Exclusive: Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Supply chains are messy. San Francisco-based startup Loop isn’t content helping companies merely clean up their supply chains. Instead, the startup is using AI to offer companies predictive, and even prescriptive, remedies — almost like an ideal healthcare provider. “I do an annual checkup, and it’s like, oh I should be walking more,” Loop co-founder and CTO Shaosu Liu said in an interview. “But that’s not the end goal, right? The end goal is someone teaching me about nutrition, someone teaching me about longevity.” The approach helped Loop secure a $95 million Series C funding round from some high-powered Silicon Valley backers, the company announced Friday. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners and the Valor Atreides AI Fund, and includes investments from 8VC, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, and J.P. Morgan’s late-stage fund, Growth Equity Partners. The funding comes at a time when engineering talent is one of the hottest commodities in tech. Both Liu and his co-founder (and