Imagine writing a sequence of steps in plain English, which would represent a list that a human QA tester would take to test an app. Then turning that list into an automated script. This is exactly what testRigor (a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2020 cohort) has done. The seed round was announced by the startup today. It is an early-stage startup.
FlashPoint VC and Y Combinator are some of the investors. PTV, Phystech Ventures, and other individuals are also among them. For a total of $5.1million raised, the company has previously raised a $300,000. angel investment and a $700,000. pre-seed investment.
TestRigor's beauty is that you can simply type in a series, such as Click the Start button or Stop button. The code will be converted into code and run automatically. A report will show whether the application passed or failed.
It will execute your instructions and give you a pass/fail result at the end. If the test fails, the program will tell you the reason and allow you to open a JIRA ticket to fix the problem or show you the steps to reproduce it. [] This is where we actually bring the most value," Artem Golubev, CEO and co-founder of the company, explained.
The company created a Chrome extension to make the process easier. It can record testing steps and create tests automatically based analytics. This will allow the company to determine how users use the app, which allows them to test the most popular features.
The latter is called behavioral testing. He explained that we literally deploy our analytics script into production and then the system will automatically [build tests] based upon how your end users use your application in production.
There are around 100 customers at the company, including Netflix and other Fortune 500 businesses, as well as 22 employees, 12 who were hired this year. Golubev plans to have 30 employees by the end the year. He said that it has been difficult to hire people and that Y Combinator helped him in this area.
I am trying to find solutions to the problem of hiring people. YC was very helpful in this regard. He said that our biggest problem is not being able to hire fast enough. This is something he believes YC has helped with.
He believes it is important to have a diverse workforce, regardless of the challenges he faces in hiring. His 22 employees include around 40% women. He believes that many companies are losing out on talented people due to their biases. He said that people are so biased they miss out on talented people who don't fit their expectations.
Golubev claims that he started pre-COVID as an entirely remote company. He believed that once he received funding like this round, that he would open an actual office. But now, he is determined to be 100% remote and views GitLab as a model as he expands his company.
