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Seattle-based Gradial, which makes AI agents that automate enterprise marketing workflows, raised a $65 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of $675 million (Kerry Flynn/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 18, 2026

Kerry Flynn / Axios: Seattle-based Gradial, which makes AI agents that automate enterprise marketing workflows, raised a $65 million Series…

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London-based Gigaton, which develops AI to automate industrial control systems for cement, steel, glass and chemical plants, has raised a $26 million Series A round (Mike Butcher/Pathfounders)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 3, 2026

Mike Boucher / Path founders: London-based Gigaton, which develops AI to automate industrial control systems for cement, steel, glass and…

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Miami-based Canals, which uses AI to help distributors automate workflows across sales, customer service and more, raised a $35 million Series A round led by Base10 (Chris Metinko/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 30, 2026

Chris Metinko / Axios: Miami-based Canals, which uses AI to help distributors automate workflows across sales, customer service and more,…

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Triomics, which is building an AI-driven platform to help oncologists automate data-intensive tasks, has raised a $22 million Series B, following a $15 million Series A in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 28, 2026

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Triomics, which is building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists automate data-intensive tasks, has raised a…

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Moment, which develops AI tools to automate fixed income and equity trading technologies, raised a $78 million Series C round led by Index Ventures, with participation from a16z (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The AI paradox: more automation, more humans, more work | Dan Sender Interviews with world-class product…

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Sources: Starbucks shut down an AI program to automate inventory counts nine months after deployment after frequently miscounting and mislabeling items (Waylon Cunningham/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 21, 2026

Waylon Cunningham / Reuters: Sources: Starbucks shut down an AI program to automate inventory counts nine months after rolling it…

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OpenAI partners with Customers Bank to automate finance

By Stacey D. WallsApril 27, 2026

Sam Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank.Courtesy of: Customer BankNearly half an hour into a conference call Friday to discuss first-quarter…

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Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to automate game marketing, raised a $30 million Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing its total funding to $57 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

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New York-based Blossom Health, which makes a "AI co-pilot" to augment psychiatrists’ clinical decisions and automate office tasks, raised $20 million in seed and Series A (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 27, 2026

Lily Mae Lazare / Fortune: New York-based Blossom Health, which is creating an “AI co-pilot” to improve psychiatrists’ clinical decisions…

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Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living knowledge base, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living…

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Browsing: automate

Seattle-based Gradial, which makes AI agents that automate enterprise marketing workflows, raised a $65 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of $675 million (Kerry Flynn/Axios)

London-based Gigaton, which develops AI to automate industrial control systems for cement, steel, glass and chemical plants, has raised a $26 million Series A round (Mike Butcher/Pathfounders)

Miami-based Canals, which uses AI to help distributors automate workflows across sales, customer service and more, raised a $35 million Series A round led by Base10 (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Triomics, which is building an AI-driven platform to help oncologists automate data-intensive tasks, has raised a $22 million Series B, following a $15 million Series A in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Moment, which develops AI tools to automate fixed income and equity trading technologies, raised a $78 million Series C round led by Index Ventures, with participation from a16z (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

Sources: Starbucks shut down an AI program to automate inventory counts nine months after deployment after frequently miscounting and mislabeling items (Waylon Cunningham/Reuters)

OpenAI partners with Customers Bank to automate finance

Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to automate game marketing, raised a $30 million Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing its total funding to $57 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

New York-based Blossom Health, which makes a "AI co-pilot" to augment psychiatrists’ clinical decisions and automate office tasks, raised $20 million in seed and Series A (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)

Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living knowledge base, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)