Artificial Intelligence

PLACE Acquires Maxwell To Expand Mortgage Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

PLACE has completed its acquisition of Maxwell, adding an AI-powered mortgage technology and services platform that works with more than 400 financial institutions and facilitates more than $130 billion in annual transactions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Megaport Secures About A$1 Billion In New AI Infrastructure Contracts And Raises FY2027 Guidance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Megaport has secured approximately A$1 billion in new AI infrastructure contracts as the network and computing company continues expanding its AI infrastructure business.

Mount Sinai Researchers Develop Wearable AI To Forecast Prolonged Sitting In Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence approach that uses wearable-device data to forecast periods of prolonged sitting in women with chronic pelvic pain disorders.

Locus: Interview With Chief Revenue Officer Subhro Chakraborty About AI-Powered Delivery And Returns

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Locus is an AI-native logistics technology company focused on helping businesses optimize delivery and fulfillment operations. Chief Revenue Officer Subhro Chakraborty leads the company's global go-to-market strategy and revenue growth, building on previous leadership roles at Capillary Technologies, Adobe, and Dell. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Locus Chief Revenue Officer Subhro Chakraborty to learn more about delivery performance, returns, customer experience, and AI-driven logistics.

Nvidia Hits Record High And Reaches $5.7 Trillion Intraday Market Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Nvidia shares hit a new intraday high on October 2, pushing the AI chip company's market capitalization to about $5.7 trillion.

Kanu Raises $11.7 Million To Build Enterprise AGI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Kanu AI has raised $11.7 million as it emerges from stealth with a platform designed to capture how employees perform complex work and turn that knowledge into production-grade enterprise software. Trilogy Equity Partners led the financing, with participation from a16z speedrun, BMW i Ventures and Accel.

CONCÉ: Interview With Founder Meghan Houle About AI-Powered Hiring Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

CONCÉ is an AI-powered hiring intelligence platform designed for luxury, premium, and consumer-facing brands. The platform aims to help companies move beyond traditional resume screening and application management through intelligent matchmaking, predictive talent analysis, contextual insights, and curated talent ecosystems. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CONCÉ Founder Meghan Houle to learn more.

Bloomberg Completes Canoe Intelligence Acquisition To Expand Private Markets Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Bloomberg has completed its acquisition of Canoe Intelligence, an AI-powered data management platform focused on automating private markets data collection and delivery.

SureStart: Interview With Founder And CEO Dr. Taniya Mishra About AI Education And Future Workforce Readiness

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

SureStart is an AI education company that provides hands-on, responsible AI education for K-12 students globally. Its programs combine technical AI skills with mentorship, project-based learning, educator training, and responsible AI adoption support for schools. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SureStart Founder and CEO Dr. Taniya Mishra to learn more.

Penn State University Launches AI Teaching Grant Programs With Awards Of Up To $50,000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Penn State has launched two new grant programs designed to help faculty integrate artificial intelligence into teaching, course design and broader academic programs.

Infosys And Columbia University Launch Enterprise AI Research Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Infosys and Columbia University have launched a strategic research collaboration and a new center focused on enterprise applications of generative AI and agentic AI.

DexCare Acquires Mila Health To Expand AI Care Coordination Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

DexCare has acquired Mila Health, an AI care coordination company whose agents interact with patients by phone, text and chat to help them schedule appointments, prepare for care and complete follow-up steps. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

IBM Expands IIT Bombay And IISc Research Partnerships Across AI And Quantum Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

IBM has expanded long-running research collaborations with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and the Indian Institute of Science to advance agentic AI, sovereign AI, quantum computing and next-generation computing infrastructure. IBM's relationship with IIT Bombay began in 2018.

Ohio State And Google Launch Major AI Research And Education Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

The Ohio State University and Google Cloud have launched a strategic partnership spanning scientific research, campus technology, AI education and student services.

Google Launches Project Suncatcher Prototype Satellite To Test AI Infrastructure In Space

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Google has launched the first prototype satellite for Project Suncatcher, a long-term research initiative exploring whether space could eventually support scalable machine learning infrastructure.

OpenAI And Synopsys Partner To Develop GPT-Synopsys For AI-Native Chip Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

OpenAI and Synopsys have entered into a multi-year strategic partnership to develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized AI model designed to operate semiconductor design tools and automate increasingly complex chip engineering workflows.

Volantis Raises $88 Million Series A To Develop Photonic AI Inference Architecture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Volantis has raised $88 million in Series A funding to develop and commercialize a new photonic architecture designed to address memory capacity and bandwidth constraints in AI inference systems. The round was co-led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures, with participation from John Doerr, VXI Capital, Triatomic and Susa Ventures. Angel investors Dwarkesh Patel, Naveen Rao and Sholto Douglas also participated.

DigitalOcean Launches Agent Droplets With AI Agent Plans Starting At $50 Per Month

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

DigitalOcean has launched Agent Droplets, a new subscription-based offering that packages the infrastructure and services needed to build and run AI agents into a single monthly plan.

Dronus: Interview With Founder And CEO Marco Ballerini About Autonomous Aerial Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Dronus is developing autonomous aerial infrastructure that combines drones, its NEST docking and operational nodes, software, and AI into distributed networks for industrial inspection, energy infrastructure, warehouses, security, and smart-city applications. The company was founded by aerospace engineer Marco Ballerini, who previously held senior roles at Northrop Grumman and Selex ES and earlier founded the Unmanned Technology Research Institute. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Dronus Founder and CEO Marco Ballerini to learn more about autonomous aerial systems, NEST, industrial applications, and the company's plans for commercialization.

Broadcom To Lend Anthropic Up To $42 Billion To Finance AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Broadcom has agreed to provide Anthropic with up to $42 billion in financing to support the AI company's massive infrastructure expansion, according to Anthropic's IPO filing reviewed by Reuters. The financing could cover roughly one-third of Anthropic's $125.2 billion commitment to lease tensor processing unit (TPU) computing capacity over five years.

Alinia AI Launches Seny To Provide Real-Time Legal Compliance Controls For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Alinia AI has launched Seny, a specialized base model designed to evaluate, control, and monitor AI agent behavior against specific legal provisions in real time. The company is positioning the model as the foundation for a new category of AI safety focused specifically on legal alignment.