Innovation

Broccoli Raises $52 Million Across Series A And Series B Led By Khosla Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

Broccoli has raised $52 million across its Series A and Series B funding rounds, both led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator and Operator Partners. The two rounds were completed just nine months apart as Broccoli expands its AI platform for home-services businesses.

General Compute Raises $100 Million Series A To Build Inference Cloud For Alternative AI Chips

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

General Compute has raised $100 million in Series A funding co-led by Blackbird and Abstract to build a heterogeneous AI inference cloud using specialized chips from Cerebras, SambaNova, Positron AI, and other hardware providers. Fuse Venture Partners, Village Global, Bold Capital, QED Investors, 645 Ventures, Carbide Ventures, Uncorrelated Fund, Endeavor Catalyst, Icehouse Ventures, MatterScale, Carya, Plug and Play, and other investors also participated in the round.

Fragment Raises $56 Million To Automate Complex Enterprise Procurement Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

Fragment has launched with $56 million in total funding to build AI software that automates complex procurement and payment workflows for large enterprises. The financing includes a Series A led by 8VC and a seed round co-led by General Catalyst and A*. Angel investors include Roelof Botha, Nikesh Arora, Jeff Wilke, Eric Wu, and Dennis Cinelli.

&Truth Emerges From Stealth With $70 Million Seed Funding To Build Universal Verification Machine For Code

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

&Truth has emerged from stealth with $70 million in seed funding to build what it describes as a universal verification machine capable of mathematically proving that software is safe, secure, and correct across programming languages.

Dulo Raises $130 Million Seed Funding To Build Engineering Superintelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

Dulo, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Sebastian Thrun and Adrian Aoun, has raised $130 million in seed funding to develop what the company describes as an Engineering Superintelligence focused on hardware design, according to The Information.

EIG And Acwa Launch Plenum Power With About $4 Billion Initial Equity Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

EIG and Acwa have entered into definitive agreements to establish Plenum Power, a strategic partnership focused on investing in U.S. power infrastructure, with plans to launch the platform with approximately $4 billion of initial equity commitments.

DBR77: Interview With Torian Richardson About Industrial AI, Digital Twins, And Manufacturing Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

Pulse 2.0 interviewed DBR77's Torian Richardson to learn more about industrial AI adoption, manufacturing automation, digital twin technology, robotics, and the importance of preserving human agency in increasingly automated environments.

Digital Science Acquires Jenni AI To Connect 8 Million Researchers And Students With Published Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

Digital Science has acquired Jenni AI, an AI-native research and writing platform used by more than 8 million students and researchers across 189 countries, expanding its portfolio of tools that support academic research, writing, citation management, and publication.

Carlyle And EBRD To Sell Black Sea Oil & Gas To Mazarine Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

Carlyle and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have agreed to sell Black Sea Oil & Gas and BSOG Holding Activity to Mazarine Energy, transferring ownership of Romania’s largest offshore natural gas producer to an energy company that already operates in the country.

Salesforce To Acquire Rune Technologies To Expand Missionforce Into Frontline Defense Logistics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2026

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rune Technologies, an edge-native technology company that develops logistics and sustainment software for the U.S. military and allied nations.