Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft: $99-Per-User Microsoft 365 E7 AI Software Bundle Introduced

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2026

Microsoft has introduced a new premium workplace software package designed to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence tools across enterprises. The company unveiled Microsoft 365 E7, a new AI-focused bundle that integrates productivity software, security services, and AI agent management capabilities into a single offering.

TalkCounsel Acquires LegalSafe To Expand AI Risk And Compliance Tools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

TalkCounsel, an on-demand legal marketplace connecting businesses, startups, and individuals with remote attorneys, announced that it has acquired LegalSafe, an automated legal risk assessment platform designed for small businesses.

Dify: $30 Million Raised For Open-Source AI Application Platform In Series Pre-A Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Dify, a Menlo Park, California-based provider of an open-source platform that helps teams build, deploy, and operate production-grade AI applications and agentic workflows, announced it has raised $30 million in series pre-A funding at a $180 million valuation. The round was led by HSG with participation from GL Ventures, Alt-Alpha Capital, a new spin-out from Bessemer Venture Partners, 5Y Capital, Mizuho Leaguer Investment, and NYX Ventures.

Mega: $11.5 Million Raised For AI-Powered Growth Engine For SMBs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Mega, a New York-based startup building an AI-powered growth platform for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-driven marketing infrastructure. The round was led by Goodwater Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Atreides, SignalFire, and Kearny Jackson. The investment also included WNBA stars Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum, and Nneka Ogwumike.

Lyzr: $8 Million Series A Raised For Agentic Operating System For Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Lyzr, an enterprise AI platform developing an “Agentic Operating System,” has raised $8 million in series A funding to accelerate the deployment of interconnected AI agents across enterprise environments.

Mirai Robotics: $4.2 Million Pre-Seed Raised For Autonomous Maritime Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Mirai Robotics, a European artificial intelligence and robotics startup developing autonomous maritime systems, has raised $4.2 million in pre-seed funding to advance technology designed to automate complex operations at sea.

Quantiphi Acquires Candyspace To Expand U.K. And Europe Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Quantiphi, an AI-first digital engineering company, announced that it has acquired London-based digital product agency Candyspace in a move aimed at expanding its presence across the United Kingdom and Europe while strengthening its capabilities at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital experience design.

Unqork: Jeremy Burton Appointed To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Unqork, an AI-first enterprise development platform, announced the appointment of Jeremy Burton to its board of directors as the company accelerates expansion of its artificial intelligence capabilities and global presence.

TaxStatus Signs AI Tax Planning Partnership With Advice.ai Built On IRS-Sourced Financial Data

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

TaxStatus announced an exclusive partnership with Advice.ai to integrate a comprehensive library of tax planning strategies into the TaxStatus Verified Financials platform, enabling financial advisors and CPAs to automatically identify personalized tax, financial, and estate planning opportunities based on official IRS-sourced data.

Vanilla Partners With Worthy To Bring AI-Native Tax Intelligence To Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Vanilla, a modern estate-planning platform for financial advisors, announced a partnership with Worthy, an AI-native tax-intelligence platform designed for advisory firms. The collaboration integrates tax planning capabilities with estate planning workflows, enabling advisors to deliver more comprehensive financial guidance to clients.

Groundhawk: €2 Million Raised For AI-Powered Underground Infrastructure Mapping Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Groundhawk, a Finland-based infrastructure software company focused on AI-powered 3D mapping and spatial intelligence for underground utilities, has raised €2 million in seed funding to accelerate its growth across Europe.

DeepIP: $25 Million Raised For AI Patent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

DeepIP, an AI patent platform headquartered in New York City and Paris, has raised $25 million in Series B funding, bringing its total capital raised to $40 million as enterprises increasingly adopt workflow-native AI systems to manage patent operations. The Series B round was co-led by Korelya Capital and Serena, with participation from Balderton and Headline.

Isembard: $50 Million Raised For AI-Powered Aerospace And Defense Factories

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Isembard has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the rollout of AI-powered manufacturing facilities focused on high-precision components for aerospace, defense, energy, and robotics customers. The round was led by Union Square Ventures, an early investor in companies including Twitter, Coinbase, Etsy, Abridge, and Twilio. New investors Tamarack Global and IQ Capital joined the round alongside existing backers Notion Capital and CIV. The company also attracted several angel investors, including Alex Bouaziz, founder and CEO of Deel; Andrei Danescu, founder and CEO of Dexory Robotics; and Matt Briers, former CFO of Wise.

Eve Security: An Interview About The Company’s ZigiWave Partnership And Interrogation-As-A-Service Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Eve Security is a company that provides an agentic AI observability and policy enforcement platform, using Agent-in-the-Loop (AITL) technology to monitor, secure, and govern the behavior of AI agents interacting with critical business systems. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Eve Security co-founder and CEO Nadav Cornberg about the company making two significant announcements: ZigiWave's choice to deploy Eve to its Fortune 500 customers and a patent filing for a technology that is already integrated into Eve's platform (Interregotation-as-a-Service) that observes and takes action on rogue AI agentics with an emphasis on why they've gone rogue.

Axiomatic AI: $18 Million Raised To Build Verified Engineering AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Axiomatic AI, a company developing artificial intelligence infrastructure for science and engineering, announced it has raised $18 million in seed funding, bringing its total funding to $25 million. The round was led by Engine Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Big Sur Ventures, Global Vision Capital, Propagator Ventures, and Liquid 2.

Nscale: $2 Billion Series C At $14.6 Billion Valuation Raised For AI Infrastructure Hyperscaler

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

U.K.-based AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale announced that it has raised $2 billion in a Series C funding round, valuing the company at $14.6 billion as it accelerates the global expansion of its artificial intelligence infrastructure platform.

Cursor: Automations Launched For Always-On Agentic Coding Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Cursor announced the launch of Automations, a system designed to create always-running AI agents that automatically monitor, review, and maintain codebases. The new feature allows developers to configure agents that operate continuously in the background, triggered by events such as Slack messages, newly created issues, merged pull requests, or PagerDuty incidents.

University Of Northern Iowa Launches Artificial Intelligence Curriculum With New AI Majors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

The University of Northern Iowa has introduced a new academic curriculum focused on artificial intelligence, expanding its educational offerings with programs designed to prepare students for careers in one of the fastest-growing areas of the workforce.

Validio: $30 Million Raised For Enterprise Data Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Validio, a Stockholm-based enterprise data management platform, has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand globally and strengthen its technology for ensuring trusted enterprise data in the AI era.

Netflix: InterPositive Acquisition Expands AI Tools For Filmmakers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2026

Netflix announced it has acquired InterPositive, the filmmaking technology company founded by Ben Affleck that develops AI-powered tools designed to assist filmmakers in production and post-production workflows. The company said the acquisition aligns with its long-standing belief that technological innovation should support storytelling and the creative process rather than replace it.

Firmable: $14 Million Raised For AI-Native Sales Platform Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2026

Firmable, an AI-driven sales platform headquartered in Melbourne, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Airtree with participation from existing investors.

DiligenceSquared: $5 Million Raised To Automate Private Equity Due Diligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2026

DiligenceSquared, an AI-powered platform that automates commercial due diligence and market research for investment teams, announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding to expand its operations and meet growing demand from private equity firms. The funding round was led by RELENTLESS with participation from Y Combinator and additional investors.

PartsPulse: $3 Million Raised For AI Platform To Streamline Aftermarket Parts Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2026

PartsPulse, an AI-powered platform designed to manage aftermarket parts businesses, has officially launched with $3 million in backing from UP.Partners. The company introduced its platform at CONEXPO in Las Vegas, positioning the technology as a unified system to help manufacturers, dealers, and fleet operators better manage complex parts operations.

Nominal: $80 Million Series B-2 At $1 Billion Valuation Raised For Hardware Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2026

Nominal announced it has raised $80 million in a Series B-2 acceleration round led by Founders Fund, valuing the company at $1 billion and making the hardware engineering software startup a unicorn.

Social Links: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ivan Shkvarun About Fighting AI Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2026

Social Links is an OSINT (open-source intelligence) company that builds a modular security-tech product to protect organizations from AI-driven digital risks that threaten their people, assets, brands, and operations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Social Links co-founder and CEO Ivan Shkvarun to learn more.

Advocacy: $3.5 Million Raised For AI-Native Litigation Workspace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2026

Advocacy, an AI-native litigation technology company focused on context-driven legal workflows, has emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in seed funding to expand its platform designed specifically for litigation teams. The round was led by Relentless with participation from Relativity through Relativity Labs, Fenwick & West, leading legal scholars from top law schools, and a consortium of partners that includes Big Law firms and specialized litigation boutiques.

Portside: New Investment Raised From Vista Equity And Brandon Holden Named As Chief Executive Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2026

Portside, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the global aviation industry, announced a new investment from Vista Equity Partners to accelerate platform integration, advance its AI-enabled product roadmap, and expand its global go-to-market capabilities. Existing investor Insight Partners will remain a significant shareholder in the company.

Vor Systems: $3 Million Raised For AI Platform For Complex Renewable Energy Transactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2026

Vor Systems, an AI-enabled transaction platform designed to streamline complex renewable energy deals, announced it has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Gigascale Capital, with participation from Virta Ventures and a group of technology and energy industry leaders, including Christopher Payne, Hank Couture, Badrul Farooqi, Joe Song, Paul Grana, and Titiaan Palazzi.

Coframe Acquires HaystacksAI To Accelerate Autonomous Experimentation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Coframe announced that it has acquired HaystacksAI, an AI-powered growth and sales intelligence startup, to strengthen its autonomous experimentation platform and expand its go-to-market capabilities. As part of the transaction, HaystacksAI founder and CEO Bo Mohazzabi has joined Coframe as Vice President of Go-To-Market, where he will oversee sales, growth, and customer strategy while contributing to the company’s product roadmap.

Bloomfire: Partnership With Worley Consulting To Bring Enterprise Intelligence To Energy, Chemicals, And Resources Sectors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Bloomfire announced a strategic partnership with Worley Consulting to deliver enterprise intelligence capabilities to organizations in the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors. The collaboration will integrate Bloomfire’s AI-powered Enterprise Intelligence platform into Worley Consulting’s digital offerings to help companies better manage knowledge, improve decision-making, and address operational challenges.