automation technology

Fyto combines automation, robotics so aquatic ‘superplants’ can grow almost anywhere

The company's pilot program showed that farms are able to generate 10 to 20 times more protein per acre and use five to 10 times less water than other crops, like alfalfa.

Who’s liable for AI-generated lies?

Who will be liable for harmful speech generated by large language models? As advanced AIs such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 are being cheered for impressive breakthroughs in natural language processing and

Taxdoo raises $64M to expand from tax compliance to a wider set of financial tools for e-commerce companies

With e-commerce becoming increasingly globalized, a company called Taxdoo, which builds API-based tools to help e-commerce companies with tax compliance and other accounting needs, is announcing a rou

Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets

Sweetgreen is an incredibly well-backed unicorn that just happens to make salads instead of, say, enterprise software.

Monday.com raises $150M more, now at $1.9B valuation, for workplace collaboration tools

Workplace collaboration platforms have become a crucial cornerstone of the modern office: workers’ lives are guided by software and what we do on our computers, and collaboration tools provide a

Led by LA-based March Capital, Astound raises $15.5 million for employee help desk automation services

Astound, a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5 million from investors led by the Los Angeles investment firm March Capital Partners. Previous investo

A people-first view of investing in innovation or entrepreneurs who take people for granted will fail

I have long been fascinated by the promise of the world of autonomous transport. However, as the conversation at a recent event turned to the complexities that autonomous cars might introduce to the u

The future of American jobs lies with the tech industry

When Donald Trump won the election, many in Silicon Valley were flummoxed: "How could a bigoted billionaire with no government experience and a twitchy Twitter trigger finger win the U.S. presidential

Technology can’t replace the human touch

Everywhere you turn these days, there’s talk of automation replacing people. Technology is surely advancing at a rapid rate, and in today’s click-driven media environment, sensationalism s

The diagnosis and the cure of automation

I was challenged recently to “name one job in the future that won’t be automated.” I was stumped. I couldn’t think of one job that someday won’t be dehumanized. That got me thinking about th

The automation of design

Murphy’s Law decrees: “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” For any of us whose livelihood depends on our labor, things going wrong could mean: “Anything that can be automated, will be