Software Testing News

TesterArmy is a YCombinator backed San Francisco- and Warsaw-based startup that provides AI-powered software testing agents. The company, founded in 2026, aims to replace manual test scripting with autonomous AI agents that verify user journeys across web and mobile applications using plain language instructions.

Qyrus is transforming into QyrusAI, a single AI platform that unites application modernization, software testing and autonomous IT operations. QyrusAI brings together Qyrus, the company testing platform, and Qinfinite, its AI-driven modernization and IT operations platform, under one name and one shared model of the enterprise application condition.

kayIQ.ai, an AI test automation and QA platform, has launched with $500,000 in seed funding provided by its founders and technology investor Magis Teknoloji.

Blacksmith, a cloud for validating code through drop-in replacement for GitHub Actions runners, raised a $45 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners, with existing investors Y Combinator and GV also participating. The round values Blacksmith at $550 million.

Tricentis has announced the acquisition of Tabnine, the AI-coding platform purpose-built for secure, context-aware enterprise software development. Tricentis will integrate Tabnine’s Enterprise Context Engine technology into its Agentic Quality Engineering Platform.

London-based Y Combinator startup Meticulous AI that provides automated frontend testing has raised $15 million in a Series A funding led by Chemistry, with participation from Menlo Ventures and a roster of AI industry leaders.