Unblocked raises $20M for AI to help devs understand codebases

Every developer has their own unique style of writing code. Despite companies establishing best practices and drawing up documentation, it can be hard for developers to understand someone else’s codebase. To solve this problem, Dennis Pilarinos built a tool called Unblocked — an AI-powered assistant that answers contextual questions about lines of code. Pilarinos is a seasoned professional at building developer tools. He has worked as a director at Microsoft and Amazon, working on Azure and Amazon Web Services. Later, Pilarinos built a continuous integration platform for remote teams called Buddybuild, which was acquired by Apple in 2018, and he also worked at Apple for around two years on the Xcode Cloud platform. “Developers trying to get the information they want is quite painful and time-consuming,” Pilarinos told TechCrunch in a phone interview. “We wanted to use all the data, code, and tribal knowledge of conversations to present developers with easy answers.” Pilarinos added ... Read full article.