Blockchain/AI/IoT | January 19, 2018

Diligent Robotics snags $2.1 million for hospital bot

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Seed funding came from True Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures and others

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States face significant shortages of skilled nurses.

Austin-based Diligent is building robots to handle menial hospital tasks and “help nurses make full use of their specialized skills,” says Diligent Robotics’s Andrea Thomaz.

A pilot project will focus on acute care patients. Seed funding came from True Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Boom Capital, and Next Coast Ventures.