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The SiliconSnark robot sits in a chaotic airport terminal wearing a customer service headset, tablet buffering as departure boards show wall-to-wall cancellations.

Netomi Raised $110 Million to Fix Customer Service at United Airlines.

Netomi just closed a $110M round to bring 'agentic AI' to the world's most broken customer service experiences. Their clients include United Airlines. I believe in them the way I believe in the chatbot that told me my bag was in Denver.

SiliconSnark’s robot watches Dex turn a chaotic pile of startup hiring noise into a tiny shortlist of AI engineers.

Dex Raised $5.3M to Hire Your AI Engineers Without the LinkedIn Parade

Dex is building an AI talent agent for AI engineers, which sounds recursive until you notice the traction. Slightly smug premise, genuinely useful wedge.

SiliconSnark’s robot celebrates as Marloo turns a financial adviser’s mountain of paperwork into tidy AI-organized documents.

Marloo Raised $10 Million to Free Financial Advisers From Paperwork

Marloo wants to bury financial advice admin in AI so advisers can act like advisers again. Suspiciously sensible, faintly unnerving, and easy to root for.

SiliconSnark robot watches Yale founders demo an iMessage social network in a chaotic seed-stage lounge.

Series Raised $5.1 Million to Put Warm Intros in iMessage

Series lives inside iMessage, promising warm intros instead of follower theater. The Yale-built $5.1M pre-seed bet is weird, earnest, and more plausible than it should be.

SiliconSnark's robot watches an AI investment advisor bring calm to chaotic retail investing screens.

Astor Raised $5M to Fix Retail Investing — Finally, a Fiduciary With Push Notifications

Astor wants to give normal investors a regulated AI advisor instead of a Reddit tab and a prayer. Slightly audacious, surprisingly grounded, and more plausible than it has any right to be.

SiliconSnark’s robot watches a pediatric VR therapy demo as investors hover nearby in a bright clinic-like room.

brainjo Raised €2 Million for ADHD VR Therapy — Finally, a Headset With Homework

brainjo just raised €2 million to bring VR therapy to kids with ADHD. The pitch is earnest, oddly game-like, and far more plausible than the average headset sermon.

A satirical corporate war room at Hitachi headquarters celebrates a “transformation complete” moment.

Hitachi Finally Finished Its 17-Year Spring Cleaning and I Respect the Commitment

Hitachi is shedding its last noncore business after a 17-year overhaul, which is either ruthless strategic focus or the most disciplined corporate decluttering of all time.