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The White Collar Revolution

Tomasz Tunguz

Code completion, generation, refactoring, security analysis Education & Librarians 2.37 AI CAD, construction, permitting Accountants & Auditors 1.38 AI radiology, drug discovery, research analysis Finance 1.13 Public & private company diligence, compliance analysis Marketing & PR 0.9 Sales Managers 0.4

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Investors discuss how labor shortage is shaking up the construction tech stack

TechCrunch

Construction as an industry has evolved with civilization through the ages. Construction’s digital transformation journey is only just beginning, and the sector offers a ton of space for innovation. To get a clear picture of where construction tech stands today, we spoke with five active investors in the space.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

In data analysis you want to look for “primary&# research, which means the person who initially gathered the data. Believing your own hype: And this data subtly sinks into the psyche of your company. 13% of GDP is construction – the largest industry. It becomes folklore. And then I triangulate.

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Fuel Me Raises $18 Million Series A Round

HPA

Focusing on mission-critical energy needs across industries like data centers, construction, and transportation. Offering fuel inventory monitoring, data analysis, and reporting, Fuel Me ensures seamless fuel management for its customers.

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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

TechCrunch

Recent traction includes companies working in the construction, property management, sports and hospitality industries. By verification of insurance, we mean confirming that a company is actually insured and not just pretending to be.). ” TrustLayer’s long-term goal is to work with dozens of the largest brokers and carriers in the U.S.

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PassiveLogic, which creates digital twins of building systems, raises $15M

TechCrunch

London-based SenSat creates digital twin models of locations for construction, mining, and energy projects. But digital twin technologies share the same limitations, chief among them inaccurate modeling in the presence of inaccurate data. Indeed, the models are only as good as the data that’s used to develop them.

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Startup Trends from YCombinator's Demo Day

Tomasz Tunguz

This increase in activity seems to be driven by advances in data analysis for drug discovery and novel sensors. Healthcare companies, those focusing on drug discovery or deeper diagnostics have notably risen in number in 2015. Looking into consumer YC startups more deeply, a few salient trends emerge.