4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (1657+ words) For decades, software ate the world. Venture investors chased companies that could grow without factories, supply chains, or machines. Hardware was almost a dirty word. But now, Silicon Valley is getting physical. Venture capital investment in global robotics and physical…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (498+ words) Ido Bronstein learned how to turn messy data into usable intelligence inside the Israeli military. Now he wants to do the same for companies trying to make artificial intelligence work. Upriver, the startup he cofounded with Omri Lifschitz, has raised…...

5+ day, 18+ min ago  (606+ words) The backlash against rising AI costs is growing, and now investors are pouring cash into startups that help save companies from that sticker shock. These startups, known as AI-routing companies, help developers direct their tasks to different AI models. They…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (754+ words) Legal tech giant Harvey is racing to help lawyers work faster. Startup Fearn wants to help inventors get further before they ever call a lawyer. The startup has raised $5. 5 million to build AI software that lets inventors draft patents themselves....

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (754+ words) Over the past few days, some Silicon Valley tech founders have taken to the internet to publicly roast the venture capitalists they once pitched. The kefuffle began last week when Greg Isenberg, the host of "The Startup Ideas Podcast," posted…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (115+ words) Business Insider Business Insider's Seed 40 list highlights women who have a knack for turning young companies into successful businesses. The list of the best women early-stage investors is a companion to BI's annual Seed 100. Nisha Dua, managing partner and co-founder…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (663+ words) The biggest promise of artificial intelligence in law is not that lawyers will work faster. It's that companies will need fewer of them on the outside. Wordsmith, a startup built around that bet, has raised $70 million in new funding to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (347+ words) Roughly three years into the generative AI boom, companies are allocating big budgets for AI tools but struggling to put them to work. The two-year-old startup Unframe has raised $50 million in Series B funding to bridge this gap. The latest…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (347+ words) Tilt, a live shopping auction app that says it uses AI to make selling online faster and easier, has raised $26 million in funding. The London-based startup, founded in 2021 by ex-Revolut employees Abhi Thanendran and Neil Shah, has raised $50 million to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (520+ words) People have vibe-coded apps for all sorts of tasks, from nutrition planning to babysitting gigs to grocery shopping. Soon, you may be able to vibe-code your home design. That's the idea behind Drafted, a nine-month-old startup that uses AI to…...