Pulse 2.0

Microsoft Launches Frontier Company With $2.5 Billion AI Engineering Investment

Kroger To Acquire Giant Eagle For $1.65 Billion

Evertern Wealth Expands Global Family Office Platform Through Vontobel SFA Alliance

Monomoy Capital Partners Completes Jiffy Lube And Premium Velocity Auto Deals For $1.3 Billion

Wallbox Raises €11.8 Million And Secures Additional €4 Million Investment

Vero Fiber Networks Acquires Velocity Fiber

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:24 PM

Vero Fiber Networks announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Velocity Fiber, a fiber provider focused exclusively on the K-12 E-Rate market. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ClearOne Merging With Cortigent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:23 PM

ClearOne announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with Vivani Medical and Cortigent, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivani. Under the agreement, Cortigent will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ClearOne upon completion of the transaction.

Mobile Communications America Acquires Radio Communications Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:18 PM

Mobile Communications America announced that it has acquired Radio Communications Systems, a Premier Motorola Solutions Channel Partner serving Kentucky and Indiana. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Cerity Partners Merges With Cordant Wealth Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:04 PM

Cerity Partners announced its merger with Cordant Wealth Partners, an Oregon-based registered investment adviser specializing in financial planning and investment management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Havis Acquires Pro-Gard Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:51 PM

Havis announced that it has acquired Pro-gard Products, a manufacturer of law enforcement vehicle protection and transport equipment. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Yara Acquiring Gulf Coast Ammonia Plant For $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:49 PM

Yara International announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Yara North America, has reached an agreement to acquire Gulf Coast Ammonia’s ammonia production facility in Texas City, Texas. The company is acquiring the facility from GCA Holdings, affiliated with Lotus Infrastructure Partners and MB Energy, for $1.3 billion.

Vendavo Acquiring Model N’s High-Tech Business Unit

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:46 PM

Vendavo announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Model N’s High-Tech business unit. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Peak Rock Capital Acquires Asembia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:44 PM

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital announced that it has completed the acquisition of Asembia. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Tilt Acquires Blipay

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:25 PM

Tilt announced it has completed its acquisition of Blipay, a Brazilian salary-advance lender with more than 6 million registered users.

Platinum Equity Investing In Grand Appliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:23 PM

Platinum Equity announced it has signed a definitive agreement to invest in Grand Appliance, a Midwest retailer and distributor of appliances and consumer electronics.

Shell Agrees To Sell Gulf Of America Platform Interests For $1.7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:17 PM

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced it has agreed to sell its 50% non-operated working interest in the Na Kika platform and associated fields in the Gulf of America, along with its 100%-owned Coulomb tieback.

Jersey Mike’s Files For IPO And Plans NYSE Listing Under JMKE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:06 PM

Jersey Mike’s Subs publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock, according to CNBC. The company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “JMKE.” The number of shares to be sold and the expected price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.

Fiduciary Services Group Acquires Pension Investors Corporation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:02 PM

Fiduciary Services Group announced that it has acquired Pension Investors Corporation, a Florida-based third-party administrator with more than 40 years of experience serving businesses, advisors, and CPAs.

Machine Investment Group And Lionshead Capital Partners Acquire Atlanta Airport Marriott

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:33 PM

Machine Investment Group and Lionshead Capital Partners announced they have acquired the Atlanta Airport Marriott, a 641-room full-service hotel located adjacent to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. White Label Asset Management will serve as asset manager for the property.

Edge226 Acquires AnyClip To Expand AI-Powered Cross-Channel Performance Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:29 PM

Edge226 announced it has acquired AnyClip, an AI-powered video intelligence company built for media companies and publishers.

LinqAlpha Raises $22 Million Series A To Build Alpha Intelligence Layer For Global Public Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:24 PM

LinqAlpha announced it has raised $22 million in Series A funding to build what it describes as the Alpha Intelligence Layer for global public markets. The funding round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures. And the round also included participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms.

Timex Group Takes Full Ownership Of Daniel Wellington

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:22 PM

Timex Group announced it has completed its acquisition of Daniel Wellington, bringing the globally recognized watch and jewelry brand fully into the Timex Group portfolio.

KredosAi Raises $7 Million Series A To Expand Enterprise Revenue Recovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:18 PM

KredosAi announced it has raised $7 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered collections platform for enterprise revenue recovery. The oversubscribed funding round was led by BMW i Ventures. New investors Motley Fool Ventures and Walter Ventures also joined the round, along with existing investors Okapi Venture Capital, StartFast Ventures, SaaS Ventures, and Stout Street Capital.

Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Infostellar

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:02 PM

Mitsubishi Electric announced that it has acquired all shares of Infostellar. The deal was completed on July 1, making Infostellar a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric.

Tesla Robotaxi Now Available In Miami

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:02 PM

Tesla Robotaxi is now available in Miami as the company expands its autonomous ride-hailing operations beyond Texas. Tesla’s official Robotaxi support page now lists service in limited areas of Miami, Florida, along with Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas.

Magnify Ventures Closes $46.6 Million Fund II To Build AI Infrastructure Layer Of The Care Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:19 AM

Magnify Ventures announced the launch of Fund II with $46.6 million closed. The early-stage venture capital firm will use the fund to invest in category-defining technology companies driving AI innovation across health, wealth, family care, and the systems that support them.

Kling AI Raises $2.8 Billion To Expand AI Video Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:09 AM

Kuaishou Technology’s Kling AI has raised about $2.8 billion from a group of investors to expand its AI video operations. The financing values the AI video business at about $15 billion on a pre-money basis.

Marlinspike Closes Oversubscribed $127 Million Fund II To Invest In Dual-Use Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:55 AM

Marlinspike Partners announced the final close of Marlinspike Disruptive Technology Fund II at $127 million. The fund surpassed its original $75 million target.

Kaltura: Interview With CTO Dr. Alan Bekker About The Video Experience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:48 AM

Kaltura provides a cloud-based Video Experience Platform that allows enterprises, educational institutions, and media companies to create, manage, deliver, and monetize live and on-demand video. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kaltura CTO Dr. Alan Bekker to learn more.

Datadog Acquires Adaptive ML

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:40 AM

Datadog announced that it has acquired Adaptive ML, a frontier AI startup focused on helping enterprises build, own, and deploy specialized agents and models. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Brookfield And Bloom Energy Expand AI Infrastructure Partnership To $25 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:31 PM

Bloom Energy and Brookfield announced the expansion of their strategic partnership as Brookfield increases its framework to finance power projects for AI infrastructure. The framework has increased from the previously announced $5 billion to $25 billion, representing a fivefold expansion since October 2025.

Why United Therapeutics Acquired Thymmune Therapeutics For Up To $300 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:28 PM

United Therapeutics announced that it has acquired Thymmune Therapeutics, a privately held preclinical-stage biotechnology company. Thymmune is developing scalable regenerative thymic cell therapies for the potential treatment of post-transplant organ tolerance, immunodeficiencies, and autoimmune diseases.

Genel Energy Acquiring Capricorn Energy For $360 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:24 PM

Genel Energy announced that its indirect subsidiary Genel Energy No.9 Limited has reached an agreement to acquire Capricorn Energy through a recommended cash acquisition. The transaction will be implemented through a Scottish scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006.

geoSurge Raises $12 Million Seed Round To Advance AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:50 PM

geoSurge announced an oversubscribed $12 million Seed round. The financing was led by AlbionVC and included participation from Play Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Celero Ventures, Boost Capital, existing investors Passion Capital and Tuesday Capital, and angel investors from Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, and Signal AI.

Poindexter Labs: Interview With Founder & CEO Jocelyn D’Arcy About The Expert Reasoning Data Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:12 AM

Poindexter Labs is an expert reasoning data company building high-fidelity training data for frontier AI models using an academic peer-review model rather than factory workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Poindexter Labs founder and CEO Jocelyn D’Arcy to learn more.