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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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Finishing is the ripest for disruption. AI has also begun to play a bigger role in the construction supply chain, production scheduling, labor management, insurance and financing, risk assessment etc. According to UN forecasts, the number of people living in cities is expected to double by 2050, growing from 3.5

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Mistaking performance for competence

TechCrunch

” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. Kelly Chen, DCVC: Robotics startups have an additional layer to their banking relationship, typically tying equipment financing and other debt structures to banking.