Innovation

Contrario: $2.3 Million Raised For AI Recruiting Platform That Hit $6 Million Annualized Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

Contrario, an AI-native recruiting platform built for high-growth companies, officially launched after reaching $6 million in annualized revenue and paying more than $1 million to recruiters in under six months.

Texture: $12.5 Million Raised For Grid Software Platform For Utilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

Texture, a grid software platform that gives utilities a unified view of every device and data source on their network, announced it has raised $12.5 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by VoLo Earth Ventures and Equal Ventures, with participation from Lerer Hippeau and Abstract Ventures.

Hull Street Energy: FirstLight U.S. Generation Fleet Acquisition Expands Hydro Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

Hull Street Energy announced it has signed an agreement to acquire FirstLight USA from the Public Sector Pension Investment Board. The transaction includes a portfolio of nearly 1,400 MW of clean energy generation assets in the Northeast, including the 1,168 MW Northfield Mountain pumped storage hydro facility in Massachusetts, which is the largest energy storage facility in New England.

Hammerhead AI: Interview With Founder & CEO Rahul Kar About Data Center Power Infrastructure Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

Hammerhead AI uses reinforcement learning agents to optimize data center power infrastructure, enabling operators to increase AI token production by up to 30% within existing power limits. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Hammerhead AI founder and CEO Rahul Kar to learn more.

Prairie Wealth Advisors: The McEwen Group Merger Creates Billion-Dollar RIA

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

Prairie Wealth Advisors announced a strategic merger with The McEwen Group, forming a registered investment advisor managing more than $1 billion in client assets. The combined firm will serve mass affluent, high-net-worth, and ultra-high-net-worth families while expanding its investment management and financial planning capabilities.

OMMAX And Singulier Combine To Build AI Management Consulting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

OMMAX and Singulier announced they are joining forces to create a pan-European AI management consulting platform focused on helping companies scale artificial intelligence initiatives and generate measurable business impact. Founded in Munich and Paris, respectively, the firms said the combined organization will support enterprises as AI adoption shifts from experimentation toward enterprise-wide implementation.

Rocket Lawyer: Interview With VP Of AI Tyler Foreman About The Legal Technology Company Blending AI Insights With Human Expertise

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

Rocket Lawyer is a legal technology company that provides legal information, legal documents, business incorporation services, and access to a network of attorneys for individuals and small-to-medium-sized businesses at an affordable price. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Rocket Lawyer VP of AI Tyler Foreman to learn more.

Vinci: Interview With Founder & CEO Hardik Kabaria On The Future of Physics Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2026

Vinci is a frontier lab building the foundation model for the physical world, developing deterministic, solver-grounded systems that make physics continuously computable and shift engineering from episodic simulation to continuous physics infrastructure. As the company's co-founder and CEO, Hardik Kabaria leads the strategic and technical vision to transform how engineers simulate physical realities like heat and stress. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kabaria to learn more.