- Autify announced Monday launched its beta version of Zenes, an AI agent for software quality assurance tailored for customers in the U.S.
- The startup has partnered with LG CNS, an IT service unit of LG Corp, to expand into the Korean market, along with its core markets, the U.S. and Japan.
OUR TAKE
With the advent of generative AI, AI applications are transforming and reshaping various industries and changing how people work. Software development is no exception. The software development process and its quality assurance will redefine AI through generative expression.
–Revel Cheng, BTW reporter
San Francisco- and Tokyo-based startup Autify has built an autonomous AI agent for software quality assurance to help software engineers complete code quickly, streamline workflows and increase productivity.
What happened
San Francisco- and Tokyo-based startup Autify has built an autonomous AI agent for software quality assurance to help software engineers complete code quickly, streamline workflows and increase productivity. In other words, it’s built an AI QA engineer for software engineers.
Autify announced Monday that it had closed a $13 million Series B round and rolled out its beta version of Zenes, an AI agent for software quality assurance tailored for customers in the U.S.
Zenes “generates test cases by analysing product requirement documents, writes automated test codes and maintains the test codes automatically,” according to the company. The company claims that Zenes significantly reduces the time to create test cases by 55%, a feature that sets it apart in the market.
Users can upload their product requirement documents in various formats, including .html, .pdf, .docx, and .md. The agent then generates a set of outlined test cases covering the product specs. Users can edit these test cases in order to improve the accuracy of the following steps. After any edits have been made, Zenes generates automated test codes.
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Why it’s important
In 2016, two former software engineers, Ryo Chikazawa (CEO) and Sam Yamashita, co-founded Autify after experiencing first-hand the pain points of software testing length.
In addition to its expansion in the U.S., Autify has partnered with LG CNS to enter the Korean market, underscoring its strategic growth beyond its core markets of Japan and the United States. With a growing roster of clients across 16 countries and a team that has tripled in size since 2021, Autify is poised to redefine software quality assurance with its pioneering AI technologies.
“We believe that AI is not here to replace humans. It’s here to enhance human capability so that we can be more creative. The software development process and its quality assurance will be redefined with generative AI,” Chikazawa said.
Autify did not disclose the number of customers but said it offers its services in 16 countries now, up from two countries in 2021, when it raised its Series A.
