Let’s be real, every developer’s been there—staring at a new codebase like it’s some kind of alien hieroglyphics. 😅 Sure, we’ve got best practices, but untangling someone else’s spaghetti code? That’s a whole other story. That’s where Unblocked comes in, dreamed up by Dennis Pilarinos to slice through the chaos with a little AI magic.
Pilarinos? Yeah, he’s no rookie. After clocking time at Microsoft and Amazon, plus selling a continuous integration platform to Apple, he’s pretty much seen it all. ‘Developers are burning hours just to find basic info,’ he points out. Unblocked digs into code, data, and even those endless team chats to spit out answers before you can say ‘stack overflow.’
Here’s the kicker—it plays nice with Slack, Jira, and friends, tackling questions from ‘Where’s the user metrics stuff?’ to ‘Who was the last person to mess with this module?’ But wait, there’s more. It’s not just about answering questions; Unblocked’s growing into testing and triage, already saving folks at Drata a couple hours each week. (That’s more time for coffee, right?)
With a cool $20M Series A round led by B Capital and Radical Ventures, Unblocked’s now sitting on $30M. Rob Toews from Radical Ventures is betting big on a future where AI’s cranking out code left and right, making tools like Unblocked not just handy, but downright essential. Because let’s face it, if AI’s writing the code, someone’s gotta understand it.
