TestSprite
Techstars '24Seattle, US · Founded 2024 · Delaware corporation · 24 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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TestSprite automates software testing for back-end and front-end systems using AI, allowing individual developers and DevOps teams to validate code with minimal manual input. The platform reduces the need for manual test plan creation and catches corner cases, compliance issues, and security problems.
Also known as TestSprite
Founders & leadership
TestSprite was founded in 2024 by Yunhao Jiao, Shawnie Shan, and Xiangyi Shan.

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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$9.6M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2024–2025
- $1.5MPre-SeedNov 2024 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
▶$8.1MraisedOct 2025 · 8 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Rui LiExecutive Officer, Director
- Yuval NeemanDirector
- Yunhao JiaoExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $8.1M
- Amount sold
- $8.1M
- First sale
- Oct 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2024
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Sep 2026TestSprite is a Seattle-based company building an AI-driven software testing platform aimed at teams that write code with AI coding assistants. The product performs the work of a dedicated test engineer: it reads a codebase, PRD or API documentation, explores the running application, generates end-to-end test plans, executes them in the cloud against the live app (driving a real browser or calling live APIs rather than mocks), diagnoses failures and proposes fixes. Coverage spans frontend, backend and data flows, and passing tests are retained so that the suite grows as the application evolves.
The platform is delivered through several surfaces that share the same execution engine: an open-source command-line interface published on GitHub and npm (@testsprite/testsprite-cli), an MCP server that plugs into AI IDEs and coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, Antigravity, Kiro, GitHub Copilot and Codex, a GitHub Action/CI integration that can gate pull requests, and a no-code web dashboard. Failure output is returned as a single bundle containing the failing step, screenshots, DOM snapshots, test source, a root-cause hypothesis and a recommended fix, so a human or a coding agent can act on it directly. Additional features include auto-healing reruns when the UI changes, scheduled nightly or weekly runs, retained run history and session video replay.
The company also publishes CoderCup (codercup.ai), a public exercise in which frontier coding agents including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex and Google Antigravity build the same ten-phase application while TestSprite scores each phase against 16–22 end-to-end test plans; the company cites results from it showing that a single AI-assisted change broke 12–25% of previously passing features.
Business model
Self-serve SaaS sold on a monthly or annual subscription with a credit-based usage quota, plus custom enterprise contracts. Distribution is through a free tier, an open-source CLI and IDE/MCP integrations.
Tiered subscription pricing: a Free plan with 150 credits per month and one test list; a Starter plan at $19 per month (first month discounted to $0) with 400 credits, five test lists and five schedules; a Standard plan at $69 per month with 1,600 credits and unlimited test lists and schedules; and a custom-priced Enterprise plan adding API access, custom model training and dedicated support. Annual billing is advertised at a 30% saving.
Traction
The company reports 100,000+ developers and 50,000+ teams using the product as of its current site, up from over 35,000 users reported at the time of the October 2025 seed announcement, when it cited 483% user-base growth in one quarter and 6x growth over three months following the launch of TestSprite 2.0 and its MCP server. The open-source CLI repository has about 3,500 GitHub stars and 170 forks. The product has had five Product Hunt launches since May 2024, was named #1 Product of the Day, and holds a 4.4 rating from five reviews with 4,900 followers.
Latest developments
TestSprite has released its CLI as an open-source project and launched TestSprite 3.0, described as running a fleet of parallel agents to test an application in minutes. It also runs CoderCup, a public leaderboard scoring frontier coding agents against TestSprite-authored end-to-end test plans, where it reports that the cheapest model in the field shipped the most correct app at 89% with verification in the loop.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positions itself as a verification layer for AI-generated code, competing in the AI-native test automation and QA tooling category alongside products such as QA.tech, DogQ, TestMu AI, Testpine and QApilot. Its investors and executives frame it as targeting the testing bottleneck created by AI coding tools such as Cursor, Windsurf and GitHub Copilot, in a market the company describes as exceeding $30–50 billion.
Tests are generated and executed against the live running application rather than mocks, require no hand-written test scripts or selector maintenance, and results are returned as a single actionable failure bundle designed to be consumed by a coding agent. Auto-healing keeps tests valid as the UI changes, passing tests are retained to compound coverage, and the same engine is available through CLI, MCP, CI and a no-code dashboard.
Technology
An agentic testing system that infers application behavior by exploring the running app and reading code, PRDs and API docs, then runs dozens of test agents in parallel in the cloud. It supports frontend browser-driven tests and backend integration test chains, auto-healing of tests when selectors or UI drift, and video, screenshot and DOM capture for evidence. Plans are expressed as plain-language JSON step files validated against a published schema. The platform offers a choice of foundation models (GPT- and Claude-class models depending on plan) alongside a proprietary TestSprite model and optional custom model training.
Go-to-market
Product-led growth via a free tier, an open-source CLI on GitHub, MCP plugins for popular AI IDEs and coding agents, and a GitHub Action for CI. The company markets through Product Hunt launches, the CoderCup public agent leaderboard, and press coverage of its funding.
Individual developers, DevOps teams and engineering organizations seeking self-serve QA and code validation, particularly teams building with AI coding assistants; the company states its users include people at Google, Apple, Adobe, Salesforce, ByteDance, Microsoft and Meta.
Geography
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with hybrid Seattle-based and remote open positions; the cloud product is used by developers and teams globally.
History
TestSprite launched a beta on Product Hunt in May 2024, followed by TestSprite 1.0 in January 2025, TestSprite 2.0 in July 2025, TestSprite 2.1 in March 2026 and TestSprite 3.0 in May 2026. It closed a $6.7 million seed round led by Trilogy Equity Partners in October 2025, bringing total funding to approximately $8.1 million, and subsequently released an open-source command-line interface.
Risks & controversies
Product Hunt reviewers have asked for richer reporting, better scaling and trial access to paid plans, noting that the absence of a trial for paid tiers makes internal adoption decisions harder.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 8
launches, deals, and filingsRelease running a fleet of parallel agents to test an application in minutes.
Positioned as agentic testing for the AI-native team.
TestSprite states it was named #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.
The official TestSprite command-line interface was published as an open-source project on GitHub and distributed via npm as @testsprite/testsprite-cli, supporting setup for eight coding agents including Claude, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, Antigravity, Kiro, Copilot and Codex.
TestSprite announced an oversubscribed $6.7 million seed round led by Trilogy Equity Partners, with participation from Techstars, Jinqiu Capital, MiraclePlus, Hat-trick Capital, Baidu Ventures and EdgeCase Capital Partners, bringing total funds raised to approximately $8.1 million. Proceeds are earmarked for engineering hiring in test generation, AI-powered test healing and intelligent monitoring, and for scaling infrastructure.
$6.7M source ↗
Release accompanied by the company's MCP server, after which the company reported a sharp increase in users.
Described as the first AI agent automating the entire software testing process.
Beta release billed as fully automating software testing end-to-end using AI.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- TestSpritetestsprite.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does TestSprite do?
- TestSprite is an agentic AI testing platform that generates, runs and maintains end-to-end tests for frontend and backend software.
- Who founded TestSprite?
- TestSprite was founded by Yunhao Jiao, Shawnie Shan, Xiangyi Shan in 2024.
- Who are TestSprite's investors?
- TestSprite's investors include Edge Case Capital Partners, Techstars, Trilogy Equity Partners, Baidu Ventures, Firstrock Capital, Hat-Trick Capital.
- How much funding has TestSprite raised?
- TestSprite has disclosed $9.6M raised across 2 rounds.
- Where is TestSprite headquartered?
- TestSprite is headquartered in Seattle, US.













