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InstaLILY raises $60M to launch AI deployed engineer
Jul 14, 2026SOURCE: accessnewswire.com
SO WHAT
The window is narrowing for firms that still sell labor instead of leverage; the advantage shifts to systems that can imitate, then compress, human deployment work.
InstaLILY closed a $60 million Series B and introduced Lily, an AI “forward deployed engineer” tied to 5x revenue growth. The signal is clear: the old workflow is being recast as software, one role at a time.
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