Artificial Intelligence

Google Rolls Out Major AI Shopping Upgrade Ahead Of The Holiday Season

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:47 PM

Google announced a comprehensive set of AI-driven shopping features designed to simplify product discovery, comparison, and purchasing across Search, Google Shopping, and local retail channels ahead of the 2025 holiday season. The update integrates Google’s latest advances in AI and agent-based technology with the company’s expansive Shopping Graph, providing consumers with a faster and more intuitive way to find gifts, track prices, and confirm in-store availability.

LinkedIn Rolls Out AI-Based People Search To Premium Members In The U.S.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:45 PM

LinkedIn has launched a new AI-powered people search experience for Premium subscribers in the United States, marking a significant upgrade to how professionals discover and connect on the platform. The new feature enables users to search for people using natural, conversational language, transforming what had long been a highly literal, keyword-based process.

Salesforce To Buy Doti, Expanding AI R&D And Agentic Search Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:55 AM

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Doti, an agentic enterprise search company known for its work in unified search and knowledge discovery. The acquisition will expand Salesforce’s AI R&D hub in Israel and accelerate the development of a unified, agentic search experience across the company’s platform.

Google Announces $40 Billion Texas Expansion To Bolster AI And Cloud Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:42 AM

Google is making one of its most significant U.S. commitments to date with a new $40 billion investment in Texas through 2027, expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence footprint across the state. The company, which has operated in Texas for more than 15 years, said the funding will support the development of new cloud and AI infrastructure, including data-center campuses in Armstrong and Haskell Counties.

Loosid Secures New AWS Funding To Expand SAM AI Into Global Enterprise Sobriety Support

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:16 PM

Loosid has received a new round of funding from Amazon Web Services as the company accelerates the enterprise rollout of SAM AI, its AI-powered Sobriety and Addiction Mentor designed to provide around-the-clock support for employees, treatment centers, and corporate wellness providers. The investment follows Loosid’s partnership with Innovative Solutions, an AWS Premier Tier Partner that helped secure two rounds of AWS funding to scale SAM AI on AWS infrastructure.

Boompop: $41 Million Secured To Advance Adoption Of AI-Based Corporate Events Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:05 PM

BoomPop has raised $41 million in new funding to expand its AI-powered platform, which helps companies design, book, and manage in-person events at scale. Wing VC led the round with participation from Atomic, Acme, Four Rivers, Thayer Investment Partners, the Fund of Operators Guild, Gaingels, and individual backers including Alex Rodriguez, Brian O’Malley, Dane Glasgow, Christopher Payne, and several Silicon Valley founders. The funding package includes sixteen million dollars in debt and credit provided by Silicon Valley Bank.

Lative: $7.5 Million Raised To Advance AI-Driven Sales Planning Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:35 PM

Lative has secured $7.5 million in new funding as the company accelerates development of its AI-powered sales planning and decision intelligence platform while expanding its go-to-market presence. The round was co-led by Act Venture Capital and Senovo VC with participation from Elkstone, Enterprise Ireland, WestWave Capital, Handshake Ventures, and Shuttle. Companies such as Seismic, Intercom, Aiven, Avalara, and Version 1 are already using Lative to replace fragmented spreadsheets and outdated planning models with a unified, real-time intelligence platform.

TandemAI: $22 Million Series A Extension Raised To Accelerate AI-Driven Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:00 PM

TandemAI has closed a $22 million Series A extension that will enable the company to advance its AI-driven drug discovery platform and expand its ability to serve a growing global client base. The financing includes participation from both new and existing investors and brings the company’s total capital raised since its October 2021 founding to more than $80 million.

Parallel Raises $100 Million Series A At $740 Million Valuation Raised To Build Web Infrastructure For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:52 AM

Parallel has secured a $100 million Series A round at a $740 million valuation, marking one of the largest early-stage financings in the emerging market for AI-native web infrastructure. The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures, with participation from Spark Capital and continued support from existing backers Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, and Terrain. As part of the investment, Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid will join the company’s board alongside Vinod Khosla, Shardul Shah, and Josh Kopelman.

Sim.ai: $7 Million Series A Closed To Advance Development Of Its Agentic AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:28 AM

Sim.ai has raised a $7 million Series A round led by Standard Capital, marking a significant step forward for the Y Combinator–backed startup as it scales its agentic AI platform. The latest financing round underscores growing investor confidence in the agentic-AI category. Alongside Standard Capital, the round drew participation from a group of influential backers, including Paul Graham, Perplexity, SV Angel, Ali Rowghani, Liquid 2 Ventures, Kulveer Taggar, Twenty Two Ventures, Kaz Nejatian, Chris Howard, Y Combinator, and additional supporters from the startup and AI ecosystem.

Adclear Raises £2.1 Million To Accelerate AI Compliance For Financial Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:22 AM

Adclear has raised £2.1 million in new seed funding to accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered financial-marketing compliance platform, marking a significant milestone for the London-based regtech startup. The round was led by Outward VC, with participation from AFG Partners, Tenity, and angel investors, including Dan Cobley, former Managing Director of Google UK and founder of ClearScore, as well as Keith Grose, Managing Director at Coinbase UK, through the a16z Scout Fund and the Ventures Together community.

Anzen: $16 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI Platform For Commercial Insurance Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:49 AM

Anzen has secured a $16 million Series A round that will accelerate its efforts to modernize the distribution of commercial insurance across the United States. The funding was led by Madrona with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, Andreessen Horowitz, and several additional investors, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $26 million. The new investment reflects growing confidence in Anzen’s AI-powered approach to solving long-standing workflow inefficiencies in the insurance market.

Doqfy: Interview With Founder & CEO Aditya Pandranki About The Legal Document Workflow Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:49 AM

Doqfy is a company that aims to digitize and automate contract and legal document workflows for businesses. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Doqfy founder and CEO Aditya Pandranki to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Appian Introduces New AI Capabilities To Accelerate Application Modernization And Automate Complex Enterprise Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:14 AM

Appian announced significant new AI enhancements designed to make artificial intelligence a core driver of enterprise process automation rather than a simple assistant. The release introduces advanced agents that can reason, act on enterprise data, respond to unexpected conditions, and execute complex tasks at scale. These updates reflect Appian’s continued strategy of embedding AI deeply within end-to-end workflows, enabling organizations to modernize operations and realize measurable value from automation initiatives.

Bitfarms Advances $128 Million Washington Conversion To HPC And AI Infrastructure With 2026 Completion Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:01 AM

Bitfarms announced a major strategic shift as it begins converting its 18 MW Bitcoin mining facility in Washington State into a high-performance computing and artificial intelligence center, supported by a fully funded $128 million agreement with a large publicly traded American multinational provider of critical data center infrastructure. The company announced the news from Toronto and New York as it continues to reposition its portfolio toward next-generation computing.

WisdomAI: $50 Million Closed To Advance Autonomous AI Analytics For The Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:18 AM

WisdomAI announced that it has raised $50 million in Series A financing led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from new investor NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, as well as returning investors Coatue, Latitude Capital, Madrona, GTM Capital, Menlo Ventures, and U First Capital. The round brings the company’s total funding to $73 million, occurring less than a year after the company’s launch.

Code Metal: $36.5 Million Series A Raised To Advance Verifiable AI Code Translation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:51 AM

Code Metal has secured $36.5 million in Series A financing. This milestone positions the Boston-based company for its next phase of growth as it accelerates the adoption of verifiable AI-powered code translation across mission-critical industries. Accel led the round, valuing the company at $250 million.

Anthropic: $50 Billion Investment Announced To Expand American AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:16 AM

Anthropic has unveiled a landmark $50 billion investment to build new American computing infrastructure, marking one of the most significant capital commitments in the history of the artificial intelligence sector. The company will construct custom data centers in partnership with Fluidstack in Texas and New York, with additional sites expected as demand for its Claude platform continues to rise.

Cursor: $2.3 Billion Series D At $29.3 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance AI-Driven Software Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:12 AM

Cursor has raised $2.3 billion in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at $29.3 billion, marking one of the largest private financings in the AI developer tools sector. The round included continued support from existing investors, including Thrive, a16z, Accel, and DST, as well as new backers Coatue, NVIDIA, and Google. The investment positions Cursor to scale its AI development platform amid soaring demand from enterprises and record revenue growth.