Diffblue funding news – UK-based Diffblue Secures £1M in Grant Funding from Innovate UK

Diffblue is part of the ITEA GENIUS project, which is geared towards Generative AI for the software development life cycle, and will be used to refine its product which automates the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

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Diffblue is using reinforcement learning a machine learning technique, to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its AI tools. Unlike traditional large language model (LLM)-based solutions, Diffblue’s approach focuses on learning from real code execution in an effort to produce more reliable outputs and a reduction in hallucinations . The company’s flagship product, Diffblue Cover is designed to autonomously generate high-quality unit tests.

By automating this critical but time-consuming part of the SDLC, Diffblue aims to help development teams save time reduce human error, and improve software quality.

Peter Schrammel, CTO and co-founder of Diffblue said, "We are excited to receive this grant from Innovate UK and to work with our partners on the GENIUS project, AI is rapidly changing the way software is developed, and at Diffblue, we are channeling this shift to bring scalable development solutions to enterprises so they can innovate with greater speed and confidence."

The GENIUS initiative, a multi-country collaboration, brings together a consortium of industry leaders and academic institutions including Siemens, Fraunhofer, Philips, Vaadin and Ontario Tech University.

The project’s aim is to explore the potential of generative AI in addressing the inefficiencies of manual software engineering processes and accelerating the adoption of AI technologies across the software industry.

About Diffblue

Diffblue Cover is an AI agent for automating the generation, maintenance and management of java unit tests. This enables developers to focus on building out high quality code while the Diffblue Agent has the unit testing Covered.