Artificial Intelligence

Decidr To Acquire Sugarwork To Accelerate Knowledge Capture In The Agentic Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Decidr AI Industries has reached an agreement to acquire Sugarwork, a United States-based AI software platform that captures and activates operational knowledge within businesses. The deal will be executed through Decidr, a wholly owned subsidiary of Decidr AI Industries Ltd, and represents a significant step in advancing the company’s plans to build what it defines as the Networked Agentic Economy. This vision centers on creating interconnected AI-driven organizations that can think and act independently.

GE HealthCare Announces $2.3 Billion Acquisition Of Intelerad

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

GE HealthCare announced that it has agreed to acquire Intelerad for $2.3 billion in cash, marking one of its most significant strategic moves to date to expand its cloud-first, AI-driven medical imaging capabilities.

DealHub Expands AI-Era Revenue Capabilities With Acquisition Of Subskribe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

DealHub has announced a significant expansion of its Quote-to-Revenue capabilities with the acquisition of Subskribe, a leading subscription management, consumption metering, and billing platform built for the AI-driven economy. The deal strengthens DealHub’s position in enterprise CPQ by integrating Subskribe’s advanced billing and revenue technologies into a unified, AI-powered system.

Luma AI: $900 Million Series C Raised As HUMAIN Partners On 2-Gigawatt Saudi Supercluster

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Luma AI announced a significant expansion of its multimodal artificial intelligence ambitions with the closing of a $900 million Series C funding round, led by HUMAIN, the Public Investment Fund-backed company focused on full-stack global AI infrastructure. The round included participation from AMD Ventures and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Amplify Partners, and Matrix Partners.

AI Proteins: $41.5 Million Series A Raised To Advance De Novo Miniprotein Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

AI Proteins has secured $41.5 million in Series A funding to expand the development of its de novo miniprotein therapeutics, marking a significant step toward establishing a new category of purpose-built protein medicines. The round was led by Mission BioCapital and Santé Ventures, with participation from existing backers including Lightchain Capital, Cobro Ventures, and additional investors.

Kerv.ai: Series B Secured To Accelerate Expansion Of Its AI-Powered Contextual Commerce Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Kerv.ai announced it has closed its Series B funding round, led by Coral Tree Partners, marking a significant step toward scaling its AI-driven contextual commerce and video intelligence solutions. The funding follows a period of substantial commercial momentum, during which the company experienced strong adoption of its interactive and shoppable video technologies across the advertising and media ecosystem.

Synthio Labs: $5 Million Seed Round Raised To Build Voice AI Operating System For Life Sciences Engagement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Synthio Labs has secured a $5 million seed round to advance its clinical-grade voice AI platform, positioning the company as a foundational technology provider for customer engagement across the life sciences sector. Elevation Capital led the funding with participation from 1984 Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator, and several strategic healthcare and AI industry angels.

Method Security: $26 Million Raised To Advance Autonomous Cyber Defense Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Method Security has raised $26 million across its Seed and Series A rounds as it accelerates efforts to deliver autonomous cyber defense systems to the U.S. Government and major enterprises. The investment was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst, with participation from Blackstone Innovations Investments, Crossbeam Ventures, NFDG, Forward Deployed Ventures, Pax Ventures, WndrCo, 515 Ventures, and prominent industry leaders, including Phil Venables of Google, Frederic Kerrest of Okta, Ryan Noon of Material Security, and Aaron Levie of Box.

Numeric: $51 Million Series B Closed To Expand Into Full Finance Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Numeric has secured a $51 million Series B funding round as the San Francisco-based company advances from close management software into a comprehensive finance automation platform. IVP led the round with participation from Menlo Ventures, Founders Fund, Alkeon, 8VC, Socii Capital, Access Industries, Friends & Family Capital, Long Journey Ventures, and Fifth Down, as well as strategic individual investors Marc Huffman, former CEO of BlackLine, and Ron Gill, former CFO of NetSuite. The new capital brings Numeric’s total funding to $89 million.

Lumia: $7 Million Raised To Launch Smart Earrings That Track Real-Time Blood Flow

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Boston-based health-tech startup Lumia has raised $7 million in new funding as it launches Lumia 2, a smart earring that continuously tracks real-time blood flow to the head and translates those signals into insights on energy, focus, and mental clarity.

Modern Life: $20 Million Series A Closed To Advance AI-Based Life Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Modern Life has raised $20 million in Series A funding as it scales its AI-driven life insurance brokerage designed to help financial advisors navigate a historically complex sector. Thrive Capital led the round with participation from New York Life Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Allegis. This investment brings the company’s total funding to $35 million following its previous $15 million seed round, also led by Thrive Capital.

Suno: $250 Million Series C Raised At A $2.45 Billion Valuation For Generative Audio Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Suno has secured a $250 million Series C round, bringing the company’s valuation to $2.45 billion, marking one of the most significant funding events to date in the rapidly expanding AI-powered music creation sector. The round was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from NVentures, Hallwood Media, Lightspeed, and Matrix, reinforcing investor conviction in the company’s ability to reshape how music is produced, shared, and experienced.

Orion: $3.5 Million Closed To Scale AI Risk Intelligence For Real-World Threats

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Denver-based Orion has raised $3.5 million in funding to expand its AI-powered risk intelligence platform, which helps enterprises detect, measure, and respond to real-world threats before they disrupt operations. The round is led by Dynamo Ventures, with participation from Bravo Victor Venture Capital (BVVC), Techstars, and Service Provider Capital, as well as a government grant from Puerto Rico.

alphaXiv: $7 Million Seed Funding Closed To Bridge The AI Research To Practice Divide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

alphaXiv has secured a $7 million seed round as the company accelerates its mission to close the widening gap between rapid AI breakthroughs and real-world implementation. The financing was co-led by Menlo Ventures and Haystack with additional participation from Shakti VC, Conviction Embed, and Upfront Ventures. Several prominent angel investors also joined the round, including Eric Schmidt, Sebastian Thrun, Sara Hooker, and Gokul Rajaram.

Stuut Technologies: $29.5 Million Series A Secured To Advance Autonomous Accounts Receivable Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Stuut Technologies has closed a $29.5 million Series A round to accelerate the expansion of its autonomous accounts receivable platform. Andreessen Horowitz led the funding with additional participation from Activant Capital, Khosla Ventures, 1984.vc, Page One Ventures, Vesey Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, and Valley Ventures. As part of the financing, Seema Amble from Andreessen Horowitz and Steve Sarracino from Activant Capital will join Stuut’s board.

Motorola Solutions Expands Enterprise Security Portfolio With Acquisition Of Blue Eye

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Motorola Solutions has acquired Salt Lake City–based Blue Eye, a provider of AI-driven enterprise remote video monitoring services designed to detect threats in real time and streamline responses through live voice talk-downs and verified alerts. The deal strengthens Motorola Solutions’ position in the rapidly evolving market for intelligent, proactive security technologies.

Kaaj: $3.8 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Agentic AI Credit Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2025

Kaaj, a San Francisco-based fintech developing an agentic AI credit intelligence platform for small business lending, has raised $3.8 million in seed financing. The round was led by Kindred Ventures with participation from Better Tomorrow Ventures and several additional investors. The new capital will support product development and expand Kaaj’s presence across the United States' small-business and equipment finance markets, which total more than $3 trillion in combined annual lending volume.

Palo Alto Networks: $3.35 Billion Acquisition Of Chronosphere To Advance AI Era Observability

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Palo Alto Networks has unveiled a landmark plan to acquire Chronosphere for $3.35 billion, marking one of the most significant observability deals of the AI era. The company said the acquisition will enhance its ability to serve enterprises that increasingly depend on unified data, security, and real-time operational resilience as artificial intelligence workloads scale across global digital environments.

Amperesand: $80 Million Series A Raised To Advance Deployment Of Medium Voltage Power Platform For AI Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Amperesand has raised an $80 million Series A round co-led by Walden Catalyst Ventures and Temasek, marking one of the largest early-stage financings in next-generation power infrastructure amid intensifying demand from AI data centers. The funding positions the company to scale commercialization of its Medium Voltage Solid State Transformer technology, which aims to remove major power bottlenecks limiting the growth of AI, defense, and other high-density electrified systems.

Maxima: $41 Million Raised To Advance AI-Driven Transformation Of Month-End Accounting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Maxima has secured a combined $41 million in Seed and Series A funding as the company aims to redefine the month-end close process through agentic AI systems that work directly alongside accounting teams. The round includes investment from Redpoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Audacious Ventures, along with participation from experienced finance and operations leaders such as former BlackLine CMO and Chief Strategy Officer Andres Botero, former BlackLine SVP of Operations Eric Borrmann, Rubrik CFO Kiran Choudary, Vanta CFO David Eckstein, and Liquid 2 Managing Partner and NFL Super Bowl Champion Joe Montana.

Barker: $3.5 Million Closed To Expand Warrantied AI Valuations For Asset-Backed Lending

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Barker, a New York-based Fintech company specializing in insurer-backed AI valuations for illiquid assets, has raised $3.5 million in new funding led by Walkabout VC. The investment will support the company’s plan to broaden adoption of its agentic valuation system, which aims to provide lenders with real-time, enforceable valuations for a wide range of complex assets used in asset-backed finance.

Asseta AI: $4.2 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Intelligent Family Office Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Asseta AI has raised a $4.2 million seed round co-led by Nyca Partners and Motive Partners, marking a significant step forward in the company’s mission to modernize financial infrastructure for family offices. The New York based startup, founded in 2023, has quickly gained traction among wealth management organizations seeking purpose built systems that can handle the growing complexity of multi entity portfolios.

Infracost: $15 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI-Driven Cloud Cost Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Infracost has raised a $15 million Series A round to accelerate the adoption of its platform, which enables engineers to see cloud infrastructure costs directly within their existing workflows. Pruven Capital led the funding with participation from Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Mango Capital, Alumni Ventures, TIAA Ventures, and notable angel investors, including Paul Copplestone of Supabase and Timothy Chen of Essence VC.

Portal26: Interview With CEO Arti Raman About The Enterprise GenAI Adoption Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Portal26 is a company focused on helping large organizations adopt and manage generative AI in a secure, governed, and optimized way. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Portal26 CEO Arti Raman to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Salesforce Completes $8 Billion Acquisition Of Informatica To Accelerate Agentic AI Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Salesforce, the world’s leading AI CRM platform, today announced that it has officially completed its acquisition of Informatica, LLC, a prominent enterprise AI-powered cloud data-management company. The transaction, valued at approximately $8 billion in equity, brings Informatica’s extensive portfolio of data catalog, integration, governance, quality, privacy, metadata management, and master data management services into the Salesforce ecosystem.

OpenHands: $18.8 Million Series A To Bring Open-Source Cloud Coding Agents To Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Enterprise software development is poised for transformation after OpenHands announced that it has secured $18.8 million in a Series A funding round. Madrona Venture Group led the investment with participation from Menlo Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Fujitsu Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.

AskTuring.ai: Series A Funding Launched And Guy Reams Named As Co-CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Enterprise AI startup AskTuring.ai announced the launch of its Series A financing round, targeting between $10 million and $15 million to support accelerated product development and customer expansion. The company is building on an oversubscribed seed round and growing demand from a diversified customer base.

Jiga: $12 MIllion Series A Closed For AI-Era Hardware Sourcing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Platform provider Jiga announced the closing of a $12-million Series A funding round, led by Aleph with participation from seed-round backer Symbol and accelerator Y Combinator. The capital injection arrives as Jiga scales into sourcing bottlenecks that hardware and AI companies face when procuring custom physical parts for aerospace, defense, robotics, and other advanced sectors.

Chargeflow: $35 Million Series A Closed To Advance AI-Driven Chargeback Automation for Enterprise Merchants

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Chargeflow announced the closing of a $35 million Series A funding round, which includes a $10 million debt facility, bringing the company’s total funding to $49 million. The round was led by Viola Growth with participation from existing investor OpenView Venture Partners.

Apono: $34 Million Series B Raised To Advance AI-Driven Cloud Access Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2025

Cloud identity and security firm Apono announced today that it has closed a $34 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to over $54 million. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) with participation from Swisscom Ventures, Vertex Ventures, 33N Ventures, and existing investors.