Artificial Intelligence

Zenity Raises $125 Million Series C To Expand AI Agent Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Zenity has raised $125 million in a Series C financing round led by Norwest to expand its artificial intelligence agent security and governance platform. New investors Qumra Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi Ventures and LG Technology Ventures joined the round. Existing investors Vertex Ventures, Third Point Ventures, DTCP and Intel Capital also participated.

PostNL: AI Agents And Parcel Lockers Support Expanded €180 Million Cost-Savings Plan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

PostNL expanded its cost-reduction program to as much as €180 million as the Dutch delivery company increases its use of artificial intelligence, automates support functions, and builds a larger network of parcel lockers.

Alibaba Introduces 2.4 Trillion-Parameter Qwen3.8-Max AI Model With 1 Million-Token Context Window

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Alibaba’s Qwen team has officially released Qwen3.8-Max, describing it as the largest and most capable model in the Qwen family to date. Built on the architectural foundation of Qwen3.5, the flagship model contains 2.4 trillion total parameters, with approximately 95 billion parameters activated during inference. It supports a context window of up to 1 million tokens, enabling it to work with large collections of documents, extensive software repositories, long videos and complex tasks that require sustained reasoning across many steps.

Zoi: Interview With North America Managing Director Danilo Kirschner About AI-Enabled Cloud Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Zoi is a cloud-native technology partner that helps manufacturing and retail companies modernize legacy systems, connect fragmented data environments, and move artificial intelligence from experimentation into production. The company combines engineering expertise across AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and SAP with industry-specific knowledge. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zoi North America Managing Director Danilo Kirschner to learn more.

Google: Gemini Robotics ER 2 Adds Multi-Robot Collaboration And 91.3% Moment-Finding Accuracy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Google Gemini Robotics ER 2 has been introduced as a new embodied reasoning model designed to help robots understand their surroundings, communicate with people and coordinate complex physical tasks.

Arya: Interview With CEO And Co-Founder Offer Yehudai About AI-Powered Couples Wellness

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Arya is an AI-powered couples wellness platform that combines a human-led Intimacy Concierge, relationship expertise, and technology to help partners strengthen their connection and navigate intimacy. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Arya CEO and Co-Founder Offer Yehudai to learn more.

Fundraise Up Introduces Agentic Giving Category For AI-Powered Donations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Fundraise Up has introduced Agentic Giving, a new category describing how artificial intelligence could change the way donors discover nonprofit organizations, evaluate causes and complete donations.

Lokam.ai Reports 45% Monthly Growth And Zero Customer Churn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Lokam.ai has reported 45% month-over-month growth and no customer churn nine months after launching its voice-first AI follow-up platform for automobile dealerships.

EU Launches AI Gigafactories Call To Unlock More Than €30 Billion In Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

The European Union has launched a call for tenders to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe, advancing its goal of strengthening technological sovereignty and becoming a leading AI continent.

Polar: $5.7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build AI Browser That Does Real Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Polar, the AI browser that automates the tedious parts of knowledge work, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding led by Madrona, with participation from angel investors including former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke and Modal founder Erik Bernhardsson.

Growth2Success: Nurtureme Takes On America’s $900 Billion Trucking Labor Crisis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Growth2Success has signed a multiyear distribution agreement to place up to 10,000 workers per month across 30 enterprise nationwide trucking carriers using Nurtureme, its AI-powered recruiting platform. The deal targets a persistent problem in the $900 billion trucking industry: getting qualified drivers and support staff into seats faster than they leave them.

OneMedNet Secures $11.5+ Million Agreement To Supply Regulatory-Grade Real-World Data For Foundational AI Model Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

OneMedNet Corporation, a provider of regulatory decision-grade, AI-driven Real-World Data, has entered into an agreement to supply its regulatory-grade, multi-modal imaging-centric iRWD platform data for use in the development and training of a foundational AI model. Under the terms of the agreement, OneMedNet will provide high-quality, de-identified, regulatory-grade healthcare data, including millions of medical imaging records and associated clinical reports, with data delivery beginning immediately.