Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales

Qodo, a startup developing AI agents for code review, testing, and governance, raised a $70 million Series B round led by Qumra Capital, bringing its total funding to $120 million. The company addresses the emerging bottleneck in software development: verifying the reliability and security of the billions of lines of code generated monthly by AI tools like OpenClaw and Claude Code. Unlike tools focusing only on code changes, Qodo analyzes how changes affect entire systems, incorporating organizational standards and risk tolerance. Founder Itamar Friedman was inspired by his experience automating hardware verification and observing AI's evolution, concluding that code generation and verification require fundamentally different systems. Despite 95% of developers distrusting AI code, only 48% review it consistently. Qodo differentiates itself through performance, recently ranking first on Martian’s Code Review Bench, and by introducing tools that learn an organization's specific definition of code quality. The company already serves major enterprises including Nvidia, Walmart, and Red Hat, positioning itself for the next phase of AI development: moving toward stateful systems and "artificial wisdom."

(Source：TechCrunch)