Artificial Intelligence

NVIDIA Confirms Deal To Acquire Hugging Face For $12.93 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for approximately $12.93 billion, bringing one of the largest open AI model and developer platforms under the chipmaker as it seeks to expand infrastructure and access to artificial intelligence worldwide. Details about the deal started to surface in late August.

Atira Raises $17.5 Million To Build AI Orchestration Platform For Industrial Sales Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Atira has raised $17.5 million in funding, including a $15 million Seed round led by Accel and a previously unannounced $2.5 million Pre-Seed round. UVC, Fortino and Booom also participated, alongside industry executives and operators including Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer, Markus Flik and Celonis Co-Founder and Co-CEO Bastian Nominacher.

Pebl: Interview With CEO Francoise Brougher About Its AI-First Global Employment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Pebl provides an AI-first global employment platform that helps companies hire employees in other countries without establishing local legal entities, while simplifying labor laws, taxes, compliance requirements, and workforce administration. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pebl CEO Francoise Brougher to learn more.

Wordsmith Appoints Simon McCarthy VP Of Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Wordsmith has appointed Simon McCarthy as Vice President of Transformation, expanding its enterprise transformation capabilities as generative and agentic AI reshape how legal teams operate.

C3 AI: Q1 Fiscal 2027 Bookings Jump 73% As Free Cash Flow Turns Positive

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

C3 AI reported fiscal first-quarter 2027 revenue of $52.4 million, with subscription revenue of $49.2 million representing 94% of total revenue.

Adobe Acquires Indian AI Marketing Intelligence Startup Rilo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Adobe has acquired Rilo, an India-based AI marketing intelligence startup, through a transaction involving the acquisition of the company's team and licensing of its technology, according to TechCrunch. The deal gives Adobe a six-person team and technology focused on automating marketing workflows as enterprises increasingly use AI to create, deploy and track campaigns and automate other go-to-market tasks.

MongoDB Reports Q2 Fiscal 2027 Revenue Of $771.8 Million, Up 30%, And Raises Full-Year Guidance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

MongoDB reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of $771.8 million, increasing 30% year over year, marking the company's highest revenue growth rate in several years.

Prevalent AI Appoints Nitin Maini As CTO To Expand AI-Powered Data Fabric

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Prevalent AI has appointed Nitin Maini as Chief Technology Officer, bringing in an enterprise software and cybersecurity executive to lead the company's technology strategy as it expands the use of its AI-powered Data Fabric and Knowledge Graph.

Lyte Raises $165 Million Series C At $1.6 Billion Valuation For Physical AI Perception Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Lyte has raised $165 million in Series C funding led by Maverick Silicon, valuing the physical AI perception company at $1.6 billion post-money. The round also included Fidelity Management & Research Company, which led Lyte’s Series B, along with Atreides Management, Key1 Capital, Ora Global, formerly Exor Ventures, and additional existing and new investors.

Spur: Interview With Co-Founder And Chief Strategy Officer Ethan Smith About IP Intelligence And Anonymized Traffic

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Spur is an IP intelligence company that helps security, fraud, and threat intelligence teams identify intentionally obscured internet traffic and understand the infrastructure behind it. Its technology provides context around VPNs, residential proxies, mobile proxies, botnets, and other anonymization services through APIs, data feeds, and session enrichment. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Spur Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Ethan Smith to learn more.

Eltropy: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Ashish Garg About Agentic AI For Credit Unions And Community Banks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Eltropy develops AI and communications technology for credit unions and community banks, with a platform focused on helping community financial institutions drive growth, improve efficiency and customer experiences, and support regulatory compliance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Eltropy Co-Founder and CEO Ashish Garg to learn more.

Empirik.ai Raises $21 Million Seed Round To Build Autonomous Infrastructure Engineer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Empirik.ai has emerged from stealth with a $21 million seed round backed by Sequoia Capital, S32, Canapi Ventures and Alumni Ventures, as the company develops an autonomous infrastructure engineer designed to help enterprises safely manage infrastructure changes at machine speed.