Y Combinator
YC-Backed Aviern Is Building Unmanned Cargo Airplanes to Serve 5,000 US Airports
The Y Combinator-backed startup aims to transport 1,000 pounds of freight over 1,000 miles for less than $1,000 per flight. Los Angeles-based aerospace startup Aviern has developed and flown a scaled autonomous aircraft in less than two months as it works toward building unmanned cargo airplanes for commercial freight and defense logistics. The company, part […]
Naïve Raises $28.5M Series A for Autonomous Company Infrastructure
AI agents can build software faster than ever. The harder part is giving them the infrastructure to set up and operate a real business without stitching together dozens of services manually. Naïve has raised $28.5 million in Series A funding, led by Nexus Venture Partners. Y Combinator, Zetta, Liquid 2, and angel investors including Gokul […]
Henry AI Raises $16.5M to Turn 15 Hours of Analyst Work Into 30 Minutes
Henry AI, a commercial real estate startup, has raised a $16.5 million Series A to automate the analyst work behind property deals, cutting a task that once took 15 hours down to 30 minutes of review. The round was joined by Thomson Reuters Ventures, Susa Ventures, 1Sharpe Ventures, Y Combinator, and Coalition Operators. The clearest […]