Artificial Intelligence

Gryphon Strategies Expands Investment Intelligence Capabilities With BIA Team Addition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Gryphon Strategies, a global provider of due diligence, investigations, and business intelligence services, announced the addition of Business Intelligence Advisors’ (BIA) Investment Intelligence team. The move expands Gryphon’s Business Intelligence practice by adding specialized human intelligence capabilities that complement its global investigative platform.

Lumen Completes Alkira Acquisition To Expand AI-Era Networking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Lumen Technologies announced it has completed its acquisition of Alkira, an on-demand networking platform that enables enterprises to connect clouds, sites, partners, and AI workloads through a unified software platform. The deal combines Alkira’s cloud-native networking technology with Lumen’s fiber infrastructure and programmable network to simplify enterprise networking across cloud, hybrid, and AI environments.

Databento Raises $97 Million Series B To Expand Global Market Data Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Databento, a market data platform for financial institutions, announced it has raised $97 million in Series B funding in a round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Tribe Capital, and other strategic and existing investors. The financing was significantly oversubscribed, attracting more than $300 million in investor demand.

Airties To Acquire Aprecomm To Expand AI Connectivity Platform And Accelerate Growth In Emerging Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Airties announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aprecomm, an AI-driven broadband connectivity software company, to strengthen its Connectivity Experience Management platform and expand its presence in high-growth broadband markets, including India, South Asia, Southeast Asia, South America, and other developing regions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

GIM Raises $20 Million Series A To Advance Agentic AI Investing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

GIM (Grace Investment Machine) announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding to accelerate development of its AI-native investment technology platform focused on autonomous, agentic investing systems.

Chemomab Therapeutics And Scipher Medicine To Merge To Advance Nebokitug In AI-Powered RA Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Chemomab Therapeutics and Scipher Medicine announced a definitive merger agreement in a stock transaction. Upon completion, the combined company is expected to operate as Scipher Medicine Corporation and trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SCIP.

Prime Intellect Raises $130 Million Series A To Build Open Superintelligence Stack

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Prime Intellect announced that it raised $130 million in Series A funding to build what it describes as the open superintelligence stack. The round was led by Radical Ventures, with participation from NVIDIA Ventures, Intel Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, and existing investors.

OpenAI Introduces GPT-Live To Power More Natural ChatGPT Voice Interactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

OpenAI introduced GPT-Live, a new generation of voice models designed to make speaking with AI feel more like a natural conversation. The models are now powering an upgraded ChatGPT Voice experience.

ARC Intelligence Raises €4 Million In Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

ARC Intelligence announced that it has secured €4 million in seed funding. The company is building an AI-native Finance OS for ERP-heavy businesses.

Colt DCS Appoints David Burton As Chief Information Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Colt Data Centre Services announced the appointment of David Burton as Chief Information Officer. Colt DCS is a global provider of AI-ready, hyperscale, and large enterprise data centers.

xAI Rebrands As SpaceXAI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

SpaceXAI announced a brief rebrand message on X, posting: “We are now @SpaceXAI.” The short update signals the next step in the public identity shift following SpaceX’s earlier acquisition of xAI. The update also included a new logo.

Arato Raises $10 Million Seed Round To Improve AI Quality Assurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Arato announced that it has raised a $10 million seed round. The round was led by TLV Partners. Jibe Ventures also participated in the financing. Additional backers included a16z’s Raghu Raghuram, the former CEO of VMware, and Marianna Tessel, the former CTO of Intuit.

Permutable: Interview With Founder & CEO Wilson Chan About How The Company Is Turning Real-Time Narratives Into Market Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Permutable is a London-based AI-driven market intelligence company that analyzes global narratives, macroeconomic developments, and real-time news flows to generate explainable market intelligence for institutional investors, hedge funds, and commodities trading teams. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Permutable founder and CEO Wilson Chan to learn more.

B Capital Closes $500 Million Ascent Fund III To Back AI-Driven Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

B Capital announced the final close of B Capital Ascent Fund III at its hard cap of $500 million in aggregate capital commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and nearly doubled the size of its predecessor, B Capital Ascent Fund II.

Bespoke Labs Raises $40 Million To Build Reliable AI Agent Training Environments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Bespoke Labs announced that it has raised $40 million across seed and Series A funding rounds. The company is building an AI agent training platform focused on environments that help agents become more reliable.

alqem Raises €8 Million To Scale AI-Driven Materials Discovery Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

alqem announced that it has raised €8 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-driven materials discovery engine. The round was co-led by UVC Partners and Union Square Ventures.

Worldmodeldata Raises £7 Million To Build Data Layer For World Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Worldmodeldata announced that it has emerged from stealth and raised £7 million, or about $9.3 million, in seed funding. The company said the capital will accelerate its mission of transforming gameplay into training-ready datasets for world models and embodied AI.

Venice Raises $65 Million Series A At $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Venice announced that it has raised $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, and other investors.

Zoom Acquiring Common Room

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Zoom announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Common Room, an AI-native go-to-market intelligence platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Skymantics Wins $9.1 Million IRS Contract To Expand AI Synthetic Data Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Skymantics announced that it has won a three-year, $9.179 million task order from the Internal Revenue Service Chief Information Officer. The award covers Phase 5 of the Enterprise Systems Testing Simulation of the Nation Synthetic Data Engine project, known as SimoN.

Robot.com: Interview With Co-Founder & President Of Media Judah Longgrear About The Delivery Robot Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Robot.com (formerly Kiwibot) is a company that uses artificial intelligence to operate a fleet of autonomous robots that handle tasks like campus food delivery, warehouse logistics, and out-of-home advertising. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Robot.com co-founder and President of Media Judah Longgrear to learn more.

Lunos AI: Interview With Founder & CEO Duncan Barrigan About The Virtual Coworker AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Lunos develops AI agents that act as virtual coworkers for business finance teams, automating the tedious, day-to-day work of accounts receivable, such as tracking payments, following up on overdue invoices, and handling customer correspondence in a human-like, personalized manner. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Lunos founder and CEO Duncan Barrigan to learn more.

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million Series B To Build Video Superintelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

TwelveLabs announced that it has raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with participation from Amazon, Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital, and Red Bull Ventures.

EquiLibre Raises Series A At $500+ Million Valuation To Scale AI Trading Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

EquiLibre Technologies announced the closing of its Series A funding round at a valuation of more than $500 million. The round was led by Creandum, and the company plans to use the capital to scale compute infrastructure, expand into more markets, and grow its team of researchers and engineers.

Edge226 Acquires AnyClip To Expand AI-Powered Cross-Channel Performance Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Edge226 announced it has acquired AnyClip, an AI-powered video intelligence company built for media companies and publishers.

LinqAlpha Raises $22 Million Series A To Build Alpha Intelligence Layer For Global Public Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

LinqAlpha announced it has raised $22 million in Series A funding to build what it describes as the Alpha Intelligence Layer for global public markets. The funding round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures. And the round also included participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms.

KredosAi Raises $7 Million Series A To Expand Enterprise Revenue Recovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

KredosAi announced it has raised $7 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered collections platform for enterprise revenue recovery. The oversubscribed funding round was led by BMW i Ventures. New investors Motley Fool Ventures and Walter Ventures also joined the round, along with existing investors Okapi Venture Capital, StartFast Ventures, SaaS Ventures, and Stout Street Capital.

Kling AI Raises $2.8 Billion To Expand AI Video Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Kuaishou Technology’s Kling AI has raised about $2.8 billion from a group of investors to expand its AI video operations. The financing values the AI video business at about $15 billion on a pre-money basis.

Kaltura: Interview With CTO Dr. Alan Bekker About The Video Experience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Kaltura provides a cloud-based Video Experience Platform that allows enterprises, educational institutions, and media companies to create, manage, deliver, and monetize live and on-demand video. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kaltura CTO Dr. Alan Bekker to learn more.

Brookfield And Bloom Energy Expand AI Infrastructure Partnership To $25 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2026

Bloom Energy and Brookfield announced the expansion of their strategic partnership as Brookfield increases its framework to finance power projects for AI infrastructure. The framework has increased from the previously announced $5 billion to $25 billion, representing a fivefold expansion since October 2025.