Artificial Intelligence

Greenstone Biosciences And Intel Launch Strategic Collaboration To Scale Human-Centric Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Greenstone Biosciences announced a strategic collaboration with Intel to accelerate AI-enabled drug discovery using Greenstone’s large-scale human biobank of induced pluripotent stem cells and Intel’s Edge AI computing and AI infrastructure.

Bear Robotics To Acquire Kinisi Robotics To Complete Physical AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Bear Robotics announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinisi Robotics. Upon closing, Kinisi will become part of Bear Robotics, and the transaction is expected to close in the coming days.

Isometric Raises $40 Million To Expand Agentic Certification Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Isometric announced it raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its agentic certification platform across the industrial economy. The round was led by AVP, which counts global insurer AXA as an anchor investor.

Prosper AI Raises $30 Million To Scale Patient Journey Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Prosper AI announced it raised $30 million in Series A funding to scale its AI platform for managing the full patient journey. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Base10 and continued support from Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, and Company Ventures.

Modulate: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Mike Pappas About The Voice Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Modulate develops AI-powered voice intelligence and moderation platforms, like ToxMod, that analyze the nuance and tone of human voices to detect toxicity and promote safe, inclusive online spaces. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Modulate co-founder and CEO Mike Pappas to learn more.

Scamnetic: Interview With CEO Al Pascual About The Digital Fraud Protection Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Scamnetic uses advanced AI to protect individuals and businesses from digital fraud by detecting and scoring the risk of inbound communications and transactions in real-time. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Scamnetic CEO Al Pascual to learn more.

AMESA: Interview With Founder & CEO Kence Anderson About The Enterprise Software Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

AMESA is an enterprise software company that provides a platform for building, training, and deploying collaborative teams of autonomous AI agents designed to safely manage and optimize complex real-world physical systems. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AMESA founder and CEO Kence Anderson to learn more.

Anthropic: John Jumper To Join Company After Leaving Google DeepMind

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

John Jumper announced that he has decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic. Jumper said he will take time to recharge before starting his new role at Anthropic.

DeepSeek Reportedly Raises $7.4 Billion At More Than $50 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

DeepSeek has reportedly raised more than $7.4 billion in its first external funding round, according to The WSJ.

Bain Reportedly Testing Software Takeover Targets With AI-Generated Replicas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Bain & Company is reportedly using AI-generated replicas of software products to help private equity investors evaluate acquisition targets.

KPMG Invests In Incentify To Expand AI-Powered Credits And Incentives Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

KPMG announced a minority equity investment in Incentify, a provider of AI-powered credits and incentives technology. The investment expands a collaboration between KPMG and Incentify focused on helping organizations identify and manage credits, grants, and incentives across more than 120 countries.

OpenAI: Noam Shazeer To Join Company After Leaving Google

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Noam Shazeer announced that he will be joining OpenAI. Shazeer shared the news in a post, saying he is excited to join OpenAI and looks forward to working with the company’s team.

Google Backs Dataland AI Arts Museum In Los Angeles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Google announced that it is serving as a technology and creative collaborator for Dataland, which it describes as the world’s first museum of AI arts.

Upscale AI Raises $190 Million Series A-1 At $2 Billion Valuation For AI Networking Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Upscale AI announced that it has raised $190 million in Series A-1 financing. The extension brings the company’s total funding to $500 million and its current valuation to $2 billion. The Series A-1 round was led by Premji Invest. New investors in the round included NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, Seligman Ventures, and Temasek. Existing investors Maverick Silicon, Mayfield, Prosperity7 Ventures, StepStone Group, and Tiger Global also participated.

Becausal: Interview With CEO Avi Chai Outmezguine About the Causal AI Audience Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Becausal is a causal AI-powered audience intelligence and measurement company redefining how brands understand consumer behavior and measure marketing impact. Built on privacy-first principles, transparent data practices, and auditable measurement, Becausal helps brands, retailers, agencies, and CPG companies move beyond black-box predictive models to better understand the drivers of consumer purchase behavior and real-world sales lift. Using deterministic purchase-signal data, causal inference modeling, and transparent data provenance, Becausal delivers actionable, accountable insights designed to help organizations measure and understand what influences consumer decisions, setting a new standard for ethical, explainable, and high-performance audience intelligence. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Becausal CEO Avi Chai Outmezguine to learn more.

Global Work AI: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Alex Chepovoi About The AI-Based Job Search Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Global Work AI is a job-search platform that helps job seekers find and apply for remote roles using artificial intelligence. It operates a jobs aggregator that scans multiple sources to match candidates with verified openings and provides AI tools to automate applications, tailor resumes, and prepare for interviews. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Global Work AI co-founder and CEO Alex Chepovoi to learn more.

Docusign Launches Slack App For Agreement Intelligence And Agentic Contract Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Docusign announced the launch of a new app for Slackbot that brings the Docusign Intelligent Agreement Management platform directly into Slack.

Stoic: Interview With CEO Oseas Ramirez About The Leadership Development Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 21, 2026

CNTXT AI Raises $60 Million Series A To Deploy Sovereign AI Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 21, 2026

CNTXT AI announced that it has closed a $60 million Series A funding round. The round was co-led by AI71, Abu Dhabi’s applied AI company focused on sovereign and domain-specialized AI, and BlueFive Capital, a global asset manager originating from the GCC.

Gradial Raises $65 Million Series C To Build Enterprise Marketing AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 21, 2026

Gradial announced that it has raised $65 million in Series C funding to build what it describes as the first system of work for enterprise marketing. The round was led by Insight Partners, alongside VMG, Madrona, and PruVen. Gradial said it has now raised more than $110 million over the past 16 months.

BlueConic Acquires Blueshift To Combine Real-Time Customer Data And AI Decisioning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2026

BlueConic announced that it has acquired Blueshift, an AI-powered cross-channel marketing platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

BullFrog AI: Interview With Chairman & CEO Vin Singh About The Biotechnology Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

BullFrog AI is a public biotechnology and digital biopharmaceutical company founded in 2017 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BullFrog AI Chairman and CEO Vin Singh to learn more.

Protege: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Bobby Samuels About The AI Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Protege is an AI data platform that securely connects private data holders in industries like healthcare and media with AI developers, enabling the compliant licensing and exchange of real-world data. Bobby Samuels co-founded the company and serves as its CEO, leading its overall strategy, execution, and capital formation. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Protege co-founder and CEO Bobby Samuels to learn more.

Salesforce Unveils Agentic Advisor For Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Salesforce announced Agentic Advisor, an AI-powered solution built natively in Agentforce for Financial Services.

Avaya: Interview With Head of Product Management – Apps Sarita Fernandes About The Cloud Communications Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Avaya provides cloud communications and workstream collaboration services, specializing in unified communications (UCaaS) and AI-powered contact center (CCaaS) platforms that help businesses manage employee and customer experiences. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Avaya's Head of Product Management— Apps, Sarita Fernandes, to learn more.

Google Highlights How Universities Are Preparing Students For An AI-Powered Future

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Google outlined how universities across the U.S. are using its AI tools to help students, faculty, and staff prepare for an AI-powered future.

Google Unveils New Home Speaker Built For Gemini

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Google announced the new Google Home Speaker, its first audio device built for the Gemini for Home voice assistant.

Amazon Trainium Gains Traction Among World Model AI Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Amazon said a growing group of AI startups building beyond chatbot-style models are choosing AWS Trainium chips to support some of the most compute-intensive workloads in AI.

Anthropic Opens Seoul Office And Announces Korean AI Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Anthropic announced the opening of its Seoul office along with new partnerships across the Korean AI ecosystem. The company said the office will support its long-term work with Korean enterprises, startups, researchers, developers, and nonprofit organizations building with Claude.

Colibri Group Acquires Audirie To Advance AI-Enabled Professional Learning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Colibri Group announced that it has acquired Audirie, an AI-driven simulation and assessment company focused on helping professionals build real-world skills through conversational practice, personalized assessment, and actionable feedback.