Testkube, a continuous testing platform born from an open-source project, has secured $8 million in Series A funding to expand its mission of helping enterprises deliver software at scale without sacrificing quality. The round was led by existing backers Ratmir Timashev, co-founder of Veeam Software, and global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from early seed investors who are doubling down on their conviction in the company’s approach.
The funding comes at a time when artificial intelligence is dramatically accelerating the pace of software creation, but also magnifying the complexity of testing. While AI has improved speed and automation in development pipelines, it has exposed bottlenecks around quality assurance, which traditional testing and CI/CD tools struggle to address.
“AI is rewriting the rules of software development, yet it also makes testing significantly harder,” said Dmitry Fonarev, CEO of Testkube. “Testkube gives developers and platform teams the confidence to ship fast without sacrificing reliability – because untested software is unsafe software.”
Testkube’s traction has grown quickly, with its platform already powering more than 100 million automated tests for organizations including Adobe, Siemens, Volvo, and Cloudflare, as well as for financial services, healthcare, and government institutions. What began as a way to simplify testing on existing on-premises infrastructure has matured into an enterprise-grade control plane with a Kubernetes-native agent.
The platform enables companies to synchronize diverse testing strategies – API, end-to-end, load, security, and AI-behavior testing – directly into Kubernetes workflows. It orchestrates popular frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, k6, and Postman into heterogeneous, automated pipelines, providing a unified layer of visibility and control across environments, microservices, and CI/CD stages.
Ole Lensmar, CTO and co-founder of Testkube, highlighted how AI is changing not only what software is built, but how it is built. “Development is becoming more autonomous, code is being generated by machines, and decisions are happening faster than humans can follow. That makes continuous testing the ultimate safety net,” he said. “Testkube is the layer that ensures every change, whether human or AI-generated, is tested before reaching production.”
Keeping Testing in Step With AI
For investors, the appeal lies in addressing what they view as the next major bottleneck in software delivery. “Cloud-native development and AI have changed the tempo of software creation,” said Mike Triplett, Managing Director at Insight Partners. “Testkube is addressing the next big bottleneck, helping ensure that testing keeps up with AI’s acceleration.”
Beyond orchestrating today’s testing tools, Testkube is also embedding AI capabilities into its platform. Intelligent test orchestration will help teams decide which tests to run at which stage, automated remediation will suggest fixes for failed tests, and adaptive performance testing will fine-tune load configurations in real time. According to Timashev, this ensures the gains from AI-driven velocity don’t create a “false sense of progress” by ignoring reliability.
Founded in 2023 as a spin-off from cloud-native incubator Kubeshop, Testkube is positioning itself as a flexible, non-disruptive layer for enterprises that want to scale test automation without abandoning their existing tools. With fresh funding in hand, the company plans to accelerate development of its AI-driven features and strengthen its role in helping enterprises navigate a future where testing becomes not just a checkpoint, but an ongoing, automated safeguard for modern software.
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