Pulse 2.0

Databricks To Raise Strategic Funding At $188 Billion Valuation

Lilly To Acquire AtaiBeckley In $2.8 Billion Deal

Members Mobile CUSO Secures Investment From Four Credit Union Investors To Expand Nationwide Mobile Service

Bosch Secures Up To $225 Million In CHIPS Funding For $2 Billion Roseville Semiconductor Expansion

Eva Live Proposes To Acquire 51% Of Airbeam Wireless Technologies At $16 Million Valuation

AMD Expands Microsoft Azure Partnership With Helios AI Infrastructure And 6th Gen EPYC Processors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:36 PM

Microsoft is expanding its strategic partnership with AMD across GPUs, CPUs, networking and software for its Azure cloud platform. The agreement includes a large-scale deployment of AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI infrastructure to support frontier-model inference, Azure AI services and customer applications.

Infinity Raises $15 Million Seed Funding At $100 Million Valuation To Build AI Chip Inference Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:26 PM

Infinity.inc has raised $15 million in seed funding at a $100 million post-money valuation to expand its AI infrastructure platform. The round included significant participation from Touring Capital, Principal Venture Partners, chip industry executives, researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic, and other angel investors.

Enlightenment Capital Invests In Quorum To Expand Agentic AI For Government Affairs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:23 PM

Enlightenment Capital has made a strategic investment in Quorum, an AI-powered government affairs software provider used by more than 2,000 organizations. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Truelink Capital Acquires Lyons Magnus From Paine Schwartz Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:30 PM

Truelink Capital has completed its acquisition of Lyons Magnus from Paine Schwartz Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions To Acquire Intellihot And Enter High-Efficiency Water Heating Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:29 PM

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire Intellihot, a privately held provider of tankless water heating systems for commercial and institutional buildings. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Magnolia Oil & Gas To Acquire WildFire Energy For $4.06 Billion And Raise Dividend 9%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:28 PM

Magnolia Oil & Gas has agreed to acquire WildFire Energy for approximately $4.06 billion, including WildFire’s debt and subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Magnolia’s board unanimously approved the transaction, which is expected to close late in the third quarter of 2026.

Archer And Anduril Unveil Autonomous Hybrid-Electric VTOL Platform For Defense And Commercial Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:28 PM

Archer Aviation and Anduril have unveiled a jointly developed autonomous vertical takeoff and landing aircraft platform designed for defense and commercial applications. The companies also introduced Thunder, a defense-focused variant intended to support current and next-generation crewed attack and assault aircraft.

GoldenTree Closes Oversubscribed $2.75 Billion Private Credit Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:26 PM

GoldenTree Asset Management has closed its second private credit fund at its $2.75 billion hard cap. The oversubscribed fund attracted commitments from institutional and private wealth investors across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

SuanNutra To Acquire Specialty Natural Ingredients Businesses From IFF

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:17 PM

SuanNutra has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of specialty natural ingredients businesses from IFF. The acquired operations will be combined with SuanNutra to create a larger global provider of science-backed ingredients for nutraceutical and food applications.

Pelican Energy Partners Acquires Riggins Company To Expand Nuclear Naval Shipbuilding Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:06 PM

Pelican Energy Partners has acquired Riggins Company, a provider of engineered metal fabrication and custom components for the U.S. Navy and its shipbuilding partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Evergreen’s Pine Services Group Acquires Datel To Support Next Phase Of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:05 PM

Evergreen’s Pine Services Group has acquired Datel, the United Kingdom’s largest and longest-established Sage business partner. The transaction gives Datel access to long-term investment and strategic support while allowing the company to preserve its independence, culture and 45-year operating history.

Aqualis Partners Names Hong Pan And Steve Talbot As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:04 PM

Aqualis Partners has named Hong Pan and Steve Talbot as partners, reuniting a longtime private equity secondaries investment team. Both executives previously worked with Aqualis founder and Managing Partner Cari Lodge at CF Private Equity for more than 12 years.

Eurofins To Acquire Element Materials Technology’s North American Life Sciences Testing Business For $400 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:59 PM

Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire Element Materials Technology’s Life Sciences Testing Services business in North America for an enterprise value of $400 million. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

Parsons Wins $33 Million Contract To Modernize New York’s Intelligent Transportation System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:57 PM

Parsons has received a $33 million contract from the New York State Department of Transportation to deploy a statewide transportation systems management and operations platform. The award covers the implementation of Parsons’ iNET intelligent transportation software, along with design, development, integration, testing, operations and maintenance services.

Prysmian Signs Up To €5.5 Billion Molex Agreement And Invests €1.25 Billion To Expand Data Center Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:56 PM

Prysmian has signed a long-term agreement worth up to €5.5 billion with Molex to supply optical cables used inside data centers. The agreement can run for up to 10 years and includes a €550 million upfront payment.

Latham & Watkins Adds Jennifer Ying Lan As Partner In New York Capital Markets Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:55 PM

Latham & Watkins has added Jennifer Ying Lan as a partner in its New York office. She joins the firm’s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices with a focus on investment-grade debt offerings and other public and private financing transactions.

Jersey Mike’s Launches IPO For Up To $1.25 Billion At $21 To $25 Per Share

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:54 PM

Jersey Mike’s Subs has launched the roadshow for its proposed initial public offering of Class A common stock. The fast-casual restaurant chain plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “JMKE.”

IndiGo Selects Honeywell Aerospace Systems For 810 Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:54 PM

IndiGo has selected Honeywell Aerospace to provide avionics, auxiliary power units and long-term support for 810 new Airbus A320neo family aircraft. Honeywell described the agreement as the largest new-aircraft selectable equipment and services contract in its commercial aviation history.

Hut 8 Secures Second $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Lease, Bringing Beacon Point Contract Value To $19.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:52 PM

Hut 8 has signed a second 15-year lease valued at $9.8 billion for 352 megawatts of information technology capacity at its Beacon Point AI data center campus in Nueces County, Texas. The agreement fully commercializes the one-gigawatt campus and increases its total base-term contract value to $19.6 billion.

Kraken Robotics Announces $35 Million In New Orders, Bringing 2026 Product Orders To $327 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:50 PM

Kraken Robotics has secured $35 million in new product orders from customers across maritime defense, offshore energy and ocean science. The orders cover navigation and positioning systems, multi-aperture sonar, monitoring equipment and Kraken’s synthetic aperture sonar technology.

SpaceX Targets July 23 Launch For Starship’s Thirteenth Flight Test With Starlink V3 Satellites

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:25 PM

SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship’s thirteenth flight test as early as July 23, 2026. The 90-minute launch window is scheduled to open at 5:45 p.m. Central Time, although the timing could change because of weather, technical conditions or other factors affecting developmental testing.

Mubadala Capital Signs Tender Offer Agreement To Acquire Pierre & Vacances At €1.90 Per Share

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:18 PM

Mubadala Capital has signed an agreement setting the terms of its proposed acquisition of Pierre & Vacances through an all-cash voluntary tender offer. The transaction would be completed through MC Pomona Bidco, a special-purpose vehicle controlled by Mubadala Capital.

Impinj: Interview With SVP Of Marketing And Market Development Suresh Palliparambil About The RFID Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:10 PM

Impinj manufactures RAIN RFID tag chips, readers, and software that wirelessly connect everyday physical items such as retail apparel, medical supplies, and luggage—to the internet, allowing businesses to track, locate, and authenticate their inventory in real-time. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Impinj SVP of Marketing and Market Development Suresh Palliparambil to learn more.

CuspAI Raises $450 Million Series B At $2.6 Billion Valuation To Discover New Materials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:10 AM

CuspAI has raised $450 million in Series B funding to expand its artificial intelligence platform for discovering new materials. The financing values the British startup at approximately $2.6 billion. Kleiner Perkins and New Enterprise Associates co-led the round, with significant participation from Jeff Bezos’ investment firm, Bezos Expeditions. Other investors included Glade Brook Capital Partners, Lux Capital, AMD Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, StepStone, the U.K.’s Sovereign AI Venture Fund, Invest-NL and John Doerr.

Samsung Biologics To Acquire PolyPeptide For CHF 1.46 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:09 AM

Samsung Biologics has launched an all-cash public tender offer to acquire PolyPeptide Group for approximately CHF 1.46 billion. The proposed transaction would expand Samsung Biologics into peptide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients and strengthen its manufacturing presence across the United States, Europe, and India.

Lakestar Closes $300 Million Resilience I Fund For European Defence And Dual-Use Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:08 AM

Lakestar has closed its first dedicated resilience fund with $300 million in commitments to invest in defense and dual-use technology companies across Europe and NATO-allied markets. The oversubscribed fund attracted demand exceeding its original target.

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $228.9 Million Refinancing For Manhattan’s Textile Building

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:06 AM

Walker & Dunlop has arranged $228.9 million in financing for 295 Fifth Avenue, a newly redeveloped Class A office property in Manhattan’s Midtown South submarket. The more than 100-year-old landmark is commonly known as the Textile Building.

Brookfield And CPP Investments To Acquire LXP Industrial Trust For $5.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:04 AM

Brookfield Asset Management and CPP Investments have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LXP Industrial Trust in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.2 billion. The valuation includes LXP’s net debt and preferred equity.

Omio Group To Acquire Rail Europe To Expand Global Rail Distribution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:02 AM

Omio Group has agreed to acquire Rail Europe, a global rail booking and distribution platform. The proposed transaction would expand Omio’s presence across consumer travel booking, business-to-business distribution and multimodal ground transportation.

Carson Group Launches Equity Program For Advisors And Team Members

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:23 AM

Carson Group has launched an equity program that gives high-growth W-2 advisors and selected team members a path to ownership in the wealth management firm. The initiative is intended to reward employees who contribute to Carson’s growth, client relationships and long-term business development.