Infrastructure for the AI Coding Era
Y Combinator — Nov 2, 2026 — talk
Why watch
Y Combinator profiles Blacksmith, a CI/CD infrastructure company that grew 20x by using high-performance gaming CPUs (originally designed for Minecraft and Call of Duty servers) to build faster continuous integration cloud. The startup raised a $66M Series C at $1B valuation. This episode covers how the founders entered DevOps as outsiders, built their infrastructure, and scaled to serve 200 customers with just 30 people. Relevant for developers and founders interested in infrastructure, DevOps, and the intersection of AI coding and CI/CD scaling.