Artificial Intelligence

D-Wave Quantum: New Gate-Model Roadmap Targets 100 Logical Qubits And Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing By 2032

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2026

D-Wave Quantum Inc. announced a new gate-model quantum computing roadmap aimed at advancing commercial fault-tolerant quantum computing. The company said its plan targets a 100-logical-qubit system capable of successfully performing more than one million operations by 2032, leveraging its superconducting dual-rail architecture and quantum error correction technologies.

TheyDo: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Jochem van der Veer About The Journey Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2026

Crimson Raises $2.5 Million Seed Round To Expand AI-Powered Case Intelligence Platform For Litigation Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2026

Crimson, an AI-native case intelligence platform built specifically for litigation and arbitration teams, has raised an oversubscribed $2.5 million seed round and opened a new office in New York as it accelerates its expansion across the U.S. legal market.

Kopa.ai Raises €2 Million In Pre-Seed Funding To Advance AI-Powered E-Commerce Marketing And Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2026

Kopa.ai has announced the successful completion of a €2 million pre-seed funding round, providing the company with additional resources to accelerate the development of its AI-driven platform for e-commerce marketing and operations. The funding marks a significant early milestone for the startup as it looks to help online businesses leverage artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, automate workflows, and drive growth.

Samsung Electronics: Industry-First HBM4E Samples Shipped To Advance AI Memory Performance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2026

Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun shipping what it describes as the industry’s first 12-layer HBM4E (High Bandwidth Memory 4E) samples to major global customers, expanding its next-generation AI memory portfolio and strengthening its position in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market.

EQT And Google Cloud Partner To Accelerate AI Adoption Across 300+ Portfolio Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2026

Global private markets firm EQT and Google Cloud announced a new partnership designed to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across more than 300 EQT portfolio companies worldwide.

Asana Acquires StackAI To Expand Cross-System AI Workflow Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Asana announced that it has completed the acquisition of StackAI, a no-code AI workflow platform that enables organizations to design, test, deploy, and govern custom AI agents and intelligent automation for business-critical workflows.

Mitsubishi Chemical And Accenture Establish AI-Based Joint Venture To Transform Corporate Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Mitsubishi Chemical and Accenture announced the formation of a joint venture, RIX Business Partners Corporation, designed to accelerate AI-enabled business reinvention and operational transformation across Mitsubishi Chemical’s corporate functions.

Utilidata Raises $40 Million Extension To Complete $100 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Utilidata, a leader in embedded AI for power infrastructure, announced that it has secured an additional $40 million in Series C funding, completing a $100 million Series C round. The extension was led by existing investor Renown Capital Partners with participation from Keyframe Capital. The financing follows Utilidata’s initial $60.3 million Series C round announced in April 2025, which also included participation from Keyframe Capital, Quanta Services, and NVIDIA.

Geordie AI: $30 Million Series A Raised To Help Enterprises Govern Autonomous AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Geordie AI announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventures, as well as new investor Crosspoint Capital.

Eleveight AI: $120 Million Invested In Armenia’s First Blackwell-Powered AI Factory

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2026

Eleveight AI announced the launch of a GPU-native AI Factory in Gagarin, Armenia, powered by NVIDIA Blackwell B300 GPUs. The facility is the first deployment of NVIDIA’s Blackwell B300 architecture in Armenia and the South Caucasus, representing an investment of up to $120 million in its first phase and positioning the region as an emerging hub for global AI infrastructure.

Opto Investments: AI Venture Fund Closes To Back Next Generation Infrastructure And Applied AI Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2026

Opto Investments announced the close of its AI-focused venture fund, a multi-strategy vehicle designed to provide registered investment advisors (RIAs) and family offices with exposure to private companies developing foundational technologies and real-world applications across the artificial intelligence ecosystem.

FMG: AI-Based Marketing Intelligence System Launched To Better Serve 80,000+ Advisors And Insurance Professionals

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2026

FMG, a marketing technology platform serving the wealth management and insurance industries, announced the launch of its Marketing Intelligence System, an internal AI-powered platform designed to help its teams access approved sales materials, customer proof points, product information, campaign assets, and institutional knowledge through natural-language search and AI-assisted retrieval.

Orbital Industries: $50 Million Series B Raised To Scale AI Engine For The Physical Economy And Data Centre Hardware

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2026

Orbital Industries, an AI-powered industrial technology company focused on building physical infrastructure for the AI era, announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Plural, with participation from existing and previous investors NVentures (NVIDIA), Radical Ventures, Compound, and Fly Ventures.

Airis Labs: $31 Million Series A Closed As Defense AI Company Emerges From Stealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2026

Airis Labs announced its emergence from stealth with $60 million in total funding, including a $31 million Series B round led by PSG Equity. Existing investors TLV Partners, Stepstone Group, Redseed Ventures, and angel investors Eyal Waldman, Jeff Horing, Yasmin Lukatz, and David Chinn also participated in the financing.

Greenhouse: Acquisition Of Ezra AI Labs To Bring Conversational AI To Hiring

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2026

Greenhouse, a hiring platform used by more than 7,500 companies, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ezra AI Labs, a voice AI interviewing company focused on structured, on-demand candidate conversations. The acquisition is expected to close this quarter, subject to customary closing conditions.

Qualified, from Salesforce: Interview With CMO Maura Rivera About The Agentic Marketing And Conversational Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2026

Qualified, from Salesforce, is an agentic marketing and conversational platform that uses an AI Sales Development Representative (SDR) agent named "Piper" to help B2B companies identify high-intent website visitors and generate a sales pipeline in real-time. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Qualified CMO Maura Rivera to learn more.

Pax: $40 Million Seed Raised After Cutting Crime 27% Across Brazilian Cities

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2026

Pax, an AI-native public safety technology company, announced a $40 million seed funding round co-led by Greenoaks and Benchmark. The financing is one of the largest seed investments in Latin America and will support the company's expansion of its real-time intelligence platform for law enforcement agencies across the region.