Artificial Intelligence

Breaker: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Advance Autonomous Orchestration Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

Austin-based defense technology startup Breaker has raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with follow-on investment from Australian venture firm Main Sequence, which previously led the company’s pre-seed round. The new capital will support the development and deployment of Breaker’s AI agent software, designed to enable military operators to control teams of autonomous systems across air, land, and sea using voice commands.

Dataro: $14.28 Million Series A Raised For AI Fundraising Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

Dataro, an AI-driven fundraising intelligence platform for nonprofits, has raised $14.28 million in a Series A round led by Blueprint Equity. The funding will support the company’s expansion in the United States while it continues serving charities across Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and other international markets.

Codoxo: $35 Million Series C Raised To Scale Pre-Claim Cost Prevention

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

Codoxo, an AI-powered healthcare payment integrity platform, announced an oversubscribed $35 million Series C round to accelerate national adoption of its pre-claim cost-prevention model and expand its generative AI capabilities.

Multiverse Computing: Interview With Co-Founder & CTO Sam Mugel About The AI Model Compression Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

Multiverse Computing is an AI model provider and leader in quantum-inspired AI compression, significantly reducing the size and energy consumption of models for applications across various industries. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Multiverse Computing co-founder and CTO Sam Mugel to learn more.

Fluent Commerce Secures A$46 Million To Advance AI-Powered Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

Fluent Commerce, a global provider of order management systems, has secured A$46 million in new funding from private equity firm Bain Capital to accelerate its next phase of growth and expand its AI-driven capabilities.

Lightworks Secures Up To $12 Million To Accelerate Large-Scale AI Deployment For Regulated Organizations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

Lightworks, a Canadian enterprise AI consultancy, has secured up to $12 million in financing to support the launch of its flagship AI services and accelerate its expansion among the world’s largest and most highly regulated enterprises.

Model ML Acquires Financial Data Platform Captide To Power Citable Corporate Disclosure Data

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

Model ML, an AI workflow builder for financial services, has acquired Captide, a financial data platform that transforms complex global corporate filings and disclosures into LLM-ready documents for AI agents.

BlueDot Meetings: Secure Video Meeting Platform Launches With Built-In AI Translation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 17, 2026

BlueDot Meetings, a video collaboration platform developed by BlueDot Global Technologies, Inc., has officially entered the global virtual meetings market, focusing on security and real-time AI-powered language translation. The launch follows a successful seed round as the company moves into a series A funding phase.

Proofpoint Acquires AI Security Firm Acuvity To Secure The Agentic Workspace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

Proofpoint has acquired Acuvity to expand its AI security and governance capabilities across what it describes as the “agentic workspace,” where humans and AI agents collaborate on business-critical workflows.

Neysa: $1.2 Billion Investment Led By Blackstone To Advance Buildout Of India AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

Blackstone announced that private equity funds affiliated with the firm, along with co-investors, have entered into definitive agreements to invest in Neysa, enabling a total capital raise of $1.2 billion to accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure in India.

Nscale Signs $1.4 Billion GPU-Backed Delayed Draw Term Loan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

Nscale, the AI-native hyperscaler, announced it has signed a USD $1.4 billion Delayed Draw Term Loan (GPU DDTL) backed by GPUs. The oversubscribed loan, led by funds managed by PIMCO, Blue Owl, and LuminArx Capital Management with support from additional asset managers and banks, will finance multiple GPU cluster deployments across Norway, Portugal, Iceland, and the UK. This follows Nscale’s recent $1.1 billion Series B equity raise—the largest Series B in European history—and its $433 million Pre-Series C SAFE.

Lassie: $75 Million Series C Raised For Prevention-First Pet Insurer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

Stockholm-based pet insurance platform Lassie has raised $75 million in Series C funding as it positions itself to lead Europe’s evolving pet care and insurance market. The round is one of the largest European insurtech financings of the past year and included participation from Balderton Capital, Felix Capital, Inventure, Passion Capital, and Stena Sessan.

Anthropic Appoints Chris Liddell To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

Anthropic announced that Chris Liddell has been appointed to its Board of Directors, adding a veteran executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience across global corporations and public service roles.

ServiceNow Expanding Data-Driven AI With Pyramid Analytics Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2026

ServiceNow has entered into an agreement to acquire Pyramid Analytics, a provider of a unified, AI-powered business analytics, data science, and data preparation platform, in a move designed to embed intelligence directly into enterprise workflows and accelerate data-driven automation.