This week’s newsletter is packed with some hot key themes at the moment. Cohesion’s a big deal; tools, teams, and AI-human coding vibes are coming together to make work less messy. AI’s doing the heavy lifting, automating testing, coding, and infra to save time. Workflows are getting slicker, especially for design-to-code and dev tasks.

Keep reading to find out how made headlines last week in the developer tools world.

🏆 Funding Wins

Spur Sparks $4.5M to Perfect Product Testing

Product teams rely on Spur’s AI agents to catch website bugs by mimicking real users, ensuring seamless experiences. They raised $4.5 million in Seed funding, led by First Round Capital with Pear VC, Y Combinator, and Neo. Co-founders Sneha Sivakumar and Anushka Nijhawan, formerly of Figma and DeepMind, have powered clients like Wander to a 23% conversion boost. Funds will scale their platform, letting teams prioritize innovation over manual QA. Since launching in May, Spur’s become vital for customer-centric brands.

Read more at spurtest.com

$2.2M Fuels Sagittal AI’s Dev Acceleration

Neo, Sagittal.ai’s virtual team member, automates software development to cut project timelines drastically. The London-based startup secured $2.2M in pre-seed funding, led by Twin Path Ventures with SineWave Ventures, Fuel Ventures, and angel Husayn Kassai. Co-founders Michael Smith and Jose Palazon serve clients like Telefónica and other European telecom and finance firms, cutting task times to minutes.

“We’ve built Neo on a critical insight: when integrated throughout the development process, even AI that delivers 80% of the solution, creates exponentially more value than perfect AI restricted to a single step. With Neo, you simply assign a task just as you would to any team member, and it delivers results that can be quickly refined rather than built from scratch.” – Michael Smith

Find out more at sagittal.ai

Bauplan Bags $7.5M to Simplify AI Data Work

Handling big data for AI apps gets easier with bauplan’s serverless platform, built on Python for developers. The $7.5M Seed round, led by Innovation Endeavors with angels Wes McKinney and Aditya Agarwal, backs co-founders Ciro Greco, Jacopo Tagliabue, and Mattia Pavoni. Their platform frees teams from Spark and Kubernetes complexity, helping enterprises like MFE-MediaForEurope focus on coding. Funds will enhance their code-first approach, making data pipelines accessible to all developers without infrastructure headaches.

More at Bauplan Blog

+ Wasp raised $3.7M to supercharge its full-stack web dev framework – more on this in our DevTools of the Week section below!

 

🚀 3, 2, 1… Launches

New Dev-Copilot, GitKraken Desktop 11 Arrives

GitKraken Desktop 11 introduces AI-powered Git assistance, streamlining commits and complex commands. Its Commit Explain feature summarizes past changes with Google’s Gemini model, while enhanced Commit Message Generation crafts precise summaries. Senior Product Marketing Manager Jonathan Silva, in the release blog, highlights how it keeps developers focused by automating repetitive tasks. No setup is required, with options to customize via OpenAI or Anthropic API keys. More AI-driven features are coming!

Check out the full release at GitKraken Blog

Morphr Bridges Figma to Flutter with Flair

Flutter developers, Morphr’s latest update streamlines your Figma-to-Flutter workflow with ease. FigmaComponent.widget renders nested components recursively, while FigmaComponent.scaffold brings entire pages to life with minimal code, preserving Figma’s design fidelity. Led by founder Elia Tuccori, Morphr eliminates manual UI coding, letting you stay in your development environment. This powerful UI language accelerates app builds, ensuring cleaner, faster results for Flutter projects. Whether you’re crafting sleek interfaces or complex layouts, Morphr simplifies the process.

Dive into the details at Morphr Docs

Confident AI Boosts LLM Testing Tools

Confident AI (YC W25) is on a roll this year, with a Y Combinator launch in February and an oversubscribed seed round soon after. Co-founder Jeffrey Ip shared last week:

“It’s been one month since Y Combinator demo day ended, and we’ve been shipping non-stop 🚢 🚀.”

Their 10-day launch week kicked off with announcement that they’ve acquired deepeval.com for DeepEval’s documentation and updates. New tools include dataset clustering, LLM tracing, a DAG metric router, and the open-source DeepTeam for LLM safety. Trusted by Microsoft, Confident AI strengthens AI apps. Follow their LinkedIn for more launch week updates this week!

Find out more here on their github page

Terracotta AI Nails Terraform Safety

Congrats to Terracotta AI (YC S23) for their public launch, fueled by hundreds of user interviews and relentless coding by the founding team. Co-founders Carlos Feliciano, Casey Wilcox, and Andy Yu built AI-driven pull request reviews to catch Terraform drift, misconfigurations, and security risks.

“Terracotta provides clear contextual feedback…making our Terraform deployments safe, faster and more transparent.” – From a review

This tool streamlines infrastructure management with ease. The team’s hard work empowers devs to deploy confidently.

Try it out at tryterracotta.com

🔦 DevTools of the Week

Wasp Paves the Way for Web Dev Ease with Cohesion

Since 2020, the Wasp team, led by Matija Šošić and Martin Šošić, has tackled the messy world of web dev, where fragmented tools for front-end, back-end, and databases demand endless boilerplate and risk security gaps, especially with AI-driven coding.

Matija told TechCrunch in a recent interview:

“The whole ecosystem is very modular and granulated…you have to figure out how to paste together, and then also make sure they are both, you know, scalable and secure with everything you set up.”

Their open-source framework, a domain-specific language, unifies React, Node.js, and Prisma and others, slashing code and flagging issues like missing API keys.

After Y Combinator 2021 and a 2023 beta, they’ve racked up 26,000 GitHub stars and serve startups to Fortune 500s.

Last week Wasp announced they have secured $3.7m in funding, bringing the total raised so far to $5.2 million.

In addition, last week’s Launch Week 9 set sights on version 1.0, refining fundamentals, adding modular auth and Drizzle, and releasing a new version with Prisma enums, client-side error detection, and Node.js 20 support.

This team shows no signs of slowing down!

Apps that have been built with Wasp and Open SaaS include, Searchcraft, a devtool for fast, cost-effective search, NaviGo, an accessibility widget for inclusive websites, and Scribeist, for SEO-friendly AI blogging.

Congrats on these milestones Wasp! We can’t wait to see what is next!

Explore their journey here.

🗞️ Acquisitions

SolarWinds Sails Forward with Turn/River Deal

A huge congrats to SolarWinds for finalizing their $4.4 billion acquisition by Turn/River Capital! Led by President and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, the team’s relentless work in observability and IT management paved the way for this milestone. Now private, SolarWinds is set to amplify their solutions for hybrid IT environments with Turn/River’s support. Cheers to the team’s dedication and a bright future of innovation. Read their inspiring story and see what’s next.

Read the full announcement here

HubSpot Welcomes Dashworks to the Fold

Big cheers to Dashworks founders for their acquisition by HubSpot! Their AI search assistant, built to simplify finding answers across apps and documents, earned love from SMBs with 200%+ annualized NDR. Joining HubSpot’s 250,000+ customer ecosystem, the team will enhance AI-driven tools for marketing and sales. Kudos to their five-year journey of innovation. Check out their exciting next chapter.

See the full write-up at dashworks.ai

🌍 May DevTools Events Roundup

May’s buzzing with top-tier devtools events worldwide! From Vilnius to Vegas, these gatherings are perfect for developers and tool-builders eager to connect, learn, and innovate. Here’s the lineup for May 2025—mark your calendars!

📅 May 1, 18:00-22:30 BST Pieces AI Productivity Summit, Virtual

Boost your dev workflow at this virtual summit by Pieces for Developers, diving into AI-driven productivity tools. Expect talks and demos to supercharge your coding. Join the global dev community online! Details at lu.ma

📅 May 1-2 DevOps Days Austin, Austin, Texas

Kick off May with this community-driven DevOps conference, packed with talks on CI/CD, automation, and culture. Austin’s vibrant dev scene awaits—perfect for networking and sharing ideas. Learn more at devopsdays.org

📅 May 2-3 TDX India, Bengaluru, India

Salesforce’s TrailblazerDX hits Bengaluru, offering devs hands-on workshops and sessions on building smarter apps. Connect with India’s tech innovators and level up your skills. Explore it at salesforce.com

📅 May 6 Sonar World Tour, San Francisco, CA

Sonar’s World Tour stops in SF, showcasing tools for cleaner, safer code. Join devs for talks and demos on code quality—ideal for sharpening your devtool game. RSVP at sonarsource.com

📅 May 13-15 Informatica World, Las Vegas, NV

Informatica World brings data and devtool pros together for sessions on integration and analytics. Network with industry leaders and discover cutting-edge solutions in Vegas. Join the buzz at informaticaworld.com

📅 May 20-23 DevDays Europe 2025, Vilnius, Lithuania & Online

This hybrid event (workshops May 20, conference May 21-23) unites devs for talks on DevOps, mobile, and AI. One ticket grants access to DevOps Pro and CyberWiseCon—don’t miss it! Grab your spot at devdays.lt

📅 May 21 Harness.io Developer Experience Summit, Virtual

Harness.io’s virtual summit dives into developer experience, with talks on streamlining workflows and boosting productivity. Connect with global devs and learn practical tips. Register at harness.io

📅 May 22 Code with Claude, San Francisco, CA

Anthropic’s Code with Claude event in SF offers devs a chance to explore AI coding with Claude. Expect hands-on sessions and networking with AI enthusiasts. Learn more at anthropic.com

📅 April 28-May 1 RSA Conference, San Francisco, CA

Kicking off late April, RSA Conference blends security and devtools with talks on DevSecOps and threat detection. Perfect for devs building secure systems—join in SF! Details at events.jfrog.com

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That’s it for this week’s DevTools Newsletter. Cohesion, AI smarts, cleaner workflows, and serious cash flow are driving better dev experiences. Know a tool or event we should cover? Ping natalie@develocity.io. Back next week with more—keep building!

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