Joyce Shen’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, September 1, 2025
5-minute weekly must-read on data science and artificial intelligence news, funding, and research, curated by Joyce J. Shen.
📌 Musings and Readings
AI stethoscope could detect major heart conditions in seconds (link)
AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers, Stanford study reveals (link)
DOD Official Says AI, Other Innovations Will Transform Future Warfighting (link)
A hacker used AI to automate an 'unprecedented' cybercrime spree, Anthropic says (link)
MIT researchers develop AI tool to improve flu vaccine strain selection (link)
Good old-fashioned engineering can close the 100,000-year “data gap” in robotics (paper)
“Data will solve robotics and automation: True or false?”: A debate (paper)
👏 Deals
Oway, a CA-based startup providing freight marketplace that connects shippers with underutilized truck space, reducing shipping costs through a decentralized, rideshare-style logistics model, has raised $4M in seed financing.
RedMimicry, a Berlin-based cybersecurity startup offering automated breach and attack software to help organizations test and strengthen their cyber defense, has raised seed financing.
Soil Action, a WY-based agriculture technology startup using near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning to optimize fertilizer use, has raised $5.25M in seed financing.
AiGent, a TX-based energy company transforming idle backup generators into smart, dispatchable power plants to enhance grid reliability, has raised $6m in financing.
WizCommerce, a CA-based startup offering a commerce platform that enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to digitize and streamline sales operations, has raised $8m in Series A financing.
Arintra, a TX-based AI healthcare startup developing an autonomous medical coding platform that integrates with EHRs to improve billing accuracy and reduce claim denials, and has raised $21m in Series A financing.
Creem, a Tallinn, Estonia-based startup offering a payment processing and tax compliance platform for AI-native and SaaS companies, has raised €1.8m in Pre-Seed financing.
Loman AI, a voice AI solution that automates restaurant phone operations, has raised $3.5 million in seed financing.
Nauta, a NYC-based logistics SaaS startup that unifies fragmented data to streamline container management for importers, has raised $7m in seed financing.
Bench IQ, a Canada-based legal tech solution that analyzes judicial decision patterns to help lawyers build stronger arguments, has raised $5.3m in seed financing.
Holiwise, a London-based travel tech startup developing an AI-powered platform that creates personalized, one-click itineraries for premium and group travelers, and has raised €1.45m in pre-seed financing.
Societies.io, a London-based startup providing AI personas to test marketing strategies and content, has raised $5.35m in seed financing.
Matey AI, a TX-based legal tech startup offering criminal defense case analysis with automated document classification, video transcription, and evidence summarization, has raised $7.5m in seed financing.
ALIGNMT AI, a NYC-based company developing a compliance platform for healthcare organizations to manage risk and ensure regulatory adherence, has raised $6.5m in seed financing.