Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Takes Ownership Stake In Thrive Holdings To Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

OpenAI has acquired an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings as part of a new partnership aimed at speeding up the adoption of artificial intelligence across major enterprise functions. Thrive Holdings, which invests in, acquires, and builds companies positioned for long-term, technology-driven transformation, will work with OpenAI to deploy advanced AI models directly inside its portfolio businesses.

Supio: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Jerry Zhou About The Legal AI Platform for Personal Injury Law

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Supio is a legal AI platform purpose-built for personal injury law. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Supio co-founder and CEO Jerry Zhou to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Conveyor: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Chas Ballew About The Automated Trust Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Conveyor is a company that provides an automated trust platform that helps companies streamline security reviews and share compliance documentation with customers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Conveyor co-founder and CEO Chas Ballew to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Infinity Constellation: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Brennan Pothetes About Helping Organizations Optimize Complex Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Infinity Constellation is a company that builds AI-driven software that helps organizations optimize, automate, and scale complex operational workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Infinity Constellation co-founder and CEO Brennan Pothetes to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Aurasell: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Jason Eubanks About The AI-Driven Sales Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Aurasell builds AI-driven sales intelligence tools that help companies identify high-intent buyers, automate outreach, and accelerate revenue growth. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aurasell co-founder and CEO Jason Eubanks to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Eon: $300 Million At $4 Billion Valuation Raised To Unlock Backup Data As The Next Big Frontier For Enterprise AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Eon, the fast-growing cloud infrastructure company turning dormant backups into live AI-ready data, has raised $300 million in Series D funding led by Elad Gil. The round brings Eon’s total funding to $500 million, less than two years after launch, and triples its valuation to $4 billion. Existing backers Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greenoaks, and BOND also returned, alongside Affinity, Omri Casspi, Vine Ventures, and others—marking one of the largest infrastructure financings of the year.

ServiceNow To Buy Veza To Expand AI-Native Identity Security Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

ServiceNow announced plans to acquire Veza, an AI-native identity security platform, in a move that significantly expands the company’s Security and Risk portfolios and strengthens its position as enterprises adopt agentic AI across their operations.

Jeeva AI: $9 Million Closed To Launch Agentic Sales Platform That Supercharges Reps Instead of Replacing Them

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Jeeva AI, an AI-driven platform designed to boost productivity for sales teams, announced a $9 million funding round led by JLL Spark, with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Alt Capital, Launch Capital, GTMFund, Nonstop Capital, Coyote Capital, Bonfire Ventures, Techstars, Marc Benioff, and Mucker Capital. The San Francisco–based company is already serving 35,000 users across real estate, healthcare, financial services, and other non-tech sectors, with onboarding that takes about 10 minutes.

Minitap: $4.1 Million Raised To Accelerate AI-Driven Mobile Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Minitap, an AI-powered platform designed to accelerate mobile development dramatically, announced it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding, co-led by Moxxie Ventures and Mercuri, with participation from EWOR, Tekton Ventures, Amigos Venture Capital, and six unicorn founders. The funding arrives just four months after founders Nico and Luc, both 23, surpassed teams from Google DeepMind, ByteDance, Microsoft Research, and Alibaba to claim the top global position on AndroidWorld, the leading benchmark for AI-controlled mobile devices.

Tutor Intelligence: MIT Spinoff Raises $34 Million Series A To Scale AI-Powered Warehouse Robot Workforce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Tutor Intelligence, an MIT-born robotics company building AI-powered fleets of warehouse robot workers, announced it has raised a $34 million Series A round led by Union Square Ventures, bringing its total funding to $42 million. Additional investors include Fundomo and follow-on investor Neo, which led the company’s seed round.

Mixx Technologies: $33 Million Series A Raised To Transform AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Mixx Technologies, a deep-tech company developing high-performance, silicon-integrated optical connectivity for artificial intelligence infrastructure, has raised $33 million in Series A funding. The round was led by ICM HPQC Fund, with participation from TDK Ventures, Systemiq Capital, Banpu Innovation & Ventures, G Vision Capital, Ajinomoto Group Ventures, AVITIC Innovation Fund, and several additional strategic investors.

Nvidia And Synopsys Form Strategic Partnership In $2 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 1, 2025

Nvidia and Synopsys announced a major multi-year strategic partnership aimed at reshaping design and engineering across industries by combining Nvidia’s accelerated computing, agentic AI technologies, and Omniverse digital twin platforms with Synopsys’ market-leading engineering and simulation solutions. As part of the expanded partnership, Nvidia also invested $2 billion in Synopsys common stock at a purchase price of $414.79 per share.

Protego Biopharma: $130 Million Series B Funding Closed To Advance Pivotal AL Amyloidosis Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 1, 2025

Protego Biopharma has closed an oversubscribed $130 million Series B financing round that will accelerate its first-in-class AL amyloidosis therapeutic program into a pivotal clinical study. The round was led by Novartis Venture Fund and Forbion, with additional participation from new investors Omega Funds, Droia Ventures, YK Bioventures, and Digitalis Ventures. Existing backers Vida Ventures, MPM BioImpact, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Scripps Research also returned to participate in the round.

Black Forest Labs: $300 Million Series B At $3.25 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance Frontier Visual Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 1, 2025

Black Forest Labs has raised $300 million in a Series B funding round led by AMP and Salesforce Ventures, valuing the company at $3.25 billion post-money. The investment builds on a previously unannounced Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from BroadLight Capital, Creandum, Earlybird VC, General Catalyst, Northzone, and Nvidia. With this new round, the company has now secured more than $450 million in total funding.

FundedFirm Reaches $15 Million In Trader Payouts As Global Demand For Funded Accounts Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2025

FundedFirm announced it has surpassed $15 million in total trader payouts, marking a significant milestone for the international funded-trader ecosystem. The company’s achievement reflects growing interest in structured trading capital programs as traders seek accessible, reliable alternatives to traditional funding models.

HelloBoss: Series A Funding Raised For Advancing Expansion Of AI Hiring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2025

HelloBoss, the AI-powered recruitment platform developed by Tokyo-based startup NGA, announced a Series A round backed by international media group Bertelsmann, marking the conglomerate’s first strategic investment in Japan. BAI Capital also joined the funding round, adding to the company’s growing global investor base. The financing positions HelloBoss to scale its next-generation AI Agent technology and advance its long-term goal of building a unified global hiring infrastructure.

Norm Ai: $50 Million Investment Raised From Blackstone And AI-Native Law Firm Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2025

Norm Ai announced a significant expansion of its long-standing relationship with Blackstone as the legal and compliance AI company launches its new AI-native law firm, Norm Law. The development includes a new $50 million investment from Blackstone Innovations Investments and funds affiliated with Blackstone Growth, strengthening the firm’s ability to scale its legal and compliance AI capabilities for in-house teams and financial services clients.

Range: $60 Million Series C Raised To Advance AI-Powered Wealth Management And Add New Board Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2025

Range has secured a $60 million Series C funding round led by Scale Venture Partners, marking a significant step forward for the company as it accelerates development of its AI-driven wealth management platform. The round included participation from Gradient Ventures and Cathay Innovation, as well as new investors such as 53 Stations. This brings the company’s total capital raised to more than $100 million as it ramps up hiring across AI, product, and go-to-market functions while expanding enterprise partnerships and enhancing the capabilities of its AI wealth manager, Rai.

Procure AI Raises $13 Million Seed Round to Accelerate Autonomous Procurement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2025

Procure AI has secured a $13 million seed round led by Headline, with participation from C4 Ventures, Futury Capital, and several angel investors across the procurement sector. The funding marks a significant milestone for the company as it expands its autonomous procurement technology and prepares for broader international growth.

SharkNinja And Boston University Form New AI And Analytics Lab To Accelerate Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 29, 2025

SharkNinja and Boston University’s Questrom School of Business have launched a new collaboration, establishing the SharkNinja AI & Analytics Lab, a joint initiative designed to advance artificial intelligence, data-driven decision-making, and real-world business problem-solving.

Codenotary: $16.5 Million Secured To Expand Its AI Cybersecurity And Trust Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Codenotary, a company known for its AI-driven cybersecurity and software supply chain trust solutions, announced that it has secured $16.5 million in new financing from a mix of existing and new investors. The investment will accelerate the company’s product development initiatives and global expansion efforts as demand increases for trust automation, secure cloud computing, and real-time visibility across distributed software environments.

AI One: $7 Million Series A Closed To Scale Enterprise AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

AI One has raised $7 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital secured to $11 million as the company ramps up work with Fortune 500 enterprises adopting AI at scale. The announcement was made by co-founder and CEO Conor Twomey, who said the new financing will help organizations move beyond pilots and begin treating AI as critical infrastructure.

Gloo Buys XRI Global To Expand Multilingual And Voice AI Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Gloo announced that it has acquired XRI Global, an AI company specializing in multilingual and low-resource language technologies. The deal aims to deepen Gloo’s AI capabilities as the company looks to expand its platform across international markets within the broader faith-and-flourishing ecosystem.

Vijil: $17 Million Closed To Advance Deployment Of Resilient AI Agent Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Vijil has secured $17 million in new funding in a round led by BrightMind Partners with participation from Mayfield and Gradient, bringing its total capital raised to $23 million. The Menlo Park–based startup builds trust infrastructure for AI agents, enabling enterprises to deploy agentic systems more reliably and at greater scale.

IntelliHost: Interview With Founder Jeff Brown About The Revenue Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

IntelliHost is a company that provides AI-driven revenue optimization and dynamic pricing tools that help vacation rental owners and managers automatically adjust rates, analyze demand, and maximize profitability. Pulse 2.0 interviewed IntelliHost founder Jeff Brown to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cerrion: $18 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Agents For Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2025

Cerrion, a company developing AI agents for industrial production environments, has raised an $18 million Series A round led by Creandum, with participation from new and existing investors including Hanel Baveja, Y Combinator, Robin Chan, Justin Kan, 10x Founders, Session, Harry Stebbings, Garrett Langley, Filip Kaliszan, Oskar Hjertonsson, Thomas Wolf, Marc Maurer, Johannes Schildt, Carl Rivera, Christian Floerkemeier, Roman Hölzl, and others.

Mira: $6.6 Million Seed Funding Raised For Building Advanced AI-Based Smart Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Mira, formerly known as Halo, has raised a $6.6 million seed round led by General Catalyst to develop a new class of AI-powered smart glasses designed to act as a “second brain” for users. The company aims to introduce an interface that goes beyond traditional screen-based interactions by providing proactive, personal, real-time intelligence through a lightweight wearable device.

Model ML: $75 Million Series A Raised To Advance AI Workflow Automation In Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Model ML has secured a $75 million Series A financing round, marking one of the largest early stage fundraises in the history of fintech. The round was led by FT Partners with participation from Y Combinator, QED, Thirteen Books, Latitude, and LocalGlobe. The raise comes only six months after Model ML’s seed round and just one year after its launch, highlighting the rapidly growing enterprise demand for AI driven workflow automation within financial services.

Amazon Announces Up To $50 Billion Investment To Expand AI And Supercomputing Infrastructure For U.S. Government Agencies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Amazon announced plans to invest up to $50 billion to significantly expand its artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies. The initiative, scheduled to break ground in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of new AI and supercomputing capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The expansion will rely on a new network of data centers equipped with advanced computing and networking technologies tailored to federal missions.

Opti: $20 Million Seed Round Closed To Accelerate AI-Native Identity Security Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2025

Opti has raised $20 million in seed financing to accelerate the global expansion of its AI-native identity security platform. The round was led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Hetz Ventures, with participation from Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital, and angel investor Shlomo Kramer. The New York-based company plans to use the capital to advance product development and scale deployments across enterprise markets.