2026-07-15

AI FDE Product Raises Funding

UPSTREAM TITLE: Instalily AI raises $60M for AI forward deployed engineers

SHORT SUMMARY: Axios reported that InstaLILY AI, maker of Lily, an “AI Forward Deployed Engineer,” raised a $60 million Series B led by Energize Capital. The company frames Lily as a continuously deployed AI worker that learns customer operations, builds needed software, and keeps it current as enterprise systems, data, and models change.

OUTLET: Axios Pro

LINK: https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/07/14/instalily-ai-deployed-engineers-software