InstaLILY AI
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InstaLILY AI is a New York-based vertical AI platform that builds domain-trained AI “teammates” — called InstaWorkers — for enterprise workflows in distribution, industrial services, logistics, and healthcare 123. On July 14, 2026, the company introduced Lily, described in its press materials as “the world’s first AI Forward Deployed Engineer,” a product that ingests a customer’s operations, builds and ships tooling, and goes live in days 23. Customers named in the Series B announcement include SRS Distribution (The Home Depot family), United Rentals, ShipStation Global, PartsTown, Radwell International, Henry Schein, PartsSource, and Kedrion Biopharma 23. Its hybrid architecture — built in collaboration with Google DeepMind — pairs a large model for reasoning with a small model deployed on InstaLILY’s Small Data Center running on NVIDIA hardware for latency-sensitive tasks 2. The company was co-founded by former McKinsey executive Amit Shah 4.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08 | Series A | $25M | Insight Partners | Perceptive Ventures, Marvin Ventures 4 |
| 2026-07-14 | Series B | $60M | Energize Capital | Insight Partners, Home Depot Ventures, United Rentals 123 |
The Series B brings InstaLILY’s total raised to approximately $100M, following a year in which revenue grew 5x 2.
What Investors Say
No independently sourced investor quotes with named speakers were found in the primary Series B coverage.
What Founders Say
No independently sourced founder testimonials describing the working relationship with these investors were found in the primary Series B coverage.
Sources
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“InstaLILY AI Raises $60 Mln Series B Round Led By Energize Capital,” Reuters via TradingView, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_FWN43G18M:0-instalily-ai-raises-60-mln-series-b-round-led-by-energize-capital/↩↩
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“InstaLILY Raises $60 Million Series B and Launches Lily, the World’s First AI Forward Deployed Engineer,” Morningstar/AccessWire, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://www.morningstar.com/news/accesswire/1190835msn/instalily-raises-60-million-series-b-and-launches-lily-the-worlds-first-ai-forward-deployed-engineer↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/15/2026,” AlleyWatch, July 15, 2026. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://alleywatch.com/2026/07/the-alleywatch-startup-daily-funding-report-7-15-2026/↩↩↩↩
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“InstaLILY Raises $25M to Bring AI Teammates to the Frontlines of Distribution,” PRNewswire / InstaLILY press release, August 2025. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/instalily-raises-25m-to-bring-ai-teammates-to-the-frontlines-of-distribution-302538523.html↩↩