Lightrun Raises $70M to Fight the Dark Side of AI Coding

Bugs just got more expensive. Lightrun, an Israeli startup, has secured $70 million to tackle a peculiar side effect of AI coding: more code means more crashes.

The company's Runtime Autonomous AI Debugger spots and fixes problems before they cause havoc. It works by simulating how new code will behave alongside existing systems, then tweaking it automatically to prevent crashes.

Major players have taken notice. Microsoft, Salesforce, and even the New York Stock Exchange count themselves among Lightrun's clients. Accel and Insight Partners co-led the round, bringing total funding to $110 million.

The timing couldn't be better. AI coding tools are churning out more lines of code than ever, but fixing bugs remains stubbornly manual. As Lightrun's CEO Ilan Peleg puts it, "Code is becoming cheap but bugs are expensive."

Why this matters:

• The AI coding boom has a hidden cost: 30-60% of production issues now stem from code problems, whether written by humans or machines
• Lightrun's approach flips the script: instead of waiting for crashes, it predicts and prevents them - like having a traffic cop who stops accidents before they happen

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