Artificial Intelligence

Gamma: $68 Million At $2.1 Billion Valuation Raised As It Surpasses $100 Million In ARR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Gamma announced that it has raised $68 million in Series B funding at a valuation of $2.1 billion. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from Accel, Uncork Capital, and other existing investors. The company also revealed that it has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue. This financing includes a secondary component to provide liquidity to early employees, reflecting the founders’ intent to share the company’s success with the team members who helped build it.

Corvex To Go Public Through All-Stock Merger With Movano, Forming Secure AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Movano and Corvex announced that they have entered into a definitive all-stock merger agreement, creating a publicly traded company focused on secure, high-performance AI infrastructure. The transaction positions the combined organization to address rising global demand for scalable and reliable AI computing systems. The merger provides Movano shareholders with exposure to Corvex’s rapidly developing AI infrastructure platform and expanding customer pipeline.

Quarterzip: Interview With CEO Alex Valente About The Continuous Onboarding AI Agent Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 10, 2025

Quarterzip is a software company that builds an AI-driven onboarding and post-sales product for other SaaS and software companies. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Quarterzip CEO Alex Valente to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Salesforce To Buy Spindle AI To Expand Agentic Analytics Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

Salesforce has agreed to acquire Spindle AI, a company specializing in agentic analytics technology designed to help enterprises use artificial intelligence to model business scenarios and forecast outcomes. Spindle AI’s platform combines multi-agent systems, machine learning, and advanced data modeling to enable organizations to make faster and more accurate decisions using their data.

Nationwide Announces $1.5 Billion Technology And AI Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

Nationwide announced a $1.5 billion investment through 2028 to accelerate technology innovation, with $100 million allocated annually to advancing artificial intelligence over the next three years. And Nationwide stated that the strategy is designed to deliver more personalized and dependable service to customers, while enabling innovative solutions and more efficient support for business partners.

IKEA Launches New Matter-Compatible Smart Home Product Range

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

IKEA has introduced a new range of 21 smart home products designed to be compatible with Matter, the universal smart home standard. The launch represents a significant expansion of IKEA’s presence in the smart home market, focusing on lighting, sensors, and control devices that work seamlessly across different brands and platforms. The new range rebuilds IKEA’s smart home offering from the ground up to create a more intuitive and accessible experience.

Google Maps Introduces Conversational Navigation Features Powered by Gemini

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

Google Maps is rolling out a major upgrade powered by Gemini, bringing hands-free conversational assistance, landmark-based directions, proactive traffic alerts and enhanced visual discovery to its navigation experience.

LivePerson Launches Conversation Simulator To Accelerate AI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2025

LivePerson announced the launch of Conversation Simulator, a new testing and analysis environment designed to help brands deploy generative AI more safely and effectively before interacting with customers. The platform is intended to address key issues that have slowed the adoption of generative AI, including accuracy, compliance and operational risk.

Microsoft Forms MAI Superintelligence Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2025

Microsoft AI has announced the formation of its MAI Superintelligence Team, a new group led by Mustafa Suleyman focused on developing what the company refers to as Humanist Superintelligence. The initiative is positioned as an alternative vision for advanced AI development, prioritizing human control, real-world problem-solving, and carefully defined system limitations. Suleyman said the goal is to achieve a highly capable AI that remains explicitly in service to people and grounded in specific societal applications rather than pursuing unrestricted general autonomy.

Meta Committing Over $600 Billion For Building US AI Data Centers And Community Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2025

Meta announced that it will invest more than $600 billion in the United States by 2028 to develop advanced AI data centers and expand its workforce as part of a broader initiative to accelerate the next generation of AI technologies. The company stated that building data centers in the US is central to supporting economic growth, technological leadership, and innovation, and the impact of these investments is already visible across multiple regions.

Vast Data: $1.17 Billion Partnership With CoreWeave Secured To Power Next Generation AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2025

Vast Data announced that it has entered into a commercial agreement valued at $1.17 billion with CoreWeave. The expanded partnership establishes Vast as the primary data foundation for CoreWeave’s AI cloud, reinforcing the companies’ strategic collaboration as demand for advanced artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerates.

CHAI: $48 Million Annual Revenue Surpassed Following AMD And CoreWeave Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2025

CHAI announced that it has exceeded its 2025 revenue target ahead of schedule, reaching $48 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of October and projecting more than $50 million by year's end. The Palo Alto-based social AI platform began 2025 with $20 million in recurring revenue, achieving a 2.5x growth rate over the course of the year. The company is positioning itself as one of the fastest-growing AI platforms, focusing on consumer engagement and AI companionship.

BlackLine: Interview With CTO Jeremy Ung About The Cloud-Based Accounting Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

BlackLine is a cloud-based software platform designed to automate and streamline financial and accounting processes for organizations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BlackLine Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Ung to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Fastbreak AI: $40 Million Series A Closed To Accelerate Growth In Professional And Youth Sports

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Fastbreak AI has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its technology across professional leagues and the rapidly growing youth and amateur sports market. The round included Greycroft and GTMfund, along with participation from the NBA, NHL, and TMRW Sports. Additional investors included professional athletes such as PGA Tour golfers Patrick Cantlay and Kurt Kitayama, as well as former NFL players Larry Fitzgerald Jr. and Luke Kuechly, along with other venture capital and growth equity firms.

Franklin Templeton Signs Partnership With Wand AI To Expand Enterprise Agentic AI Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Franklin Templeton announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Wand AI to advance the use of agentic artificial intelligence across its global operations. The collaboration formalizes a progression from initial pilot programs to broad enterprise deployment, marking a significant advancement in the application of AI within the asset management sector.

Flint: $15 Million Series A Raised To Scale Personalized AI-Native Learning Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2025

Flint, an AI-powered education platform focused on enabling personalized learning at scale, has announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A round, co-led by Basis Set Ventures and Patron. The round included participation from USC Viterbi, AME Cloud Ventures, and education leaders such as Blackboard founder Matt Pittinsky, with follow-on support from Afore Capital and Y Combinator. The new funding represents a key step in Flint’s effort to expand access to personalized, transparent and equitable AI-driven learning across classrooms worldwide.