Interview

October 27, 2023

Meet the startup using AI to automate code for Citi and JPMorgan

GenAI is not the best way to automate writing code, as Diffblue’s client list shows


Tim Smith

3 min read

As generative AI fever has swept the tech world, one of the most hyped use cases has been the ability for large models to write computer programmes. French startup Poolside recently raised a $126m seed round to build a ChatGPT-like system trained on code.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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