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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

OpenAI Partners With Malta To Provide Free AI Access For Citizens

Ty J. Young Wealth Management Expands Retirement Planning Footprint

Faraday Future: $25 Million Financing Supports Robotics Expansion And AI-First Strategy

Balefire Wealth: Retirement Plan Specialist Sarah Schmitz Joins As Senior Corporate Solutions Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 6:36 PM

Balefire Wealth announced the addition of Sarah Schmitz as Senior Corporate Solutions Advisor, bringing more than 25 years of experience in retirement plan consulting and employee benefits to the firm’s growing national platform.

MightyBot: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO John Forrester About The AI Agent Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:36 PM

MightyBot is a policy-driven AI platform that creates autonomous agents to automate complex, document-heavy workflows in regulated industries like finance, enabling faster, auditable, and 99%+ accurate decision-making. Pulse 2.0 interviewed MightyBot co-founder and CEO John Forrester to learn more.

Onramp: $12.5 Million Series A Raised At $135 Million Valuation For Multi-Institution Bitcoin Custody Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:09 PM

Onramp, a bitcoin-centric financial services platform built on Multi-Institution Custody (MIC), announced it has raised a $12.5 million Series A round at a $135 million valuation led by Early Riders, with participation from strategic angel investors. The Austin-based company said it now custodies more than $1 billion in assets and has experienced zero security incidents since its founding.

RxUtility: Interview With Founder & CEO Miriam Paramore About The Healthcare API Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:47 PM

RxUtility is a company that provides a healthcare technology API that integrates real-time, AI-powered prescription savings, manufacturer copay assistance, and price transparency directly into provider, pharmacy, and health-tech workflows to make medications more affordable for consumers. The company recently published its annual medication affordability benchmark report, “Medication Affordability: Trends, Transparency, and Predictions.” Pulse 2.0 interviewed RxUtility founder and CEO Miriam Paramore to learn more.

Dynamic Advisor Solutions Onboards $260 Million Firm Capasso Planning Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:42 PM

Dynamic Advisor Solutions dba Dynamic Wealth Advisors announced its expansion into South Carolina through a new partnership with Capasso Planning Partners, a Charleston-based registered investment advisory firm managing $260 million in assets under management.

Emigrant Bank: Tyler Kelley Appointed Managing Director To Expand Family Office Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:39 PM

Emigrant Bank announced that Tyler Kelley has joined the firm as Managing Director, reporting to Liz Nesvold. The appointment is aimed at supporting the bank’s strategic growth initiatives and continued expansion of its family office capabilities for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Cumming Group: RGD Project Management Acquisition Expands Advanced Technologies Division

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:38 PM

Cumming Group announced the acquisition and merger of RGD Project Management, expanding its Advanced Technologies division and strengthening its position in the life sciences manufacturing sector across the United States.

Sprouts.ai: $9 Million Pre-Series A Raised To Scale AI Revenue Agents For B2B Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:36 PM

Sprouts.ai announced that it has raised $9 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by True Global Ventures and Accel, bringing the company’s total funding to $14 million. The company is building AI-native Revenue Agents powered by a proprietary go-to-market data layer designed for B2B enterprises.

Blackbaud Announces New AI Product Innovations To Reinforce Data, Context, And Trust Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:35 PM

Blackbaud announced a new wave of AI-powered product innovations designed to strengthen its position in the social impact software market, with the company emphasizing that long-term competitive advantage in AI will come from trusted systems deeply embedded into customer workflows rather than standalone generative AI features.

Canopy: Interview With SVP Of Marketing Jason Fass About The Connected Safety Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:12 PM

Canopy is a company that is known for having a Connected Safety Platform. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Canopy SVP of Marketing Jason Fass to learn more.

xAI: Grok Build Launches Early Beta Coding Agent CLI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:07 PM

xAI today announced the launch of Grok Build, a new agentic coding CLI designed for professional software engineering, application development, and workflow automation. The product is now available in early beta for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers.

Rapido: $240 Million Raised At $3 Billion Valuation To Advance In India’s Mobility Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:05 PM

Prosus announced it has increased its stake in Rapido through a combination of primary and secondary investments, including a $240 million primary funding round that values the company at $3 billion post-money. The investment builds on Prosus’ existing partnership with Rapido and highlights the firm’s continued confidence in India’s expanding digital economy and mobility ecosystem.

AnaCap Acquires Majority Stake In CDR, Launches Titan Platform For Italian Professional Services Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:00 PM

AnaCap announced the launch of Titan, a new platform focused on consolidating and modernizing the professional services sector in Italy. As the first step in this strategy, Titan has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Cattaneo Dall’Olio Rho Tax & Legal Group, also known as CDR.

Apax: Strategic Investment In Supply Chain Risk Management Platform Sedex

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:58 AM

Funds advised by Apax Partners have reached a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Sedex from membership organisation Sedex Holdings Ltd, marking a new phase of expansion for the supply chain risk management platform.

H.I.G. Capital: Acquisition Of Aircraft Painting And Aviation Services Company IAC Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:55 AM

H.I.G. Capital announced that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of International Aerospace Coatings (IAC).

Intuitive Machines: Acquisition Of Goonhilly Earth Station And COMSAT To Expand Lunar Communications Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:52 AM

Intuitive Machines announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Goonhilly Earth Station and COMSAT in a deal designed to significantly expand its integrated space-to-Earth communications network for lunar and deep space missions.

Hancock Whitney: Acquisition Of One Florida Bank Expands Orlando Market Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:49 AM

Hancock Whitney announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OFB Bancshares, Inc. in an all-cash transaction. OFB Bancshares is the parent company of One Florida Bank.

NTT DATA To Acquire WinWire To Scale AI Adoption And Microsoft Cloud Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:48 AM

NTT DATA announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire, a Microsoft partner specializing in agentic AI, AI on Azure, data engineering, and cloud-native development. The acquisition is designed to strengthen NTT DATA’s enterprise AI strategy and expand its ability to help organizations operationalize AI at scale.

Unicharm: Acquisition Of Nutrire Marks Entry Into Brazil’s Pet Care Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:46 AM

Unicharm announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of Nutrire Indústria de Alimentos Ltda., marking the company’s full-scale entry into Brazil, the world’s third-largest pet care market.

GoEngineer: Acquisition Of SOLIDWORKS Reseller SKA Expands Global Engineering Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:42 AM

GoEngineer announced the acquisition of SKA, a leading SOLIDWORKS and engineering technology reseller in Latin America. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Embecta: Owen Mumford Acquisition Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:38 AM

Embecta Corp. announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Owen Mumford Holdings Limited, a privately held innovator and manufacturer of medical devices and drug delivery technologies.

Eighteen48 Partners: €175 Million First Close Announced For Private Equity Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:36 AM

Eighteen48 Partners announced the first close of Eighteen48 Private Equity Fund I at €175 million as the firm continues expanding its focus on European middle-market buyout transactions sourced through Independent Sponsors.

Arkeus: $18 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Sensing Systems For Autonomous Military Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:34 AM

Arkeus announced it has raised $18 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered sensing systems designed for autonomous platforms operating in contested military environments. The funding round was led by QIC Ventures, with participation from new investors R+VC, Folklore Ventures, and DYNE Ventures. Existing investors Main Sequence Ventures, Salus Ventures, and Beaten Zone also participated in the round.

INmune Bio: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO David Moss About The Immunotherapies Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:59 AM

INmune Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops immunotherapies designed to reprogram a patient's innate immune system to fight cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and other chronic inflammatory conditions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed INmune Bio co-founder and CEO David Moss to learn more.

PANTA: £3 Million Raised To Modernize Financial Index Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:49 AM

PANTA announced that it has raised £3 million in new funding to accelerate the development and rollout of its index technology platform. The funding round includes £1.5 million from Fuel Ventures alongside a £1.5 million Innovation Loan from Innovate UK.

Booster: €2.6 Million Raised To Scale AI Leadership Platform For Managers And HR Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:47 AM

Booster, formerly known as Fresh People, announced that it has closed a €2.6 million funding round led by Archipiélago Next and Inveready, with participation from SUCCESSFUL FUND I FCRE.

WorldVest: 75% Acquisition Of Mexican Antimony Operations For MineralVest Global Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:35 AM

WorldVest announced it has acquired a 75% controlling interest in a Mexican antimony processing company, along with associated mining claims and community mineral rights in Mexico. The acquisition will become part of the pending MineralVest Global portfolio of strategic mineral operating companies.

Elephant: €5 Million Raised For AI-Powered Operational Learning Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:32 AM

Elephant Company announced that it has completed a financing round of more than €5 million to expand its AI-powered learning and knowledge platform for operational teams. The funding round was led by EnBW New Ventures and WEPA, with participation from business angels connected to Flix, home24 SE, SB21, Ventic Ventures, and topi.

General Tensor: Backprop Finance Acquisition Expands Decentralized AI Financial Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:29 AM

General Tensor announced it has acquired Backprop Finance from Tensorplex Labs, bringing one of the highest-volume decentralized trading platforms in the Bittensor ecosystem under its ownership. The deal gives General Tensor control over roughly one-third of the network’s trading volume and positions the company for broader cross-chain expansion into the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Lightrock: $500 Million Accelerate7 Fund Launched To Back Energy Access Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:26 AM

Lightrock announced the launch of Accelerate7 following the final close of a USD $500 million fund dedicated to supporting businesses advancing United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7). The London-headquartered investment platform said the strategy will focus on growth-stage companies across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.