Innovation

EssilorLuxottica And Applied Materials Partner To Advance AR Optics For Smart Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

EssilorLuxottica and Applied Materials announced a long-term joint development agreement focused on accelerating the commercialization of next-generation intelligent optical systems for augmented reality and AI-powered smart eyewear.

Google Releases Android 17 For Supported Pixel Devices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Google announced the release of Android 17, making the new operating system available on most supported Pixel devices.

The Sycamore Company: Interview With Founder & President Mike Overdorf About The RIA Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

The Sycamore Company provides cloud-based financial technology and back-office software solutions built on Salesforce for broker-dealers and registered investment advisors (RIAs). Pulse 2.0 interviewed The Sycamore Company founder and president, Mike Overdorf, to learn more.

Raylu: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ali Dastjerdi About The Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Raylu is an AI-powered sourcing and research platform that automates core investor workflows - market mapping, company discovery, and founder outreach - for private-market investors, including private equity, growth equity, and venture capital firms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Raylu co-founder and CEO Ali Dastjerdi to learn more.

Fountain: Interview With CEO Sean Behr About The Workforce Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Fountain is an AI-native workforce management platform that streamlines the high-volume sourcing, hiring, and scheduling of frontline and hourly workers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Fountain CEO Sean Behr to learn more.

Smartbird Appoints Nadia Carlsten As President & CEO To Advance AI Infrastructure Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Smartbird announced that it has appointed Nadia Carlsten as president and chief executive officer. Carlsten has also joined the company’s board of directors.

Fenchurch Advisory Partners To Combine With Broadhaven Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Fenchurch Advisory Partners announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Broadhaven Capital Partners, creating an international investment bank focused on the financial services sector.

GitHub Releases Open Dataset To Support Multilingual AI Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

GitHub announced the release of the GitHub Multilingual Repositories Dataset, a new open dataset designed to help researchers and developers discover multilingual developer content across public GitHub repositories.

Amazon To Invest Several Billion Dollars In Missouri Data Center Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Amazon announced plans to invest several billion dollars in Missouri to build a new data center campus in Montgomery County. The project is expected to create more than 400 full-time data center jobs, thousands of construction jobs, road and water infrastructure improvements, and hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue for Montgomery County.

Cloudflare Adds Ensemble AI Talent To Strengthen AI Infrastructure Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Cloudflare announced that key members of Ensemble AI are joining the company to help accelerate its work in AI infrastructure and make it easier for developers to run powerful AI models efficiently at scale.

Undo Raises $37 Million Growth Investment Led By Elsewhere Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Undo announced that it has closed a $37 million growth investment led by Elsewhere Partners.

Databricks Introduces Genie ZeroOps For Data And AI Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Databricks announced Genie ZeroOps, an autonomous background agent designed to monitor production data and AI workloads, investigate issues, and suggest fixes that teams can verify before applying.

Rainbow Crops Raises €9.7 Million To Advance Crop Genetics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Rainbow Crops announced that it has raised €9.7 million in funding to accelerate the development of its crop genetics platform and expand the use of advanced technologies in agricultural innovation.

University Of Chicago And Station F Launch Summer Startup Internship Program In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

The University of Chicago and Station F have launched a new summer startup internship program that will place 25 University of Chicago undergraduate students with 16 French technology startups in Paris.

Snowflake Introduces AIM Platform For Enterprise Migration And Modernization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Snowflake announced the launch of Snowflake AIM, an AI-powered platform designed to help organizations modernize, migrate, and virtualize enterprise data and code workloads on Snowflake.

Ward Hadaway Appoints Strategic Risk Specialist Mike Gore

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Ward Hadaway announced that it has appointed strategic risk specialist Mike Gore, expanding the firm’s advisory capabilities across health, safety, regulatory compliance, business risk, and governance.

Jump Crypto: Interview With Engineer Richard Patel About The Digital Asset Market Maker

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Jump Crypto is a specialized division of Jump Trading Group that acts as a digital asset market maker, liquidity provider, and infrastructure developer across blockchain ecosystems and cryptocurrency markets. Firedancer is a high-performance validator client built specifically for the Solana blockchain by Jump Crypto. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Jump Crypto engineer Richard Patel to learn more.

Chronograph Raises Over $140 Million From Sixth Street Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Chronograph announced that it has received a strategic minority growth equity investment of more than $140 million from Sixth Street Growth. The investment will support the continued expansion of Chronograph’s AI product suite, accelerate the rollout of its private credit portfolio monitoring platform, and grow the company’s global footprint. Existing investors Summit Partners, Carlyle AlpInvest, Nasdaq Ventures, and Sidekick Partners will continue holding minority positions in the company following the transaction.

Nebius Completes Acquisition Of Eigen AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Nebius announced that it has completed its acquisition of Eigen AI, a company focused on inference and model optimization.

Safehold Closes $225 Million Private Placement Of Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2056

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Safehold announced that its operating company, Safehold GL Holdings, has signed a definitive note purchase agreement for a private placement of $225 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due August 1, 2056.

Mobileye To Establish Vertically Integrated Robotaxi Business In U.S. City In 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Mobileye announced plans to expand its robotaxi activities beyond supplying self-driving technology and into full ownership of an autonomous ride-hailing business. The new initiative is expected to launch in a U.S. city in 2027.

Westlake Expands Global Chlorovinyls Capacity With Acquisition Of PVC And VCM Plants In Germany

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Westlake Corporation announced that its German subsidiary, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, has completed the previously announced acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride and vinyl chloride monomer production site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

CrowdStrike Launches Continuous Identity For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

CrowdStrike announced the launch of Continuous Identity for AI Agents, a new capability within CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security designed to help enterprises secure autonomous AI agents as they interact with tools, data, APIs, and other systems.

Lockheed Martin Secures $514 Million U.S. Space Force Contract For GPS IIIF Satellites

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Lockheed Martin announced that it has received a $514 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to build Global Positioning System IIIF Space Vehicles 23 and 24.

Francisco Partners Acquires EfficientIP To Support Growth In Network Infrastructure And DNS Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Francisco Partners announced that it has acquired EfficientIP, a Paris-based provider of DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management solutions and DNS security technology.

Leonard Green & Partners Acquires Cumming Group From New Mountain Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Leonard Green & Partners announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cumming Group, an independent provider of project management and cost management advisory services, from New Mountain Capital. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Summize Acquires InnoLaw Group Talent And Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Summize, a leader in AI-powered contract intelligence for mid-market companies, announced it has acquired key personnel and proprietary assets from InnoLaw Group, a niche contract lifecycle management consultancy focused on helping legal teams deploy and optimize technology at scale. The deal expands Summize’s ability to support complex, enterprise-grade CLM implementations for its growing global customer base.

Fortus Secures Investment From LDC To Support Next Phase Of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Fortus announced that it has secured an investment from LDC to support the next phase of its growth strategy.

GetCovered Acquires Revyse To Create Unified AI Platform For Vendor And Insurance Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

GetCovered announced that it has acquired Revyse, a vendor compliance and contract management company, expanding its platform for real estate insurance compliance and operational risk management.

ZRG Acquires Fortium To Add On-Demand CIO, CTO, And CISO Leadership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

ZRG announced that it has acquired Fortium, a Dallas-based firm that provides fractional, interim, and project-based CIO, CTO, and CISO leadership.