Artificial Intelligence

Upscale AI Raises $190 Million Series A-1 At $2 Billion Valuation For AI Networking Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Upscale AI announced that it has raised $190 million in Series A-1 financing. The extension brings the company’s total funding to $500 million and its current valuation to $2 billion. The Series A-1 round was led by Premji Invest. New investors in the round included NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, Seligman Ventures, and Temasek. Existing investors Maverick Silicon, Mayfield, Prosperity7 Ventures, StepStone Group, and Tiger Global also participated.

Becausal: Interview With CEO Avi Chai Outmezguine About the Causal AI Audience Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Becausal is a causal AI-powered audience intelligence and measurement company redefining how brands understand consumer behavior and measure marketing impact. Built on privacy-first principles, transparent data practices, and auditable measurement, Becausal helps brands, retailers, agencies, and CPG companies move beyond black-box predictive models to better understand the drivers of consumer purchase behavior and real-world sales lift. Using deterministic purchase-signal data, causal inference modeling, and transparent data provenance, Becausal delivers actionable, accountable insights designed to help organizations measure and understand what influences consumer decisions, setting a new standard for ethical, explainable, and high-performance audience intelligence. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Becausal CEO Avi Chai Outmezguine to learn more.

Global Work AI: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Alex Chepovoi About The AI-Based Job Search Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Global Work AI is a job-search platform that helps job seekers find and apply for remote roles using artificial intelligence. It operates a jobs aggregator that scans multiple sources to match candidates with verified openings and provides AI tools to automate applications, tailor resumes, and prepare for interviews. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Global Work AI co-founder and CEO Alex Chepovoi to learn more.

Docusign Launches Slack App For Agreement Intelligence And Agentic Contract Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2026

Docusign announced the launch of a new app for Slackbot that brings the Docusign Intelligent Agreement Management platform directly into Slack.

Stoic: Interview With CEO Oseas Ramirez About The Leadership Development Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 21, 2026

CNTXT AI Raises $60 Million Series A To Deploy Sovereign AI Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 21, 2026

CNTXT AI announced that it has closed a $60 million Series A funding round. The round was co-led by AI71, Abu Dhabi’s applied AI company focused on sovereign and domain-specialized AI, and BlueFive Capital, a global asset manager originating from the GCC.

Gradial Raises $65 Million Series C To Build Enterprise Marketing AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 21, 2026

Gradial announced that it has raised $65 million in Series C funding to build what it describes as the first system of work for enterprise marketing. The round was led by Insight Partners, alongside VMG, Madrona, and PruVen. Gradial said it has now raised more than $110 million over the past 16 months.

BlueConic Acquires Blueshift To Combine Real-Time Customer Data And AI Decisioning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2026

BlueConic announced that it has acquired Blueshift, an AI-powered cross-channel marketing platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

BullFrog AI: Interview With Chairman & CEO Vin Singh About The Biotechnology Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

BullFrog AI is a public biotechnology and digital biopharmaceutical company founded in 2017 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BullFrog AI Chairman and CEO Vin Singh to learn more.

Protege: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Bobby Samuels About The AI Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Protege is an AI data platform that securely connects private data holders in industries like healthcare and media with AI developers, enabling the compliant licensing and exchange of real-world data. Bobby Samuels co-founded the company and serves as its CEO, leading its overall strategy, execution, and capital formation. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Protege co-founder and CEO Bobby Samuels to learn more.

Salesforce Unveils Agentic Advisor For Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Salesforce announced Agentic Advisor, an AI-powered solution built natively in Agentforce for Financial Services.

Avaya: Interview With Head of Product Management – Apps Sarita Fernandes About The Cloud Communications Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Avaya provides cloud communications and workstream collaboration services, specializing in unified communications (UCaaS) and AI-powered contact center (CCaaS) platforms that help businesses manage employee and customer experiences. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Avaya's Head of Product Management— Apps, Sarita Fernandes, to learn more.

Google Highlights How Universities Are Preparing Students For An AI-Powered Future

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2026

Google outlined how universities across the U.S. are using its AI tools to help students, faculty, and staff prepare for an AI-powered future.