Innovation

Brookfield To Acquire Aypa Power From Blackstone For $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to acquire Aypa Power from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners in a transaction valued at approximately $7 billion on an enterprise-value basis. The deal assigns Aypa an equity value of approximately $3 billion.

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 And Flip8 With Expanded AI Features

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Flip8, expanding its foldable smartphone portfolio with three devices designed around productivity, content consumption and personal expression.

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand Platform For Deploying AI Agents Across Industrial Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Arrakis has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its platform for deploying artificial intelligence agents across industrial operations. Blossom Capital led the round, with participation from existing investor Accel. The financing brings Arrakis’ total funding to approximately $38 million. Accel previously led the company’s $7.5 million seed round. Individual investors include Datadog Founder and CEO Olivier Pomel, OpenAI Head of Business Products Olivier Godement and Cambridge Aerospace Founder Junaid Hussein.

PathFinder Raises Multi-Million-Dollar Angel Round To Launch BirdieSense Golf AI Agent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

PathFinder has raised a multi-million-dollar angel financing round to accelerate development and manufacturing of BirdieSense, its vision-based artificial intelligence training device for golfers. Jinqiu Capital exclusively led the round. PathFinder did not disclose the precise amount raised or the company’s valuation.

N-Zyme Biomedical Raises $4.6 Million Series A To Advance Reflux Disease Treatments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

N-Zyme Biomedical has raised approximately $4.6 million in Series A funding to advance Phase 2 clinical programs evaluating its pepsin inhibitor platform for reflux disease. The financing is expected to fully fund the company’s planned Phase 2 work in laryngopharyngeal reflux and proton pump inhibitor-refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Petra Labs Raises $5.2 Million Seed Round To Connect AI Search Visibility With Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Petra Labs has raised $5.2 million in seed funding to expand its answer engine optimization platform for enterprise brands. Work-Bench led the round, with participation from Afore, Pathlight and strategic angel investors.

Transcripta Bio Raises $24 Million To Advance AI-Powered Neurological Drug Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Transcripta Bio has raised $24 million since its Series A financing to advance an AI-powered drug discovery platform focused on neurological and neuromuscular diseases. New investors Mayo Clinic and Omnimed joined existing backers JAZZ Venture Partners, BlueYard Capital and several life sciences-focused family offices.

Brookfield To Acquire Gregg Distributors In C$1.6 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to acquire Gregg Distributors, a Canadian industrial maintenance, repair and operations distributor, in a transaction valuing the company at approximately C$1.6 billion on an enterprise-value basis.

Conceal: Interview With VP Of Sales Engineering Chris Park About Browser-Native Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Conceal delivers a browser-native Security Service Edge platform that provides Zero Trust access and in-browser security without VPNs, proxies, or data center-routed traffic. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Conceal VP of Sales Engineering Chris Park to learn more.

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney To Supply GTF Engines For 15 Additional Tigerair Taiwan Airbus A321neo Aircraft

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tigerair Taiwan to supply GTF engines for 15 additional Airbus A321neo aircraft. The agreement covers four firm aircraft and 11 leased aircraft, with deliveries expected to begin in 2028.

BranchOut Food Secures Additional $2 Million Order Following $8 Million Warehouse Club Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

BranchOut Food has secured an estimated $2 million order from the nation’s second-largest warehouse club for a new Tropical Mix multipack. The order follows the retailer’s recent award of an approximately $8 million annual program for BranchOut’s Crunchy Fruit Chips.

MaxCyte Partners With Genentech To Support Cell Therapy Development And Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

MaxCyte has entered into a technology license partnership with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to support multiple cell therapy development programs. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Exascale Labs Advances $300 Million Customer Pipeline Across AI Infrastructure And GPU Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Exascale Labs said it is advancing an estimated $300 million pipeline of potential customer opportunities across its GPU-as-a-Service and AI infrastructure businesses. The company highlighted a combination of signed commercial agreements and nonbinding memoranda of understanding that could support near-term and recurring revenue.

FatPipe Awarded $7 Million Education Contract To Support School Network Access And Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

FatPipe has been awarded a $7 million contract to provide network edge products and monitoring services to schools. The deployment is intended to improve network availability, centralized visibility and the speed at which administrators can identify and address connectivity problems.

Box Unveils Security And Governance Controls For Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Box has announced new security and governance capabilities designed to give organizations greater control over AI agents accessing and acting on enterprise content. The features will apply to Box-native agents and third-party systems such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

MDA Space UK Selected To Supply Lunar Landing Sensors For ESA’s Argonaut Mission

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

MDA Space UK has received a Pre-Authorisation to Proceed contract from OHB System to begin work on advanced lunar landing sensors for the European Space Agency’s Argonaut spacecraft. The technology will support autonomous hazard detection and safe landings on the Moon.

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Canada To Invest C$275 Million In Longueuil Manufacturing Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Pratt & Whitney Canada will invest C$275 million to expand and modernize manufacturing operations at its Longueuil, Quebec, facility. The investment will be supported by the Canadian and Quebec governments.

Altesa BioSciences Appoints Brett Haumann As CEO Following $75 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Altesa BioSciences has appointed Brett Haumann, MBBCh, MBA, as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment follows the company’s oversubscribed $75 million Series B financing and the initiation of its Phase 2b CARDINAL clinical trial.

Caldwell Appoints Steven Price As Co-Leader Of Life Sciences And Healthcare Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Caldwell has appointed Steven Price as co-leader of its Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice. He will lead the executive search practice alongside John Blank as the firm continues expanding its capabilities across healthcare and life sciences.

Assort Health Appoints Three Senior Executives Following $222 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Assort Health has appointed three senior executives to support growing demand for its AI agents platform for patient access and healthcare administration. The company named Jon Corn as Chief Revenue Officer, Kristina Kemp as Vice President of Customer Success and Emil Yeargin as Senior Vice President of People.

I-care Group Invests $25 Million In U.S. Subsidiary To Accelerate Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

I-care Group has invested $25 million in its U.S. subsidiary, I-care Reliability, to expand its commercial and operational presence across the United States. The investment reinforces the Belgian company’s long-term commitment to one of its largest industrial growth markets.

Karoo Health Raises $16.2 Million Series A To Expand Cardiovascular Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Karoo Health has raised $16.2 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round to expand its AI-native technology platform for cardiovascular care. The round was co-led by 7wire Ventures and Allumia Ventures. First Trust Capital Partners, SpringRock Ventures, Hyde Park Angels and other investors also participated. As part of the financing, 7wire Ventures Managing Partner Lee Shapiro and Allumia Ventures Managing Partner Jeff Stolte will join Karoo Health’s board of directors.

FactorLab Secures Growth Investment From Falfurrias To Expand AI-Powered Work Risk Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

FactorLab has received a strategic growth investment from Falfurrias Growth Partners to expand its artificial intelligence platform for improving safety and operational performance in high-risk work environments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Hilo Launches Blood Pressure Monitoring System In The U.S. Following $19 Million Funding Extension

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Hilo, a health technology brand developed by Aktiia, has launched Hilo Core in the United States. The system is designed to provide long-term blood pressure trends rather than relying exclusively on occasional cuff-based measurements.

Cascade Raises $3.5 Million To Help Construction Firms Predict And Win Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Cascade has raised $3.5 million to expand its artificial intelligence platform for architecture, engineering and construction firms. The financing included Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures, Blitzscaling Ventures, Indico Capital, shuckerVC, G2C Ventures and Snowball VC.

Humanoid Raises $152 Million Series A At $1.35 Billion Valuation To Scale Industrial Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Humanoid has raised $152 million in Series A funding at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation to accelerate the development and commercial deployment of its industrial humanoid robots. The financing brings the UK-based company’s total funding to $270 million.

Alocity Raises Series A To Expand AI Operating System For Physical Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Alocity has completed a Series A financing round to expand its artificial intelligence platform for managing physical spaces. The round was led by a private investor group alongside founder and CEO Marco Quintero.

Augustus Raises $180 Million Series B At $1 Billion Valuation To Expand Global Dollar Banking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Augustus has raised $180 million in a Series B financing round at a $1 billion valuation to expand its banking infrastructure for international financial institutions. The round was led by Tiger Global and brought the company’s total funding to $210 million.

Google Launches Gemini 3.6 Flash And 3.5 Flash-Lite For Scalable AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Google has introduced Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, two models designed to improve the speed, cost and reliability of production AI agents. The company also unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a specialized cybersecurity model that will operate through Google’s CodeMender security agent.

Capitol Meridian Partners Raises $1.9 Billion For Second Fund At Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Capitol Meridian Partners has closed its second private equity fund with $1.9 billion in commitments, exceeding its original fundraising target by 50% and reaching the vehicle’s hard cap. The fund is focused on investments spanning national security, defense, government technology and commercial aviation.