Artificial Intelligence

Nassau Financial Group Invests In Trussed AI To Support Responsible Enterprise AI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Trussed AI announced that Nassau Financial Group has invested in the company through the Nassau Reimagine program. Trussed AI provides AI governance and compliance solutions for regulated enterprises.

NeuralTrust Raises $20 Million To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

NeuralTrust, a platform for securing AI agents, announced it raised $20 million in seed funding. The company said the round is the largest cybersecurity seed financing raised by an EU company to date.

Telepatia Raises $42 Million To Expand AI Doctor Platform Across Latin America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Telepatia AI announced that it has raised $42 million in funding, including a $33 million Series A round led by a16z. The round included participation from Shyam Sankar of Palantir, David Vélez of Nubank, and Simón Borrero of Rappi. Existing investors A-Star, Abstract, Canary, Picus, and SV Angel also participated.

Afiniti: Interview With CEO Jerome Kapelus About The Behavioral Analytics Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Afiniti uses applied artificial intelligence and behavioral analytics to pair enterprise customers with the most compatible contact center agents. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Afiniti CEO Jerome Kapelus to learn more.

Z.ai Launches GLM-5.2 For Long-Horizon AI Tasks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Z.ai announced the launch of GLM-5.2, its latest flagship AI model built for long-horizon tasks and complex agentic workflows.

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform For AI-Powered Spatial Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Qualcomm Technologies announced the Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform, a new XR platform designed to power premium spatial computing experiences with advanced on-device AI.

OpenAI: ChatGPT Launches New Scheduled Tasks Page

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

OpenAI announced a new scheduled tasks experience in ChatGPT, giving users a faster, more reliable, and easier way to manage automated tasks from a dedicated Scheduled page.

Raylu: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ali Dastjerdi About The Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Raylu is an AI-powered sourcing and research platform that automates core investor workflows - market mapping, company discovery, and founder outreach - for private-market investors, including private equity, growth equity, and venture capital firms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Raylu co-founder and CEO Ali Dastjerdi to learn more.

Fountain: Interview With CEO Sean Behr About The Workforce Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Fountain is an AI-native workforce management platform that streamlines the high-volume sourcing, hiring, and scheduling of frontline and hourly workers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Fountain CEO Sean Behr to learn more.

GitHub Releases Open Dataset To Support Multilingual AI Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

GitHub announced the release of the GitHub Multilingual Repositories Dataset, a new open dataset designed to help researchers and developers discover multilingual developer content across public GitHub repositories.

Amazon To Invest Several Billion Dollars In Missouri Data Center Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Amazon announced plans to invest several billion dollars in Missouri to build a new data center campus in Montgomery County. The project is expected to create more than 400 full-time data center jobs, thousands of construction jobs, road and water infrastructure improvements, and hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue for Montgomery County.

Cloudflare Adds Ensemble AI Talent To Strengthen AI Infrastructure Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Cloudflare announced that key members of Ensemble AI are joining the company to help accelerate its work in AI infrastructure and make it easier for developers to run powerful AI models efficiently at scale.

Databricks Introduces Genie ZeroOps For Data And AI Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Databricks announced Genie ZeroOps, an autonomous background agent designed to monitor production data and AI workloads, investigate issues, and suggest fixes that teams can verify before applying.

Snowflake Introduces AIM Platform For Enterprise Migration And Modernization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Snowflake announced the launch of Snowflake AIM, an AI-powered platform designed to help organizations modernize, migrate, and virtualize enterprise data and code workloads on Snowflake.

Nebius Completes Acquisition Of Eigen AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Nebius announced that it has completed its acquisition of Eigen AI, a company focused on inference and model optimization.

CrowdStrike Launches Continuous Identity For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

CrowdStrike announced the launch of Continuous Identity for AI Agents, a new capability within CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security designed to help enterprises secure autonomous AI agents as they interact with tools, data, APIs, and other systems.

HighGround Raises $6.5 Million To Build Intelligence Layer For Defense Capital Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

HighGround announced that it has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to bring institutional-grade intelligence to the defense and aerospace investment market. The round was led by Next Frontier Capital, with participation from Tandem Ventures, Fulcrum Capital, and Context Ventures.

Summize Acquires InnoLaw Group Talent And Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Summize, a leader in AI-powered contract intelligence for mid-market companies, announced it has acquired key personnel and proprietary assets from InnoLaw Group, a niche contract lifecycle management consultancy focused on helping legal teams deploy and optimize technology at scale. The deal expands Summize’s ability to support complex, enterprise-grade CLM implementations for its growing global customer base.

Conduct Raises $60 Million Series A From Index Ventures, ICONIQ, And SAP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Conduct announced that it has raised $60 million in Series A funding to expand its AI operating system for complex enterprise software systems. The round was co-led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ, with a strategic investment from SAP. Existing investors Creandum, Lucid Capital, and Booom also participated.

Unframe Acquires Swish AI To Strengthen Enterprise AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Unframe announced that it is acquiring Swish AI, a company specializing in AI-powered IT service management and operations.

Odyssey Raises $310 Million To Accelerate World Simulation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Odyssey announced that it has raised $310 million in Series B funding at a $1.45 billion valuation to accelerate the development and deployment of its world model technology. The round was led by Natural Capital, with participation from Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, EQT, In-Q-Tel, and others. Existing investors include Jeff Dean, Elad Gil, Qasar Younis, Garry Tan, Guillermo Rauch, and Kyle Vogt.

ETHERFAX Acquires Weave Cloud Solutions’ AI-Powered Document Processing Product

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

ETHERFAX announced that it has received a strategic investment led by Telegraph Hill Partners and acquired Weave Cloud Solutions’ flagship product, Weave Flow, an AI-powered intelligent document processing solution.

Flagright Raises $12.5 Million Series A To Expand AI Operating System For Financial Crime Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Flagright announced that it has raised $12.5 million in Series A funding to expand its AI operating system for financial crime compliance. The round was led by Infinity Ventures, with participation from Sella Direct Ventures and continued backing from existing investors, including Frontline and Y Combinator.

Cortea Raises €12 Million To Help Audit Firms Adopt AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Cortea, a company building an AI quality layer for audit firms, announced it has raised €12 million in seed funding. The round was led by Dawn Capital, with participation from Cherry Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, and angel investors including Larry Bradley, former Global Head of Audit at KPMG.

OpenRouter Introduces Fusion To Combine Multiple AI Models For Stronger Deep Research Performance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

OpenRouter introduced Fusion, a new tool designed to synthesize outputs from multiple AI models and produce stronger responses than any individual model can typically generate.

Meta Introduces New AI Tools For Facebook Search, Editing, And Sharing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Meta announced new AI-powered features for Facebook designed to help users find answers, create photos and videos, and share content more easily.

HeyMilo AI Raises $6 Million To Expand Agentic Recruiting Platform And Launch New AI Hiring Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

HeyMilo AI announced that it has raised a total of $6 million in funding led by Category Ventures, with participation from Canaan Partners, Alumni Ventures, and ERA. The company plans to use the capital to expand its agentic recruiting platform and introduce new AI-powered recruiting capabilities for high-volume hiring.

Snap Introduces SPECS AR Glasses And Opens Pre-Orders At $2,195

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Snap unveiled its new SPECS augmented reality glasses at Augmented World Expo 2026, marking the company's latest push into wearable computing and opening pre-orders ahead of a planned fall launch.

Opti: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Barak Perelman About The Identity Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Pearl Health: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Michael Kopko About The Healthcare Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Pearl Health is an AI-powered technology, services, and financial tools platform that helps primary care providers transition to and succeed in value-based care models for Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pearl Health co-founder and CEO Michael Kopko to learn more.