Artificial Intelligence

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.

AgriPass: $7.5 Million Seed Round Raised For AI-Powered Robotic Weed Control Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

AgriPass, an AI and robotics company focused on adaptive agricultural field operations, announced that it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the commercial-scale-up of its RHIC robotic weed-control platform across the United States and Europe.

Lio: $30 Million Raised For Agentic AI Enterprise Procurement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Lio, an AI-native company building an agentic AI platform for enterprise procurement, announced that it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from SV Angels, Harry Stebbings, and Y Combinator. With this investment, Lio’s total funding now reaches $33 million, and the company plans to use the capital to accelerate product development and expand its presence in the United States.

Sage: $65 Million Raised For AI-Powered Senior Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Sage, an integrated care platform for senior living and skilled nursing facilities, announced it has raised $65 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from existing investors IVP and Goldcrest.

Levitate: $16 Million Raised For AI-Powered Relationship Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Levitate announced it has raised $16 million in a new funding round led by Harbert Growth Partners with participation from Bull City Venture Partners and Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures.

Reclaim Security: $26 Million Raised For AI-Driven Cybersecurity Remediation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Reclaim Security, an automated threat exposure remediation platform, announced $26 million in total funding, including a recent $20 million Series A round led by Acrew Capital with participation from QP Ventures and Ibex Investors. The funding is intended to accelerate the company’s mission to close what security leaders describe as a persistent cybersecurity challenge: the remediation gap between identifying vulnerabilities and actually fixing them.

Capitol AI: Interview With Founder & CEO Shaun Modi About Turning Enterprise Data Into Decision-Grade Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Capitol AI is building a sovereign operating system for intelligence for regulated, high-stakes institutions, including professional services firms, publishers, and government agencies. Capitol runs entirely inside enterprise infrastructure, transforming proprietary data into structured, decision-grade artifacts, including due diligence reports, regulatory documentation, and executive intelligence. Model-agnostic and fully auditable, with no data egress, the platform gives institutions durable control over their data, workflows, and standards. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Capitol AI founder and CEO Shaun Modi to learn more.

JetStream Security: $34 Million Raised For AI Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

JetStream Security announced that it has raised $34 million in seed funding to address a growing challenge facing enterprises adopting artificial intelligence: how to govern and trust AI systems deployed across their organizations. The funding round was led by Redpoint Ventures and included participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, along with several notable angel investors, including George Kurtz of CrowdStrike, Assaf Rappaport of Wiz, and Frederic Kerrest of Okta.

NextWork: $4.45 Million Seed Round Raised For AI Skill Verification Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

NextWork, a platform designed to help people learn practical artificial intelligence skills by building real-world projects and publishing proof-of-work portfolios, announced it has raised $4.45 million in a seed funding round led by Shakti VC. The round also included participation from Cake Ventures, along with repeat investors GD1 VC, Blackbird Ventures, Icehouse Ventures, Phase One Ventures and a group of angel investors.

Inhouse: $5 Million Raised For AI Legal Platform For Business Owners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Inhouse announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding to expand its AI platform designed to help business owners handle legal work more efficiently. The round was backed by Run Ventures, Royal Street Ventures, Switch, and Brian Liu, the cofounder and former CEO of LegalZoom.

MeltPlan: $10 Million Seed Round Raised To Build AI Planning Engine For Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

MeltPlan announced that it has raised $14 million to date, including a $10 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The round also included participation from noa, with earlier backing from WND Ventures and several angel investors.

Procode AI: $4 Million Raised And The Auctus Group Acquired To Build AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Platform For Surgeons

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Procode AI, an AI-powered revenue cycle management (RCM) company focused on surgeons in private practice, has launched from stealth with $4 million in funding and the acquisition of The Auctus Group, a medical billing company serving plastic surgery and dermatology practices.

Carta: AI-Powered CRM Launch Follows ListAlpha Acquisition To Expand Private Capital ERP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Carta has acquired AI-powered CRM and relationship intelligence platform ListAlpha, launching Carta CRM as a new front-office component of its broader enterprise resource planning platform for private capital firms. The acquisition is designed to integrate deal sourcing, fundraising, and relationship management with Carta’s existing fund administration and accounting systems, creating a unified platform for the private markets investment lifecycle.

Spellbook: $40 Million Debt Financing Secured To Fund Legal AI Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Spellbook, an AI copilot platform for contracts, announced it has secured $40 million in debt financing from RBCx, the technology and innovation banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, to support strategic acquisitions as the legal AI sector undergoes consolidation.

Thomson Reuters Acquires Noetica To Expand AI-Driven Transaction Intelligence For Legal Professionals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Thomson Reuters announced it has acquired Noetica, an AI native platform that converts corporate transactional deal data into structured, searchable market intelligence for legal and finance professionals. The move strengthens Thomson Reuters’ capabilities in delivering AI powered insights directly within legal workflows.

MyFitnessPal Acquires Cal AI To Expand AI-Powered Nutrition Tracking Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

MyFitnessPal announced it has acquired Cal AI, a fast-growing AI-powered nutrition tracking app, in a move aimed at strengthening its position in the digital nutrition and health tracking market. The transaction brings together two complementary platforms focused on helping users manage nutrition, fitness, and overall health.

Vivox AI: £1.3 Million Raised For Financial Crime Compliance AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Vivox AI, a London-based technology company developing AI agents for financial crime compliance, has raised £1.3 million in its first funding round to accelerate product development and scale its enterprise platform. The round includes backing from Axel Weber, former president of Germany’s central bank and chairman of UBS Group, along with Dan Cobley, former managing director at Google UK. Additional investors include senior executives from Barclays, Onfido co-founder Kos Stiskin, Finom co-founder Kos Stiskin, Startup Wise Guys, Printify and Printful founder and executive chairman James Janis Berdigans, Venture Together, and other fintech and technology investors.

Otovo: $10 Million Acquisition Of Residential Solar Service Provider EnergyAid To Expand U.S. Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Otovo, an AI-native home and business energy services company, announced it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire EnergyAid, a residential solar service and repair provider operating across California, Arizona, and Nevada. The transaction values EnergyAid at an enterprise value of approximately $10 million and is expected to be settled through a combination of cash and newly issued Otovo shares.

Keebo: Eric Shoemaker Appointed CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Keebo, a company focused on autonomous cloud data warehouse optimization, announced the appointment of Eric Shoemaker as chief executive officer. The leadership change marks the beginning of the company’s next growth phase as demand rises for technologies that help enterprises optimize performance and manage cloud data infrastructure costs.

Ericsson: AI-Native 6G Collaboration With Intel Aims To Accelerate Commercial Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Ericsson announced a collaboration with Intel to help accelerate the transition from 6G research to commercial deployment by advancing AI-native network infrastructure across the telecommunications ecosystem. The partnership, unveiled at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026, expands a long-standing relationship between the two companies and focuses on integrating compute, connectivity, and cloud technologies across next-generation mobile networks.

Palo Alto Networks: Secure AI Factories Initiative Announced With Nokia, U Mobile, Aeris, And Celerway

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Palo Alto Networks announced a new ecosystem of partnerships aimed at securing the emerging infrastructure behind large-scale artificial intelligence deployments, which the company describes as “AI Factories.” The initiative, unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, brings together collaborations with Nokia, U Mobile, Aeris, and Celerway to help enterprises and telecom providers scale sovereign AI and protect increasingly distributed AI-driven networks.

Nvidia: $2 Billion Investment In Lumentum To Advance AI Data Center Optics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Nvidia announced a multiyear strategic partnership with Lumentum Holdings to accelerate innovation in advanced optical technologies used in next-generation AI infrastructure. The collaboration will focus on research and development as well as manufacturing capacity needed to support rapidly expanding AI data center systems.

Kansas State University: $6 Million International Project To Develop AI ‘Smart Scout’ System For Crop Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Kansas State University is leading an international research collaboration to develop an artificial intelligence-powered system designed to help soybean farmers detect crop problems earlier and estimate yields more accurately.

Akave: $6.65 Million Raised For Decentralized Enterprise Cloud Storage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Akave, an enterprise cloud infrastructure company delivering a modern, S3-compatible decentralized alternative to traditional cloud storage, announced it has raised $6.65 million as it formally enters the data storage market with the launch of Akave Cloud.

Addepar: Wealth Management Technology Platform Launches Addison AI For Natural Language Portfolio Analysis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Addepar has launched Addison, a native AI experience embedded in its investment platform, enabling advisory firms to analyze portfolio data through conversational, natural-language queries. The rollout marks a significant step in the company’s broader strategy to deploy native AI and intelligent agents across the investment lifecycle.