Artificial Intelligence

Definity Raises $12 Million Series A To Advance Agentic Data Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Definity, an agentic data engineering platform purpose-built to operate and optimize enterprise lakehouse and Spark data pipelines, has raised an oversubscribed $12 million Series A financing, bringing its total funding to $16.5 million. The round was led by GreatPoint Ventures, with participation from Dynatrace and existing investors StageOne Ventures and Hyde Park Venture Partners.

Certifyde Closes $2 Million Seed Round To Scale AI Adoption Platform For Enterprise And Government

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Certifyde, a New York-based AI adoption platform for modern businesses, has closed a $2 million seed round with participation from K5 Global and Flamingo Capital, alongside individual investors including George Ruan, co-founder of Honey, Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple Labs, Roland Peralta, founder of Nutrafol, professional tennis player Taylor Fritz, and musicians Diplo and Kygo.

Apera AI Secures Strategic Investment From Zebra Technologies To Advance Intelligent Factory Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Zebra Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Zebra Technologies, has made a strategic investment in Apera AI, a Vancouver-based provider of 4D Vision systems for industrial robots. The investment reinforces Zebra's focus on digitizing and automating workflows for manufacturing and logistics organizations. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Rogo Raises $160 Million Series D To Scale Agentic AI Platform For Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Rogo, a New York-based AI platform purpose-built for finance, has raised $160 million in Series D funding led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, BoxGroup, Mantis VC, Jack Altman, Evantic, and Positive Sum. The round brings Rogo's total funding to more than $300 million and will support global expansion, deeper institutional partnerships, and the scaling of Felix, its agentic AI system.

Scout AI Raises $100 Million Series A To Develop Foundation Model For Unmanned Warfare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Scout AI, a Sunnyvale-based defense AI company, has raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series A round, co-led by Align Ventures and Draper Associates, to accelerate development of Fury, its foundation model for unmanned warfare. The company describes the raise as the largest defense-tech Series A in U.S. history. Additional participants include Decisive Point, Booz Allen Ventures, BVVC, Neman Ventures, Evolution VC Partners, Heraclitus Capital Management, Sigmas Group, Disruptive Founders Fund, and Vaughn Capital Partners.

Cognizant To Acquire Astreya To Deepen AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Cognizant, a Teaneck, New Jersey-based AI and technology services company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Astreya, a San Jose-based AI-first IT managed services and solutions provider. The transaction is expected to expand Cognizant's AI infrastructure capabilities and production-grade AI operations platform as enterprises accelerate spending on data center infrastructure. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.

Aliya: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO S. P. “Wije” Wijegoonaratna About The Operational Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Aliya is a company that builds AI-powered operational intelligence software and infrastructure for banks. Their aliyaOS™ platform enables financial institutions to modernize lending workflows, optimize risk management, and increase revenue through autonomous, data-driven decisioning. Their technology helps banks move from manual processes to real-time, governed, and scalable lending operations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aliya co-founder and CEO Wije S. P. "Wije" Wijegoonaratna to learn more.

Parallel Web Systems: $100 Million Series B At $2 Billion Valuation Raised To Scale AI Agent Web Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Parallel Web Systems, a Palo Alto-based web infrastructure company powering how AI agents access the open web, has raised a 100 million dollar Series B round at a 2 billion dollar valuation, led by Sequoia Capital. The round more than doubles Parallel's Series A valuation from five months ago and brings total capital raised to 230 million dollars. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Spark Capital, Terrain Capital, and Abstract Ventures all increased their participation. Andrew Reed, Partner at Sequoia Capital, will join Parallel's board of directors.