4 components (index v0 cross-signal), discounted ×0.85 for 50% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.9094 0.1819
funding_magnitude 0.3 0.4613 0.1384

Evidence this score rests on

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
$45M series b
announced 2026-08-12 · source ↗
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
No SEC Form D on record.

An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.2

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 662 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention. ▲ 662 Blacksmith – Rowhammer bit flips on all DRAM devices today despite mitigations 2021-11-15 ↗

Raw observations 204 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Blacksmith observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.90
community.hn.max_points 662 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29229200", "title": "Blacksmith – Rowhammer bit flips on all DRAM devices today despite mitigations", "points": 662, "created_at": "2021-11-15"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-11-15 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29229200", "title": "Blacksmith – Rowhammer bit flips on all DRAM devices today despite mitigations", "points": 662, "created_at": "2021-11-15"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-11-15 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29229200", "title": "Blacksmith – Rowhammer bit flips on all DRAM devices today despite mitigations", "points": 662, "created_at": "2021-11-15"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-11-15 normalized 0.20
funding.round.amount_usd 45000000 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-12 normalized 0.90
funding.round.announced_on 2026-08-12 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-12 normalized 0.90
funding.round.lead_investors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-12 normalized 0.90
funding.round.source_url https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/12/blacksmith-raises-45m-aid-ai-code-validation-agentic-development-grows/ observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-12 normalized 0.90
funding.round.stage series_b observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-12 normalized 0.90
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