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Blitzy lands $200M round, hits $1.4B valuation

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Cambridge‑based Blitzy closed a fresh financing round that pumped $200 million into the startup, lifting its post‑money valuation to $1.4 billion. The Series C was led by Northzone, with participation from PSG, Battery Ventures, Jump Capital and existing backers such as NFX and Flybridge. Strategic checks arrived from Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Erie Strategic Ventures and BAL Ventures, raising total funding above $232 million.

Blitzy’s platform claims it can generate months of code, run automated tests and validate quality, delivering up to a five‑fold increase in engineering speed for enterprises. Clients such as State Street and QAD have adopted the solution. Co‑founders Brian Elliott, a former Army Ranger and Wove founder, and Nvidia veteran Sid Pardeshi, who holds 27 AI patents, started the firm in 2023.

Blitzy joins a wave of AI‑powered development tools that have attracted multibillion‑dollar valuations, trailing peers like Anysphere and Replit. By targeting legacy codebases in Fortune 2000 firms, the startup positions itself as a strategic cost‑saver for enterprises wrestling with talent shortages. Its latest round gives investors a clear stake in the push to automate software delivery at scale through AI orchestration.