Artificial Intelligence

Blend: Interview With Head Of Financial Services Alex Sion About The AI Services Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Blend’s Head of Financial Services Alex Sion to learn more about the company.

IBM: $150 Billion Investment Plan In America Unveiled

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

IBM announced plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next 5 years to advance the economy and accelerate its role as a global leader in computing. And this includes an investment of over $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue IBM's American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers.

Capably: $4 Million Raised To Automate Complex Tasks With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 27, 2025

Intelligent automation platform company Capably announced it has raised $4 million in funding. The investment was led by Boost Capital Partners, with participation from other EU and US investors, including Concept Ventures, Sure Valley Ventures, Araya Ventures, Haatch, Koro Ventures, Wayra, and Ascension.

Push Security: $30 Million Series B Raised For Detecting Modern Identity Attacks In The Browser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 25, 2025

Push Security, a company that detects and responds to modern identity attacks in the browser, announced a $30 million Series B funding round led by Redpoint Ventures, with Datadog Ventures and B3 Capital participation. This funding will advance Push’s growth, fueling innovation and global expansion. This funding round also included existing investors, including Decibel and GV (Google Ventures), showing confidence in Push Security’s goal to stop identity attacks like credential phishing and account takeover (ATO) using stolen credentials and tokens, which is a problem that has hit the industry hard, especially in the last year.

Pillar Security: $9 Million (Seed) Closed To Address Evolving Threat Landscape

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Pillar Security, an AI-based security startup that helps enterprises build and run secure AI software, announced it has raised $9 million in seed funding. Shield Capital led the round, which was joined by Golden Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, and other strategic angel investors. The funds will support expanding Pillar’s R&D and go-to-market efforts.

1Fort: $7.5 Million Raised For Automating Business Insurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

1Fort, an AI platform for business insurance, announced it has raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures. This round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper), Karim Atiyeh (the founder of Ramp) and participation from all existing VCs: Village Global, Operator Partners, 8-Bit Capital, Character VC, and Company Ventures. This round brings 1Fort's total funding to $10 million.

Nyobolt: $30 Million Raised To Advance Decarbonization And Reduce Downtime

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Nyobolt, a pioneer of ultrafast charging technologies, announced it has raised $30 million in funding, led by IQ Capital and Latitude (the sister fund of LocalGlobe), with strategic partners including Scania Invest and Takasago Industry.

Arcana Labs: $5.5 Million Raised For AI-Based Content Production Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Arcana Labs, an AI-based content production platform and studio, announced it has raised $5.5 million in funding and launched its transformative all-in-one AI production studio, Arcana AI. The funding round was led by SEMCAP AI and its co-founders and co-CIOs, Walter “Buck” Buckley and Cyrus Vandrevala.