In the near future, robots and AI assistants will take over much more of our work. People will eat increasing amounts of increasingly complex digital content. We may even find more creative ways to store the carbon dioxide created by all our activities.
This is, in a nutshell, the futuristic vision you may imagine when reviewing a sample of 1,000 seed-stage corporations on… Crunch Base which has raised funds in the last six months. Financial activities are particularly enthusiastic about AI, with around one-third of funding in our sample 1 targeting corporations related to artificial intelligence.
Not all areas show similar dynamics. In particular, seed investors are moving away from consumer products, food and beverage, gig economy platforms and other areas that have historically been the basis for seed deals.
To shed some light on where the seed dollars are If We continued to highlight 4 areas where seed funding appears to be solid. These include robotics, carbon capture, legaltech and AI assistants.
No. 1: Robotics
In Greek myth, Sisyphus was condemned to eternity by rolling a boulder up a hill and then rolling it back down. This frustrating existence is like much of contemporary work – repetitive tasks that seemingly go on without end.
For some time now, robotics startups and established corporations have been working to ease this burden – building machines that may perform the dirtiest, boring and dangerous jobs. Recent seed funding shows that investors proceed to see the advantages of this topic.
To illustrate this, we used Crunchbase data compile a list of eight robotics startups that have raised seed funding in the last six months.
No. 2: Legaltech
AI is coming to the legal career. At least that is what it looks like based on recent seed funding datawhich demonstrates vigorous investment at the intersection of legaltech and artificial intelligence.
Particular focus is on startups using artificial intelligence to increase the automation and efficiency of many of the time-consuming, repetitive tasks that lawyers and support staff currently handle. To illustrate this, we have compiled a list of 18 legaltech startups that have raised funding in the last six months.
No. 3: Carbon dioxide capture, storage and reuse
So far this yr we have seen solid financing every kind and stages to corporations focusing on carbon capture, storage and reuse. Seeds are no exception.
Over the last six months, at least 10 corporations in this space have raised good-sized seed rounds. Among them, the largest recipient of funds is Germany talentcreator of direct air capture technology. The second is an Israeli startup Charcoal bluewho develops the removal process CO₂ from the water.
No. 4: AI assistants and agents
And finally: probably the most significant seed investment topic in recent months centers around artificial intelligence assistants and agents.
There are some of the largest recipients of seed funding in this space. This applies to startups akin to Thought journeyAI assistant for trip planning; Medbill AIan assistant that helps consumers manage their medical bills; AND Ario AIwhich advertises itself as an AI life assistant.
Using Crunchbase datawe have compiled a list of 23 startups working on artificial intelligence assistants and agents that have raised seed funding in the last six months.
Welcome to the way forward for AI
We can look at seed funding as a form of proxy for how founders and their supporters see our future in technology in the coming years. And if their activity is any indication, our future will feature a heavy dose of artificial intelligence built into on a regular basis activities, from shopping to paying bills to customer support, increased levels of automation and constant innovation in the hopes of reducing the negative impact of climate change.