Artificial Intelligence

Noteefy Acquires Metolius Golf To Build Golf’s First Unified Demand And Revenue Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Noteefy, a leading demand and revenue management platform for the golf industry, has acquired Metolius Golf, a data intelligence company serving more than 600 golf courses. Together, the combined business now powers roughly 1,500 courses, pairing Noteefy’s demand optimization tools with Metolius’s data and analytics layer to give operators a single system for managing both demand and revenue.

Meta Breaks Ground On C$13 Billion AI-Optimized Data Center In Alberta

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Meta is breaking ground on its first data center in Canada, a 1‑gigawatt, AI‑optimized facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta that will serve as a major hub for the company’s expanding artificial intelligence and core product infrastructure. The site is Meta’s 33rd data center globally and represents an investment of more than C$13 billion (about US$9.2 billion), making it one of the company’s largest projects outside the United States.

Amazon Taps US Bond Market Again With $25 Billion Sale To Fund AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Amazon has returned to the US bond market with a new offering of at least $25 billion, adding another jumbo deal to a growing wave of AI‑linked corporate debt. The sale, structured in as many as eight tranches with maturities ranging from three to 40 years, is intended to support Amazon’s massive capital spending plans as it builds out data center and AI infrastructure for itself and its AWS cloud customers, according to Bloomberg.

Cursor Integrates SpaceXAI’s New Grok 4.5 Model For Coding And Agentic Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2026

Cursor has rolled out support for Grok 4.5, SpaceXAI’s latest large language model optimized for coding, agentic tasks, and complex knowledge work. Grok 4.5 is now available as a core engine inside Cursor’s AI coding environment, giving developers access to a high‑capacity model directly within their editor and workflows.

Paylocity Acquiring AI-Native Aidora To Simplify Leave Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Paylocity announced it has acquired Aidora, an AI-native leave management compliance software company, as part of its strategy to automate complex HR processes and improve employee experience. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Norm Ai Raises $120 Million Series C At $1.2 Billion Valuation To Expand AI-Native Legal Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Norm Ai announced it has raised $120 million in Series C funding at a $1.2 billion valuation in a round led by Khosla Ventures. The financing included participation from Blackstone, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Coatue, Vanguard, New York Life, TIAA, Tony James, Jeff Hammes, and Fenwick LLP. Since launching less than three years ago, the company has now raised more than $260 million.

Duck Creek Acquires Send To Create AI-Powered Underwriting And Core Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Duck Creek Technologies announced it has acquired Send Technology Solutions, an AI-native underwriting orchestration platform serving commercial, specialty, reinsurance, MGA, delegated authority, and London Market insurers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Hostie Raises $12 Million Series A To Expand AI-Powered Restaurant Concierge Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Hostie, an AI-powered virtual concierge platform for restaurants, announced it has raised a $12 million Series A funding round led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from Gradient, Scribble Ventures, Burst Capital, and Behind Genius Ventures. The financing brings the San Francisco-based company's total funding to $16 million.

ONTO Health Acquires LEVY Health To Expand AI-Powered Fertility Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

ONTO Health announced the acquisition of LEVY Health, a clinical decision support software company specializing in precision diagnostics and patient intake for reproductive medicine. The acquisition strengthens ONTO Health's technology platform as it accelerates expansion across the U.S. and internationally following its recent $20 million Series A funding.

Empower AI Acquires Highlight Technologies To Expand AI-Powered Federal IT Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Empower AI announced it has acquired Highlight Technologies, a Fairfax, Virginia-based federal IT services company, strengthening its ability to deliver AI-driven and cloud-enabled mission solutions for U.S. federal agencies.

Tangos Raises $20 Million Seed Round To Automate Financial Crime Investigations With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Tangos AI, an autonomous AI platform for financial crime investigations, announced it has raised $20 million in seed funding to expand its technology and help financial institutions accelerate complex compliance and investigative workflows. The funding round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from Leaders Fund, Clarim, Venture Israel, Signal Fire, Clutch Capital, Selah Ventures, and a strategic investment from Bright Data.

Gryphon Strategies Expands Investment Intelligence Capabilities With BIA Team Addition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Gryphon Strategies, a global provider of due diligence, investigations, and business intelligence services, announced the addition of Business Intelligence Advisors’ (BIA) Investment Intelligence team. The move expands Gryphon’s Business Intelligence practice by adding specialized human intelligence capabilities that complement its global investigative platform.

Lumen Completes Alkira Acquisition To Expand AI-Era Networking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Lumen Technologies announced it has completed its acquisition of Alkira, an on-demand networking platform that enables enterprises to connect clouds, sites, partners, and AI workloads through a unified software platform. The deal combines Alkira’s cloud-native networking technology with Lumen’s fiber infrastructure and programmable network to simplify enterprise networking across cloud, hybrid, and AI environments.

Databento Raises $97 Million Series B To Expand Global Market Data Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Databento, a market data platform for financial institutions, announced it has raised $97 million in Series B funding in a round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Tribe Capital, and other strategic and existing investors. The financing was significantly oversubscribed, attracting more than $300 million in investor demand.

Airties To Acquire Aprecomm To Expand AI Connectivity Platform And Accelerate Growth In Emerging Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Airties announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aprecomm, an AI-driven broadband connectivity software company, to strengthen its Connectivity Experience Management platform and expand its presence in high-growth broadband markets, including India, South Asia, Southeast Asia, South America, and other developing regions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

GIM Raises $20 Million Series A To Advance Agentic AI Investing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

GIM (Grace Investment Machine) announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding to accelerate development of its AI-native investment technology platform focused on autonomous, agentic investing systems.

Chemomab Therapeutics And Scipher Medicine To Merge To Advance Nebokitug In AI-Powered RA Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Chemomab Therapeutics and Scipher Medicine announced a definitive merger agreement in a stock transaction. Upon completion, the combined company is expected to operate as Scipher Medicine Corporation and trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SCIP.

Prime Intellect Raises $130 Million Series A To Build Open Superintelligence Stack

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2026

Prime Intellect announced that it raised $130 million in Series A funding to build what it describes as the open superintelligence stack. The round was led by Radical Ventures, with participation from NVIDIA Ventures, Intel Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, and existing investors.

OpenAI Introduces GPT-Live To Power More Natural ChatGPT Voice Interactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

OpenAI introduced GPT-Live, a new generation of voice models designed to make speaking with AI feel more like a natural conversation. The models are now powering an upgraded ChatGPT Voice experience.

ARC Intelligence Raises €4 Million In Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

ARC Intelligence announced that it has secured €4 million in seed funding. The company is building an AI-native Finance OS for ERP-heavy businesses.

Colt DCS Appoints David Burton As Chief Information Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Colt Data Centre Services announced the appointment of David Burton as Chief Information Officer. Colt DCS is a global provider of AI-ready, hyperscale, and large enterprise data centers.

xAI Rebrands As SpaceXAI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

SpaceXAI announced a brief rebrand message on X, posting: “We are now @SpaceXAI.” The short update signals the next step in the public identity shift following SpaceX’s earlier acquisition of xAI. The update also included a new logo.

Arato Raises $10 Million Seed Round To Improve AI Quality Assurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2026

Arato announced that it has raised a $10 million seed round. The round was led by TLV Partners. Jibe Ventures also participated in the financing. Additional backers included a16z’s Raghu Raghuram, the former CEO of VMware, and Marianna Tessel, the former CTO of Intuit.

Permutable: Interview With Founder & CEO Wilson Chan About How The Company Is Turning Real-Time Narratives Into Market Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Permutable is a London-based AI-driven market intelligence company that analyzes global narratives, macroeconomic developments, and real-time news flows to generate explainable market intelligence for institutional investors, hedge funds, and commodities trading teams. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Permutable founder and CEO Wilson Chan to learn more.

B Capital Closes $500 Million Ascent Fund III To Back AI-Driven Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

B Capital announced the final close of B Capital Ascent Fund III at its hard cap of $500 million in aggregate capital commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and nearly doubled the size of its predecessor, B Capital Ascent Fund II.

Bespoke Labs Raises $40 Million To Build Reliable AI Agent Training Environments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Bespoke Labs announced that it has raised $40 million across seed and Series A funding rounds. The company is building an AI agent training platform focused on environments that help agents become more reliable.

alqem Raises €8 Million To Scale AI-Driven Materials Discovery Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

alqem announced that it has raised €8 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-driven materials discovery engine. The round was co-led by UVC Partners and Union Square Ventures.

Worldmodeldata Raises £7 Million To Build Data Layer For World Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Worldmodeldata announced that it has emerged from stealth and raised £7 million, or about $9.3 million, in seed funding. The company said the capital will accelerate its mission of transforming gameplay into training-ready datasets for world models and embodied AI.

Venice Raises $65 Million Series A At $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Venice announced that it has raised $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, and other investors.

Zoom Acquiring Common Room

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Zoom announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Common Room, an AI-native go-to-market intelligence platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.