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Test automation platform Tricentis acquires SeaLights

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Tricentis, the well-funded test automation platform that helps developers find bugs in their code (now with the help of AI, of course), today announced that it has acquired SeaLights, a startup that makes the automated testing process more efficient by focusing only on the code that has changed.

The two companies did not disclose the price of the acquisition, but it’s worth noting that SeaLights, which was founded in 2015, raised a total of $50 million, including a $30 million Series A round in 2021. The company’s investors include Red Dot Capital, Deutsche Bank, Translink Capital, Shasta Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Cisco Investments, TLV Partners and Wipro Ventures.

“We are thrilled to join forces with Tricentis, the leader in continuous testing and quality engineering,” said SeaLights CEO and co-founder Eran Sher, who will join Tricentis as EVP and general manager, Quality Intelligence. “This acquisition marks a significant milestone in our journey, enabling us to expand our reach and impact. Together, we will transform the way organizations approach software quality, making it more intelligent, efficient, and reliable. Our combined expertise will drive the next generation of quality intelligence, setting a new standard for the industry.”

At its core, SeaLights continuously checks if any code has changed and maps tests to those changes. Using machine learning, the company’s platform then also tries to quantify how risky those changes are and ensures that the new code is covered by a testing solution.

Tricentis will integrate these capabilities to provide its users with what it calls “AI-enabled quality intelligence,” including test impact analysis, quality risk management and root cause analysis.

“Tricentis pioneered the quality intelligence category with robust coverage for SAP environments, and the additional capabilities of SeaLights further extends the dominance of our comprehensive quality intelligence solutions to a wide array of applications and environments,” said Tricentis CEO Kevin Thompson.

This marks Tricentis’ seventh acquisition. It’s last acquisition was Waldo, which the company announced last July.

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