AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x

As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code. Blacksmith has raised a new $45 million round to capitalize on that shift.

Founded in 2024, Blacksmith helps companies build, test, and verify software before it reaches production. The startup now serves more than 5,000 customers, including Mercury, Supabase, Clerk, Ashby, and Expensify, up from more than 700 customers less than a year ago, co-founder and CEO Aditya Jayaprakash said in an exclusive interview.

AWS Continuum integrates with Codex and Claude Code

Amazon Web Services is threading its AI-powered security infrastructure directly into the coding environments built by two of its fiercest rivals — and in doing so, it is making a bold bet that controlling the security layer matters more than controlling the model.

AWS announced at Black Hat USA 2026 this month that its Continuum platform for code vulnerabilities will integrate directly into Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, alongside AWS's own Kiro IDE.

Kestra IS THE N8N KILLER!

WorldofAI demonstrates how to integrate Kestra with AI agents to create reliable, human-in-the-loop automation workflows. By leveraging YAML-based configurations and native integrations with services like GitHub, users can manage predictable tasks alongside AI-driven reasoning, ensuring critical actions only proceed after manual review and approval.

LFM2.5-2.6B model brings powerful AI agents to small devices

Earlier this week, the AI startup Liquid, formed in 2023 by former MIT computer scientists, debuted LFM2.5-2.6B, a new open-weight language model designed specifically for agentic workloads. 

In release materials and a recent interview with VentureBeat, Liquid's researchers said LFM2.5-2.6B can run entirely on local hardware — from smartphones and laptops down to a Raspberry Pi — without relying on cloud inference or GPUs, unlocking edge AI applications and giving more options to enterprises working in regulated industries or with sensitive information they don't want to send up to the cloud.

AI startup Hark unveils first product

Hark, the secretive AI startup founded earlier this year by serial entrepreneur and roboticist Brett Adcock, today announced Handoff, a "computer use agent" (CUA) that it says is among the top-performing in the world at navigating the open web on a user's behalf — ordering dinner on DoorDash, booking flights on United and Delta, or messaging job candidates on LinkedIn — all autonomously, end-to-end.

Qwen 3.8 Max IS OUT!

WorldofAI explores the capabilities of this large-scale model, focusing on its performance in coding, research, and long-horizon reasoning. The review examines its multimodal functionality and utility in generating 3D assets, web applications, and interactive simulations, while demonstrating the test-sprite CLI tool as a mechanism for verifying agent-driven code outputs.

Your agent needs a computer, not a container

The @cloudflare/computer package provides an agent runtime where the details and mechanics of what code runs in an isolate, a container sandbox, or a web browser are handled by the platform. Each agent gets a computer, the runtime optimizes for efficiency, and scalability.