Artificial, a Palo Alto-based startup, just announced a $21.5M funding round, including investment from M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, to further develop and commercialize its lab automation software.

Most people still picture science as a person in a white coat, pipette in hand. That image is stubbornly accurate. Even in 2025—after decades of lab robots, high‑throughput screening, and cloud ...

Automation can offer labs a vast range of benefits, from improving productivity and accuracy to enabling researchers to focus on less menial tasks. Despite this potential, many labs are hesitant to ...