Diffblue, the creator of the world’s first fully-autonomous AI agent for unit test generation, has received a £1m grant from Innovate UK.
The grant comes as part of ITEA project Generative AI for the Software Development Life Cycle (GENIUS), and will accelerate the firm’s enhancements to its AI solutions that leverage reinforcement learning to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability in software development.
GENIUS is a collaborative international initiative focused on bridging the gap between manual-intensive processes and the untapped potential of generative AI.
The project brings together a variety of industry leaders and research institutions across 11 countries, including Siemens, Fraunhofer, Philips, Vaadin, and Ontario Tech University.
Diffblue, in partnership with King’s College London, BT, GoCodeGreen, and other European collaborators, will leverage the opportunity to develop tools and processes that automate challenging software engineering tasks, improve software quality, and accelerate development cycles.
The Oxford-based firm’s flagship product, Diffblue Cover, is said to refine outputs to generate high quality unit tests.
“We are excited to receive this grant from Innovate UK and to work with our partners on the GENIUS project,” said Peter Schrammel, CTO and co-founder of Diffblue.
“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.”