Pulse 2.0

Anduril Raises $5 Billion Series H At $61 Billion Valuation For Defense Industrial Expansion

OpenAI Confirms Deployment Company Launch With More Than $4 Billion Backing, Acquires AI Consulting Firm Tomoro

Ascentage Pharma: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Dr. Dajun Yang About The Global Hematology-Oncology Company

Origin Lab: $8 Million Seed Raised To Turn Video Game Worlds Into AI Training Data

Credibly: Over $260 Million In New Financing Secured To Accelerate SMB Financing Growth

Stitch: $25 Million Raised For Financial Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:29 AM

Stitch announced it has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, marking the venture firm’s first investment in the GCC region. The funding round brings Stitch’s total funding to $35 million. Existing investors Arbor Ventures, COTU Ventures, Raed Ventures, and SVC also participated in the round.

UPM: Ray Technology IP Acquisition Expands Bio-Based Glycols Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:32 PM

UPM announced it has acquired the intellectual property related to Ray Technology from Avantium, expanding its portfolio of bio-based glycols technologies and strengthening its position in renewable chemicals production.

Mantle8: €31 Million Raised For Natural Hydrogen Exploration And Drilling Campaign

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:31 PM

Mantle8 has raised €31 million in Series A funding to advance its proprietary technology platform and launch a global exploration and drilling campaign aimed at identifying the first commercially exploitable reservoir of high-purity natural hydrogen.

Mann Lake: Apis Biologix Acquisition Advances Honey Bee Nutrition Science

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:29 PM

Mann Lake announced the acquisition of Apis Biologix, the developer of the Bio-Activator and BIO-Metabolic-Fuel nutritional supplements widely known among beekeepers as “Canadian Rocket Fuel.” The deal brings Apis Biologix’s proprietary bee nutrition science fully under the Mann Lake umbrella and is expected to accelerate the development of next-generation feeding solutions for hobbyist and commercial beekeepers.

Spark Dealer Group: Landscape Supply Acquisition Expands Presence In Central Texas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:28 PM

Spark Dealer Group has acquired Landscape Supply, an outdoor power equipment and landscape supply business serving the Central Texas market.

KDE: €1 Million Investment From Sovereign Tech Fund To Strengthen Open Source Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:26 PM

KDE announced that the Sovereign Tech Fund is investing more than €1 million into KDE software development. The funding will be used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE’s core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services.

NVision: $55 Million Series B Raised To Expand From Quantum Sensing Into Quantum Computing For Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:25 PM

NVision announced a $55 million Series B financing round as the company expands from quantum sensing into quantum computing, with the goal of accelerating the discovery and validation of new therapies. The funding round was anchored by Abbott and also included a $17 million venture loan from the European Investment Bank. Other investors participating in the round included Playground Global, Matterwave Ventures, and Entrée Capital. The new financing brings NVision’s total capital raised to $120 million.

Adaption: AutoScientist Automates Model Training And AI Research Loops

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:24 PM

Adaption announced the launch of AutoScientist, a new system designed to automate the research and development loop behind AI model training and alignment. The company said the platform enables users to co-optimize training data and model recipes automatically, with the goal of making advanced model adaptation accessible beyond a small group of frontier AI researchers.

HBX Group Acquires Bridgify To Expand Experiences Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:24 PM

HBX Group has agreed to acquire 100% of Bridgify, an AI-native travel technology company focused on experiences distribution technology. The acquisition supports HBX Group’s strategy to broaden its Experiences offering while strengthening the use of AI across its operations.

Dynamo Software Acquires InvestHub To Expand Private Markets Operations Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:20 PM

Dynamo Software announced the acquisition of InvestHub, a platform focused on digitizing workflows for private equity and asset management firms. The deal is designed to strengthen Dynamo Software’s position in the private markets technology sector by adding workflow automation tools that help asset managers streamline operations and improve investor relations.

Nitrogen: Legacy Center Launches To Help Financial Advisors Retain Assets During Generational Wealth Transfers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:20 PM

Nitrogen announced the launch of Legacy Center, a new product designed to help financial advisors establish relationships with clients’ beneficiaries before wealth transfers occur. The announcement was made during the company’s Spring 2026 Product Launch Event and comes as advisors prepare for an estimated $84 trillion generational wealth transfer.

Drawbridge Realty: Bridgestone Tower Acquisition Expands Footprint Into Nashville

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:18 PM

Drawbridge Realty has entered the Nashville commercial real estate market through the acquisition of Bridgestone Tower, a 30 story Class AA office tower located in downtown Nashville.

Taste Tomorrow Ventures: Investment In Better-For-You Candy Brand Harken Sweets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:18 PM

Taste Tomorrow Ventures announced an investment in Harken Sweets as part of the company’s seed funding round, alongside investors Selva and GRTSHT. The investment represents the eighth portfolio company for Taste Tomorrow Ventures and its second investment in the fast-growing better-for-you indulgent snacks category.

Meta Introduces Incognito Chat With WhatsApp And Meta AI For Private Conversations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:15 PM

Meta announced the launch of Incognito Chat with Meta AI, a new feature that enables completely private conversations with AI across WhatsApp and the Meta AI app. Built on the company’s Private Processing technology, the feature is intended to provide users with a secure and temporary environment for sensitive conversations involving personal, financial, health, or work-related information.

Microsoft: AI-Powered Security System MDASH Tops Industry Benchmark

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:12 PM

Microsoft announced a major advancement in AI-powered cybersecurity with the unveiling of its new multi-model agentic security system, codenamed MDASH, which helped researchers identify 16 previously undisclosed vulnerabilities across the Windows networking and authentication stack. The findings included four Critical remote code execution flaws affecting components such as the Windows kernel TCP/IP stack and the IKEv2 service.

Anthropic: Claude For Small Business Launches To Help SMBs Adopt AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:11 PM

Anthropic announced “Claude for Small Business,” a new offering designed to bring its AI assistant directly into the software platforms commonly used by small businesses. The package includes integrations, prebuilt workflows, reusable AI “skills,” and training programs aimed at helping smaller companies automate operational tasks without needing dedicated AI teams.

Instagram Introduces Instants, A New Ephemeral Photo Sharing Feature For Close Friends

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:10 PM

Instagram has launched Instants, a new feature that lets users share photos in real time with their Close Friends or mutual followers. The feature emphasizes spontaneous and authentic sharing by allowing users to capture and send photos that disappear after they are viewed or after 24 hours.

Boomi To Buy Lunar.dev To Strengthen Governed Enterprise AI Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:07 PM

Boomi announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Lunar.dev, a company focused on AI and MCP gateway technology, as the company looks to expand governance, observability, and scalability capabilities for enterprise AI deployments.

A&B Business Solutions: Strategic Partnership Formed With Technology Company JD Young Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:05 PM

A&B Business Solutions announced a strategic partnership with JD Young Technologies, bringing together two family-owned businesses focused on long-term growth, customer service, and maintaining a strong local presence.

ABL Group To Buy SynergenOG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:04 PM

ABL Group announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in SynergenOG, expanding the company’s specialist capabilities in process safety and technical risk management while strengthening its end-to-end technical offering to the energy sector.

BMG: Acquisition Of Jet’s Publishing Interests Expands Long-Term Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:02 PM

BMG announced it has acquired publishing interests in the catalog of Australian rock band Jet, expanding the company’s long-standing relationship following BMG’s acquisition of the band’s recording catalog in 2023. The deal includes the publishing interests of three of Jet’s four original members: Nic Cester, Cam Muncey, and Mark Wilson.

Talica: Acquisition Of Sieber Industrial Expands High-Purity Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:59 PM

Talica announced the acquisition of Sieber Industrial, a provider of specialty high-purity fabrication, ASME code repairs, surface treatments, and field services supporting biotech, pharmaceutical, data center, and other highly regulated and mission-critical markets.

Sazerac: Equity Stake Acquired In Ready-To-Drink Cocktail Brand SIPMARGS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:24 PM

Sazerac announced it has acquired an equity stake in SIPMARGS while also entering into an exclusive distribution relationship with the company as it looks to expand the brand nationally.

SCHURTER Acquires Majority Stake In Biaodi To Expand High-Voltage Circuit Protection Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:23 PM

SCHURTER announced the successful completion of its acquisition of a majority stake in Biaodi, a China-based company known for developing high-voltage circuit protection solutions for electric vehicles and new energy applications.

BTU Metals: Expansion Near Great Bear Dixie Project Adds New Red Lake Gold Exploration Property

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:22 PM

BTU Metals announced that it has signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Dixie East Block 2 property located approximately 30 kilometers east of the Great Bear Dixie Project in the Red Lake mining district of Ontario.

Fractile: $220 Million Raised To Build Next-Generation AI Inference Hardware

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:21 PM

Fractile announced it has raised $220 million to accelerate the development of a new generation of inference hardware designed to dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of frontier AI systems.

Recursive: $650 Million Raised At $4.65 Billion Valuation For Self-Improving AI Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:19 PM

Recursive, a new artificial intelligence research company founded by former leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, Salesforce AI, and Uber AI, announced it is emerging from stealth with a mission to develop self-improving AI systems capable of conducting experiments to safely improve themselves through automated scientific discovery.

National Wealth Fund: £25 Million Invested In Rowden To Scale Sovereign Defence Technology And Create 500 Jobs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:18 PM

The National Wealth Fund announced a £25 million investment in Rowden, marking the fund’s first direct investment supporting defense, national security, and resilience. The financing will support the expansion of the company’s manufacturing footprint, fund two new sites in the Southwest and West Midlands, and accelerate exports of UK-developed sensing and information systems.

UroMems: $60 Million Raised For Smart Implant Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:16 PM

UroMems announced a $60 million strategic investment from Ajax Health to continue funding pivotal clinical trials and commercial launch preparation for the UroActive System, the company’s smart automated implant designed to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Waterdrop: €100 Million Raised For Global Hydration Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:16 PM

waterdrop announced it has closed a funding round exceeding €100 million, marking the largest capital raise in the company’s history as it accelerates global expansion and product innovation initiatives. The round includes investments from Aspeya, Atlantic Grupa, and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who joins the company as both an investor and brand ambassador. Existing shareholders, including Temasek, Döhler, and Bitburger, also continue backing the business.