Leading generative-AI (Gen AI) software testing platform BlinqIO announced a $5 million funding round, led by Flint Capital and key executives from Silicon Valley. This funding round will assist the first-ever AI test automation engineer in rolling operations across the US and help solve the major lack of test programmers for enterprises globally. BlinqIO is unique for companies and software teams in that test scripts and maintenance are carried out by generative AI without needing any human intervention.
Investors like Flint Capital include Inovia Capital Precede Fund I (led by Patrick Pichette, ex-Google CFO and ex-chair of Twitter), and Raif Jacobs (ex-CFO of Deliveroo), TAL ventures and SeedIL. The company was launched by serial entrepreneurs Tal Barmeir and Guy Arieli, who previously founded Experitest and developed its SeeTest SaaS digital test automation platform, which was eventually acquired by TPG and then rebranded as Digital.ai.
BlinqIO utilizes generative AI and large language modeling (LLM). Its AI test engineer understands requirements and makes decisions on how to execute them, creating test automation code (playwright) and maintaining it autonomously. Plus, the AI test engineer has multilingual capabilities, meaning it works with over 50 different languages, increasing efficiency among websites and apps for banks, travel, airlines, retail, and more.
This funding round is significant as the company plans on opening new US offices, increasing their current staff count of 15. This will help larger enterprises launch products more rapidly through utilizing virtual testers who can operate at scale, 24 hours a day.
KEY QUOTES:
“We are delighted to have received funding from such leading investors in the industry which will enable us to expand operations across the US. BlinqIO is already making waves in the software development sector, removing the test automation bottleneck and providing immediate feedback to developers which enables lightspeed time to market for new software products. This investment will facilitate further market expansion whilst solidifying BlinqIO’s position as a leader in the field of AI-driven autonomous software testing.”
- BlinqIO Co-founder Tal Barmeir
“Flint Capital is very selective when it comes to choosing startups for investment, focusing on companies it is ready to support on their long development journey. BlinqIO is a promising project both in terms of its product—GenAI software testing is in high demand on the market—and its founders, whose capabilities we trust. Tal Barmeir and Guy Arieli are successful founders who have exited with a product in a similar industry. We are confident that our collaboration will be long-lasting and successful.”
- Sergey Gribov, General Partner at Flint Capital
