Wire harnesses are what they sound like: the internal electrical cabling that runs through a rocket ship, car, plane, or tractor and becomes increasingly important the smarter those vehicles get. They're bespoke, put together by technicians who are, functionally, experienced craftspeople. Black and co-founder Benjamin Shanahan started Senra in 2023 to offer a more modern solution to vehicle manufacturers. Today, the startup is announcing a $65 million Series B round, co-led by Lowercarbon and Interlagos with participation from General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Founders Fund, among others. Senra isn't looking to take humans out of the handmaking process ' at least not while robots find manipulating wires a challenge and relevant training data remains scarce. Instead, it's turning to software tools and other forms of automation to modernize aspects of the traditional manual work. The company is benefiting from the surge of money into U.S. manufacturing,...
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