Artificial Intelligence

Brookwood Investment Group Partners With Amplify To Launch AI-Native Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Brookwood Investment Group has partnered with Amplify Technology to launch the Brookwood Intelligence Platform, a unified technology foundation that connects data, investment intelligence, portfolio management, trading, account servicing, and advisor workflows across the rapidly growing RIA.

Nvidia Reportedly Acquiring Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to a report from The Information citing a person with knowledge of the agreement. The transaction would give Nvidia control of one of the most important platforms in the open-source artificial intelligence ecosystem.

Salesforce: Net Income Jumps 87% As Agentforce And Data 360 ARR Surges More Than 210% To Nearly $3.9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Salesforce reported strong fiscal second-quarter 2027 results, with net income up 87% year over year and its Agentforce and Data 360 businesses continuing to scale rapidly. Revenue for the quarter ended July 31 reached $11.35 billion, up 11% from $10.24 billion a year earlier. Subscription and support revenue increased 12% to $10.82 billion, including a $440 million contribution from Informatica. Net income increased to $3.53 billion from $1.89 billion, representing growth of approximately 87%.

NVIDIA: Operating Income Jumps 124% To $63.7 Billion As Revenue Doubles And Q3 Outlook Hits $108 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

NVIDIA reported another massive acceleration in fiscal second-quarter 2027 financial results, with operating income more than doubling as revenue surged past $96 billion and gross profit reached more than $72 billion.

Luma Health Launches New Operational AI Features As Emergency Department Wait Times Fall 53%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Luma Health has introduced new Operational AI capabilities that connect patient preparation before a visit with check-in, intake, payments, and queue management in clinics and hospitals.

Harbourfront Wealth Expands Zocks AI Across Advisor Network After 2,900+ Meetings Save 2,000+ Hours

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Harbourfront Wealth Group has expanded its deployment of Zocks across its entire advisor network following a successful pilot, marking Zocks' largest enterprise customer in Canada to date.

Anaconda Names Stewart Grierson CFO As Platform Expands Through 3 Acquisitions In 6 Months

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Anaconda has appointed Stewart Grierson as Chief Financial Officer as the AI-native development platform continues expanding its product capabilities and organizational infrastructure. Grierson will lead Anaconda's finance organization and report to CEO David DeSanto.

Grafana Labs Surpasses $600 Million ARR And 10,000 Customers As AI Assistant Reaches 18,000 Organizations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Grafana Labs has surpassed $600 million in annual recurring revenue and more than 10,000 customers worldwide as adoption of its AI-powered observability products accelerates.

Liner Raises $36.1 Million Series C As AI Platform Reaches 14 Million Users And 500 Million-Record Database

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Liner has raised $36.1 million in Series C funding to expand its AI research and agent platform as the company moves deeper into enterprise AI while continuing to grow its global consumer business. LB Investment led the round, with follow-on participation from existing investors InterVest, Atinum Investment and CJ Investment. New investors included Korea Development Bank, KB Securities, Daishin Securities, STIC Ventures and Helios Private Equity.

Numa Acquires SocketTime To Bring AI Into Dealership Service Operations Across 1,300+ Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Numa has acquired SocketTime, a fixed-operations software company serving automotive dealerships, as it expands its AI operating system deeper into dealership service departments and shop workflows.

WellStack Acquires DeLorean AI To Build End-To-End Healthcare Decision Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

WellStack has acquired DeLorean AI, a healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company specializing in predictive analytics, risk stratification and action-oriented decision support.

Deep Cogito Raises $43 Million Series A As Post-Training Platform Targets Self-Improving Frontier AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Deep Cogito has raised $43 million in Series A funding to expand its post-training research platform for reinforcement learning, recursive self-improvement and enterprise AI specialization.

Gorilla: Revenue Nearly Doubles, But Operating Loss Widens To $47 Million As AI Infrastructure Investment Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Gorilla Technology nearly doubled first-half 2026 revenue as AI infrastructure and data-center programs scaled, but the company's reported operating loss widened sharply as it invested ahead of utilization and absorbed substantial stock-based compensation and accounting charges.

Qnity Launches AI Advanced Packaging Platform Enabling 2 µm Line/Space Metallization For 2.5D And 3D Chips

By Shan Sadiq ● Aug 26, 2026

Qnity Electronics has introduced an integrated materials platform for advanced semiconductor packaging, combining metallization, bumping, dielectric, and fine-line patterning technologies to support increasingly complex AI and high-performance computing architectures.

Parsnipp: Interview With CEO And Co-Founder Andrew Higgins About Generative Engine Optimization And AI Search Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Parsnipp is an AI search marketing platform focused on helping brands manage how they appear and perform across AI-driven search and commerce experiences. Its products span Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), LLM advertising, and agentic commerce. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Parsnipp CEO and Co-Founder Andrew Higgins to learn more.

Avos: Interview With Founder And CEO Stef Roussos About Agentic AI News And Research Briefings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Avos is an agentic news and research platform built around personalized recurring briefings. The platform uses AI agents to research, filter, deduplicate, and synthesize information from across its source catalog into finite editions tailored to each reader's interests, sources, markets, tone, and schedule. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Avos Founder and CEO Stef Roussos to learn more.

Meta Agrees To Up To $16.68 Billion Settlement With 29 States Over Teen Social Media Harm Claims

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Meta has reached a settlement valued at up to $16.68 billion with U.S. states that accused Facebook and Instagram of harming children through allegedly addictive design practices and improper collection of minors' personal information, according to Bloomberg.

Casca: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Lukas Haffer About Building an AI-Native Loan Origination Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Casca is an AI-native loan origination system designed for small business lending, automating up to 90% of the manual work involved in the loan process to help banks fund commercial loans significantly faster than industry averages. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Casca Co-Founder & CEO Lukas Haffer to learn more.

Mundo AI Raises $20 Million Series A Led By GreatPoint As Total Funding Reaches $24 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Mundo AI has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by GreatPoint Ventures to build data and evaluation infrastructure designed to help artificial intelligence models better understand audio, video and other real-world sensory information. The financing follows a previously unannounced $4 million seed round, bringing total funding to $24 million. Y Combinator, E12 Ventures and Next Frontier Capital also participated in the Series A.

Emerald AI Raises $150 Million Series A At $1.05 Billion Valuation As Platform Targets 100+ GW Of Untapped U.S. Grid Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Emerald AI has raised $150 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing at a $1.05 billion valuation to scale technology that enables AI data centers to dynamically adjust their electricity consumption based on grid conditions. Energize Capital and DCVC co-led the round, which also included a broad group of strategic and financial investors spanning the AI, energy and industrial sectors.

Fasset Raises $68 Million Series C At $1 Billion Valuation As Volume Tops $40 Billion Annualized

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Fasset has raised $68 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation, making the AI-powered stablecoin neobanking company a fintech unicorn. SBI Group led the financing, which follows Fasset's $51 million Series B completed earlier in 2026.

TitanX: Interview With Founder & CEO Joey Gilkey About The Sales Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

TitanX is a predictive sales intelligence platform that uses artificial intelligence to identify which prospects are most likely to answer cold calls, helping B2B sales teams drastically boost connect rates. Pulse 2.0 interviewed TitanX founder and CEO Joey Gilkey to learn more.

Alice Raises $140 Million As AI Security Business Approaches $100 Million ARR And Grows 500%+

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Alice (formerly known as ActiveFence) has raised $140 million in a funding round led by Apax Digital as the AI trust, safety and security company approaches $100 million in annual recurring revenue and expands its work with major frontier model developers. Samsung, SentinelOne, Maj Invest, MoreTech and Phoenix Insurance participated in the round alongside existing investors Resolute Ventures, Grove Ventures, CRV, Highland Europe, Vintage Investments, Norwest, NFX and Claltech. The financing brings Alice's total funding to $280 million. Apax Digital will also join Alice's board.

Vikk AI: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Walid Romaya About AI-Powered Legal Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Vikk AI is an AI-powered legal platform that helps consumers understand legal issues, work with legal documents, and determine when professional legal help may be appropriate. The company is also building a Lawyer Ad Center, Lawyer Directory, and Vikk Data Hub, which is intended to surface anonymized patterns across consumer legal interactions and provide earlier insight into emerging legal risks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Vikk AI Co-Founder and CEO Walid Romaya to learn more.

Newcode.ai Raises Series A To Build AI Platform For Legal Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Newcode.ai has raised a Series A financing that brings its total funding since inception to $20 million as the company continues building a configurable artificial intelligence platform for the legal industry.

Cognida Acquires Automate From Within To Expand AI-Native Accounting And Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Cognida has acquired Automate, an enterprise AI platform for accounting and operational workflows, from Within, formerly known as Klarity. Automate applies AI to complex workflows across quote-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes.

The AmeriFlex Group Launches AI Scout Program As Firm Targets 100 Advisor Additions Over 24 Months

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 24, 2026

The AmeriFlex Group has launched an AI-enabled program called Scout that can analyze hundreds of advisory firms and create comprehensive profiles of practices that may be approaching succession, significantly accelerating a process that previously required substantially more manual review.

Alibaba Launches Record $10.2 Billion Share Sale For AI As Orders Reach $28 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 24, 2026

Alibaba has launched a HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) primary share placement to fund chips, AI infrastructure and models, marking the largest-ever follow-on offering of new shares by a Hong Kong-listed company, according to Reuters.

NVIDIA: Vera Rubin NVL72 Delivers Up To 30x More Agentic AI Throughput Per Megawatt And 35x Lower Token Cost

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 24, 2026

NVIDIA says its Vera Rubin NVL72 platform can deliver up to 30x more agentic AI inference throughput per megawatt than the GB300 NVL72 while reducing the cost per million tokens by up to 35x.

Qnity Names Ken Rizvi CFO As Semiconductor Veteran Brings 25+ Years Of Finance Experience

By Shan Sadiq ● Aug 24, 2026

Qnity Electronics has appointed Ken Rizvi as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, adding a semiconductor finance veteran with more than 25 years of experience as the company expands across AI, high-performance computing and advanced connectivity markets.