{
  "id": 7731535,
  "title": "I’m a female founder with a liberal arts degree and my company has raised $280 million. You don’t need a PhD to build a robotics startup",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/im-a-female-founder-with-a-liberal-arts-degree-and-my-company-has",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-16T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/16/robotics-needs-more-women-and-nontraditional-talent/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dexory, a robotics company co-founded by a woman with a liberal arts degree, has raised $280 million since its inception a decade ago. Despite being a field dominated by scientists, particularly men, the founder notes that the industry is becoming more diverse with women leading in various roles. However, she argues that there is still a need to attract more exceptional talent to the field. The founder emphasizes that the industry should shift its focus from technical aspects like sensors and hardware to the impact these technologies have on solving real-world problems. She suggests that the sector needs diverse skill sets, including product thinkers, designers, operators, salespeople, and storytellers, alongside engineers. This diversity is being fostered in Romania, where robotics clubs have emerged, with both men and women participating in international competitions. The founder believes that the next generation of scientists will be more diverse, providing new opportunities for young people in robotics and other fields. She also notes that there is a cultural issue in venture capital and startup funding, where big funding rounds tend to receive more attention, often going to male founders. She suggests that founders should share the everyday reality of building a company, including its challenges and setbacks, to make the career more relatable to other women and encourage more people to consider a career in robotics.",
  "summary": "Robotics needs to broaden its pitch beyond hardware to attract women and other talent drawn to solving real-world problems.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}