Early Raises $5M to Transform Software Development
Read the Tech Crunch article about Early's funding and investors.
We are excited to announce that Early has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Zeev Ventures with the participation of Dynamic Loop Capital. We are dedicated to letting developers ship high-quality and bug-free code, faster than ever while we take care of writing high quality, working unit tests on their behalf. EarlyAI lets you generate tests with a single click, review the generated tests, fix bugs, and see gaps in test coverage.
Everyone is aware of the pain of writing unit tests and still failing to catch bugs, we are not the first ones addressing it. Although, most of them focus on improving processes or creating better tracking tools that does not stop developers from introducing bugs in the first place. At Early, we realized that to make a significant impact in improving software quality, we needed to take a different path. Instead of adding more tasks to developers' already full plates, we decided to remove one of their most time-consuming responsibilities: writing unit tests.
To ensure the quality of our generated tests, we use mutation testing, a process that assesses the quality of the generated tests by introducing small changes (“mutations”) to the code and verifying that the tests catch these changes. This ensures the generated tests are comprehensive and highly effective at detecting potential issues.
Early’s Vision is to redefine software development, quality and possibilities by liberating developers from bugs.
The software industry has long grappled with the challenge of maintaining code quality. In the US alone, poor software quality in 2022costs $2.41 trillion. We have recently seen how even a simple out-of-bounds exception during CrowdStrike outage caused billions in losses. This staggering figure underscores the critical need for improved code quality and testing practices.
We created EarlyAI because we believe that with new AI technology, we can make a tool that changes how we approach code quality. We plan to take on the whole job of creating tests, acting as the AI test engineer working alongside every developer. This will not only help developers avoid bugs but also free up their time and mental energy to focus on the creative aspects of coding that truly drive business value. It is the first step in our vision to reshape the software development landscape.
Future Plans
With this funding, we plan to create even better product and experiences for developers, speed up our work on supporting more languages, IDEs and types of testing. And this is just the start, with the best-in-class team, we aim to become an AI agent for test generation and code quality, relieving developers from bug fixing altogether, and our starting point is far off from any solution that exists today.
We have already made substantial progress since the soft launch in August, having created over 35,000 unit tests and more than 3,000 developers who installed our VSCode extension. And the numbers keep growing.
To know more about why we started Early and our vision, read here.
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The best part about EarlyAI is it is built for anyone and everyone who has touched code. Whether you are a developer, a tech leader, or an indie hacker- Try EarlyAI today and let us know your feedback. We are working hard to improve the experience for you, your feedback and support mean the world to us.
We are excited about what is ahead and thankful for the trust our investors, users, and supporters have placed in us.
You code, leave the Test to us!