Innovation

Lorikeet Appoints Jerry Brooner As Chief Revenue Officer To Expand AI Concierge Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Lorikeet has appointed Jerry Brooner as Chief Revenue Officer to lead the expansion of its artificial intelligence concierge platform across fintech, healthcare and insurance. Brooner will oversee Lorikeet's sales, marketing, partnerships and forward-deployed engineering teams.

PAXAFE Appoints Mark Talens As Chief Commercial Officer To Scale AI-Powered Cold Chain Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

PAXAFE has appointed Mark Talens as Chief Commercial Officer as the company works to expand adoption of its artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence and compliance platform for pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chains.

Emplifi Appoints Omer Sharon As Chief Product And Technology Officer To Advance Autonomous CX Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Emplifi has appointed Omer Sharon as Chief Product and Technology Officer to lead the next phase of development for its autonomous customer experience platform.

Countly: Interview With Onur Alp Soner About Building a Privacy-First Analytics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Countly is a self-hosted, privacy-first analytics platform that helps organizations understand user behavior across mobile and web while retaining full ownership of their data. The company is led by Onur Alp Soner. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Countly's Onur Alp Soner to learn more.

Throne Science Raises $10 Million Series A For AI-Powered Smart Toilet Sensor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Throne Science has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its team and advance research and development for its smart toilet sensor, which tracks digestive health, hydration, and urinary patterns. The round was led by Will Ventures, with participation from Emerson Collective, Workshop, LEAD VC, Salt VC, Accomplice, Moxxie, Ventures Together, Symphony, Felix Capital, Cosmic Venture Partners, Offscript, V1.VC and Morrison Seger.

Zafran Security Secures Strategic Investment From Cisco Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Zafran Security has received a strategic investment from Cisco Investments to expand its AI-native Continuous Threat Exposure Management platform.

COR Secures $30 Million Investment From FTV Capital To Expand AI Profitability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

COR has secured a $30 million investment from FTV Capital to scale its artificial intelligence-powered project management and profitability platform for agencies and professional services firms.

Safe Superintelligence And NVIDIA Form Long-Term AI Compute Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Safe Superintelligence and NVIDIA have entered into a long-term strategic partnership intended to accelerate SSI's artificial intelligence research and substantially expand its computing capacity.

Greyparrot Raises $27 Million Series B To Expand AI Waste Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Greyparrot has raised $27 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-powered waste-analysis network and build a larger data platform to measure recoverable materials. The round was led by technology investor Omar Mir and brings Greyparrot's total funding to $60 million.

Philip Morris Opens $1.2 Billion Manufacturing Campus In Colorado

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

NVIDIA Reportedly Behind Hut 8 Texas Data Center Lease Worth Up To $50.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

NVIDIA is reportedly the previously undisclosed tenant behind long-term leases at Hut 8's Beacon Point AI data center campus in Texas, according to the Financial Times.

Saab Receives SEK 10.1 Billion GlobalEye Aircraft Order From Middle Eastern Customer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Saab has received an order for two GlobalEye airborne surveillance aircraft from an undisclosed customer in the Middle East.

Cracker Barrel Appoints Former Bloomin’ Brands CEO David Deno As Chief Executive Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has appointed David Deno as its next Chief Executive Officer, effective August 10, 2026.

LVMH H1 Revenue Reaches €38.6 Billion As Organic Growth Accelerates In Q2

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

LVMH reported first-half 2026 revenue of €38.64 billion, representing a reported decline of 3% from €39.81 billion in the prior-year period.

Mercedes-Benz Q2 EBIT Rises 22% To €1.55 Billion As China Weakness Prompts Lower Sales Outlook

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Mercedes-Benz Group reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of €32.06 billion, representing a 3.3% decline from €33.15 billion in the prior-year period. Earnings before interest and taxes increased 21.5% to €1.55 billion, while net profit rose 13.5% to €1.09 billion. Earnings per share increased 20% to €1.14.

ICON And Anthropic Form Multi-Year Collaboration To Bring Claude AI Across Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

ICON has entered into a multi-year collaboration with Anthropic to integrate Claude's artificial intelligence capabilities across the clinical trial lifecycle.

Coca-Cola: Q2 Revenue Rises 7% To $13.4 Billion As Company Raises 2026 Guidance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

The Coca-Cola Company reported second-quarter 2026 net revenue of $13.4 billion, representing a 7% increase from the prior-year period, as global beverage volume expanded and the company raised its full-year financial guidance. Organic revenue, which excludes currency movements and structural changes, increased 6%.

Sherwin-Williams: Q2 Sales Rise 7.5% To $6.79 Billion As Company Raises 2026 Outlook

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Sherwin-Williams reported second-quarter 2026 net sales of $6.79 billion, representing a 7.5% increase from $6.31 billion in the prior-year period, as sales improved across all three of the company's reportable segments.

Apple Briefly Reaches $5 Trillion Market Capitalization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Apple's market capitalization briefly surpassed $5 trillion for the first time, making it only the second publicly traded company to cross the milestone after NVIDIA, according to The WSJ.

GrubMarket Confidentially Files For Proposed Initial Public Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

GrubMarket has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

Apple Launches Klarna-Powered Device Leasing Program In The United States

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Apple has launched Apple Upgrade, a new U.S. product-leasing program offered by Klarna for eligible iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad products.

GSK’s Q2 Sales Rise 5% To £8.4 Billion As Company Targets £1.9 Billion In Annual Savings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

GSK reported second-quarter 2026 sales of £8.41 billion, representing growth of 5% at both actual and constant exchange rates, as strength in Specialty Medicines and Vaccines offset declining General Medicines revenue.

Core Scientific And AMD Partner To Deploy Up To 2.5 Gigawatts Of AI Data Center Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Core Scientific and AMD have formed an infrastructure partnership under which AMD will secure up to 2.5 gigawatts of data center capacity for customers deploying its artificial intelligence technologies.

Meta And BlackRock Form $14 Billion Venture To Develop El Paso AI Data Center Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Meta and BlackRock have formed a strategic venture to finance, develop, and own a one-gigawatt data center campus currently under construction in El Paso, Texas. Funds managed by BlackRock will own an 80% interest in the venture, while Meta will retain the remaining 20%.

Barclays Q2 Profit Rises 31% To £3.25 Billion As Bank Raises 2026 Income Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Barclays reported second-quarter 2026 income of £8.34 billion, representing an increase of 16% from £7.19 billion in the prior-year period.

Neon Raises $13 Million Series A With Investment From KRAFTON, Andreessen Horowitz And Renegade Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Neon has raised $13 million in Series A funding to expand its commerce and payments infrastructure for video game publishers. KRAFTON participated in the round as both an investor and strategic partner, while existing investors Andreessen Horowitz's A16Z Games and Renegade Partners also joined the financing.

Mandela Digital Secures $5 Million Investment From Datavault AI For Dollar-Backed Stablecoin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Mandela Digital has received a $5 million investment from Datavault AI to support the development and planned launch of the Mandela Dollar, a proposed U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. Datavault AI has begun deploying the committed capital and will also serve as Mandela Digital's primary technology partner.

UPS Raises 2026 Revenue Outlook To $91.2 Billion Following Second-Quarter Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

UPS reported second-quarter 2026 consolidated revenue of $22.8 billion as growth across its U.S. Domestic, International and Supply Chain Solutions businesses helped the logistics company raise its full-year financial outlook.

Qnity Launches Two New High-Performance Thermal Interface Materials for AI, Automotive and High-Power Electronic Applications

By Shan Sadiq ● Jul 28, 2026

Qnity Electronics has launched two new thermal interface materials designed to help engineers manage rising heat levels across artificial intelligence systems, advanced computing, automotive electronics and other high-power applications.

Neology Group Closes Inaugural $175 Million Capital Raise To Expand Development Across The Southeast

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Neology Group has completed the final closing of its inaugural $175 million capital raise to support large-scale real estate development projects across Florida and the broader Southeast.