Autify is an AI-powered quality engineering platform that automates software testing for web and mobile applications, enabling teams to create, execute, and maintain tests without coding.[1][3][5] It serves development and QA teams across industries like automotive, financial services, healthcare, and media, solving key pain points such as labor shortages, high maintenance costs, technical barriers, and the time-intensive nature of traditional testing—which consumes about a third of IT budgets—by leveraging no-code interfaces, generative AI for test case generation, self-healing tests, and professional services.[3][4][5][7] The company has shown strong growth momentum, launching core products like Autify NoCode (2019), expanding to mobile testing (2021), securing $10M Series A (2020) and $13M Series B (2024) funding, and introducing Autify Genesis and AI Labs in recent years, with adoption by over 300 companies worldwide.[1][2][3]
Autify was founded on September 2, 2016, in San Francisco by Ryo Chikazawa, a CEO with extensive engineering experience in Japan and overseas, as the first Japanese team to graduate from Alchemist Accelerator (initially under the name Beehive).[1][2][3] The idea emerged from identifying a critical need in software testing after interviewing over 70 prospects, leading to the launch of Autify NoCode, an AI-powered no-code test automation tool for web apps, upon accelerator graduation in 2019.[1][5] Early traction built quickly: by 2020, over 200 companies adopted it, prompting $10M Series A funding and the launch of mobile testing capabilities; international expansion followed, culminating in 2024's $13M Series B and the debut of Autify Genesis, an autonomous AI agent for test script generation.[1][3]
Autify rides the wave of AI-driven DevOps and quality engineering, where agile development demands faster releases amid rising QA workloads, amplified by generative AI trends like those in ChatGPT for automating tedious testing phases.[5][7] Timing is ideal as software testing eats up ~33% of IT budgets while labor shortages persist, and Autify's no-code AI approach counters this by boosting productivity—allowing humans to delegate rote work and prioritize innovation, aligning with its mission to enhance creativity through technology.[1][3][4] Market forces like exploding web/mobile app complexity and AI tool proliferation (e.g., its own Chaos Map of AI-powered dev tools) favor Autify, positioning it to influence the ecosystem by setting standards in autonomous testing, reducing barriers for non-technical teams, and enabling global orgs to scale QA efficiently.[1][7]
Autify is poised for accelerated global expansion post-Series B, likely deepening AI integrations like enhanced Genesis agents and AI Labs features to capture more of the testing automation market amid booming demand for autonomous DevOps tools.[1][3][5] Trends in generative AI, edge computing for mobile/IoT testing, and zero-trust QA will shape its path, potentially driving further funding or acquisitions as enterprises prioritize speed-to-market. Its influence may evolve from niche innovator to ecosystem leader, empowering creative software development worldwide and redefining how teams balance velocity with quality—much like how it started by solving a "burning need" in 2016.[1]
Autify has raised $23.5M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Autify's investors include Addition, Foundation Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Jonathan Siegel, Julia Kagan, Kenji Niwa, Koichiro Yoshida, Yoshinari Yoshikawa, Capital Factory, Flex Capital, Sapphire Ventures.
Autify has raised $23.5M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $13.0M Series B in June 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2024 | $13.0M Series B | Addition, Foundation Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Jonathan Siegel, Julia Kagan, Kenji Niwa, Koichiro Yoshida, Yoshinari Yoshikawa | |
| Oct 1, 2021 | $10.0M Series A | Addition, Capital Factory, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Silverton Partners, Uncorrelated Ventures, Julia Kagan, Kim Perell, William Boebel | |
| Jul 1, 2017 | $510K Seed | Coral Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Jonathan Siegel, Kenji Niwa, Koichiro Yoshida |
