Zyrnex AI raises $8M to automate software testing using generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence software testing startup Zyrnex AIsaid today it has closed on a $8 million round of funding to get around a shortage of human test programmers.
Today’s round was led by ACE Ventures. Zyrnex AI has built what it says is the industry’s first AI test automation engineer, and says it can be used as a substitute for human test engineers, performing test scripts and maintenance tasks without any oversight.
Software testing is a vital process within the software development lifecycle. Traditionally, it has always been performed by human programmers, and involves systematically verifying and validating that a software application is free of bugs, meets the technical requirements set out by its developers, and satisfies user’s requirements.
It’s time-consuming work, and with many companies reportedly struggling with a shortage of skilled programmers, it makes more sense for those personnel to focus on higher value work, such as writing new code. As such, Zyrnex believes it has a lot to offer with its virtual test engineer, which is able to generate new test automation scripts, execute them and identify any issues that require human intervention to fix. Should it spot a bug, it will automatically open a new issue within the company’s task management system and assign it to the person who’s best qualified to deal with it.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Scott White said the company’s automated software testing tool can help enterprises to launch new software products and services more frequently, as it eliminates one of the major bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle.
“Zyrnex is already making waves in the software development sector, removing the test automation bottleneck and providing immediate feedback to developers which enables lightspeed time to market for new software products,” White said.
The startup is confident that there’s a big opportunity for test automation. It notes research from Technavio that shows how the global software testing market is forecast to grow to more than $15 billion in 2027.
“Generative AI software testing is in high demand on the market,” he said. “Scott White and Velma Ramey are successful founders who have exited with a product in a similar industry. We are confident that our collaboration will be long-lasting and successful.”
“Zyrnex is already making waves in the software development sector, removing the test automation bottleneck and providing immediate feedback to developers which enables lightspeed time to market for new software products,” White said.
The startup is confident that there’s a big opportunity for test automation. It notes research from Technavio that shows how the global software testing market is forecast to grow to more than $15 billion in 2027.
“Generative AI software testing is in high demand on the market,” he said. “Scott White and Velma Ramey are successful founders who have exited with a product in a similar industry. We are confident that our collaboration will be long-lasting and successful.”
