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There are 180M wooden power poles in the U.S. Over 10M are inspected manually each year—but many don’t need it. BrightAI Founder & CEO @ahawkinson shares how AI and robotics are helping eliminate millions of unnecessary tasks. 🔗 More context: hubs.ly/Q03xcbg80

Congrats to Upfront's new portfolio company Eventual on their funding milestone! The team is addressing a growing pain point in the real estate market: rapidly rising & unpredictable property insurance costs driven by increasing climate volatility. Read more in Fortune:…

I'll be in NYC Thursday and Friday! Excited to meet people thinking about: 1. Compute markets & infrastructure 2. Physical AI, RL, and unique AI apps 3. Engineers with fun side projects hmu if you’re around

Achieving our mission is only made possible by continuing to grow our world-class team, which we do with care and intention every day. In the last year alone, we’ve scaled from 40 to 150+ teammates. Engineers, technicians, operators, and builders of all kinds – each pushing the…

During #ICML2025 last week, we teamed up with @askalphaxiv to host a happy hour + panel on: "The Science Singularity - How Automated ML Research is Changing the ML Landscape" Thanks to @pzakin, @FazlBarez, @tdietterich, and @bohannon_bot for the insights - and everyone who came…

We ❤️ Kerry!

1/ We're super excited to take the tarp off of @InspiredCap most recent investment: partnering with @ahawkinson and co-leading @BrightAI_corp Series A alongside @khoslaventures + @upfrontvc @MarlinspikeVC @BoxGroup @VSCVentures Thanks @dinabass and @business for the coverage

Very excited about @khoslaventures & @InspiredCap leading Bright AI's new $51M Series A! America's infrastructure is in a state of atrophy. @BrightAI_corp is leveraging AI and edge devices to supercharge water, power, manufacturing, and industrial infrastructure. Since…

Started in healthcare to help people heal. That led me from clinical care to strategy - and now, venture. Thrilled to join the team at @UpfrontVC to support founders redefining how care gets delivered. If you're building in healthcare, let’s chat! bit.ly/4lpdWRB

Incredibly excited to have @XtinaFattore join the @upfrontvc team to work alongside @kevinyzhang and me on everything Healthcare and Bio!!

Thrilled to welcome @XtinaFattore to @upfrontvc! It all started w/ long conversations re: limited reach of last gen, VC-backed care delivery, & the promise of multi-modal AI in delivering orders of magnitude bigger impact in the next 10 yrs. We're always looking for high HP,…

Meet @XtinaFattore - the newest addition to Upfront's investment team! 🎉 With roots in clinical care + a track record scaling healthcare systems, Christina offers a valuable operator perspective to our work. We're excited to have her onboard: bit.ly/4lpdWRB

🤓Calling all ML nerds! 🤓 Join me at ICML for the @askalphaxiv happy hour! We have food, drinks, and a panel. An amazing panel. Really the best panel, with @FazlBarez, @pzakin, and @tdietterich! Topic: "The science singularity." lu.ma/n0yavto0

Super excited for ICML next week where we (@upfrontvc) will be cohosting a happy hour with @askalphaxiv and @ElevateHQ_. Hit me up if you'll be around!

Hosted an amazing Health x AI founder dinner in LA with Upfront Ventures + Autoblocks AI. Big thanks to @bryan_johnson for sharing his health protocols (sleep = best drug). Honored to be with builders using AI to drive real health outcomes. More soon!⚡

Had an absolutely amazing evening at @upfrontvc, thank you so much for organizing this meet up :)

Had a blast hosting so many incredible engineers!