Innovation

Brain-Body Therapy: Interview With Founder And CEO Rio Wilson About Exercise, Mental Health, And Evidence-Based Movement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2026

Brain-Body Therapy is a mental wellness platform that combines evidence-based movement protocols with counseling-informed guidance to help people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout. The platform centers on structured exercise programs that integrate physical movement with therapeutic themes, education, and reflection, with the goal of making exercise a more practical and accessible mental health tool. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Brain-Body Therapy Founder and CEO Rio Wilson to learn more about the company's origins, its approach to connecting exercise with mental wellness, and its plans to expand the platform.

MiNDED: Interview With Founder And CEO Sydney Scotia About Brain Health, Migraine Support, And Cognitive Wellness

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2026

MiNDED is a science-backed brain health company focused on proactive, accessible approaches to long-term cognitive wellness. Founder and CEO Sydney Scotia created the company after her own experiences with migraine and persistent head discomfort led her to explore ways people could take a more active role in supporting their brain health. Scotia developed MiNDED's Migra-Health alongside her father, David Dodick, Head of Medicine at Atria. The product combines six research-backed ingredients and is designed to support people who experience recurrent head discomfort, headaches, and migraines. MiNDED has also expanded its focus around brain health education and community, and recently launched on Amazon. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Scotia to learn more about her background, the development of MiNDED, and her vision for building a broader platform around brain health.

Backbase Launches Conversational Banking To Bring Agentic AI To Bank Customer Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2026

Backbase has launched Conversational Banking in general availability, an agentic AI offering that lets bank customers and employees use natural-language conversations to initiate and complete banking tasks while operating within institution-defined permissions, policies, and approval requirements.

New Relic Launches Infrastructure 360 To Provide End-To-End Visibility For AI Workloads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

New Relic has launched Infrastructure 360, a new observability solution designed to give platform engineering, infrastructure and operations teams an end-to-end view of cloud resources, dependencies and configuration changes as organizations scale artificial intelligence workloads.

Unison Energy Secures $120 Million Credit Facility From JPMorgan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Unison Energy has closed a five-year, $120 million secured credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank to support the continued growth of its distributed energy and on-site power generation portfolio.

Character World Brands Acquires Björna And CTI To Accelerate European Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Character World Brands, a division of Bioworld, has acquired Danish home textiles specialist Björna and French home textiles company Chaulnes Textile Industries, or CTI, as it expands its presence and capabilities across Europe.

Zeroset Raises $5.2 Million Pre-Seed Round Co-Led By Gradient And 2048 Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Zeroset has raised $5.2 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Gradient and 2048 Ventures, with participation from Leblon Capital and other investors, as the company develops infrastructure intended to help enterprise AI agents understand how work actually happens inside organizations.

Stuut Raises $52.5 Million Series B Led By Insight Partners To Expand AI-Powered Order-To-Cash Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Stuut has raised $52.5 million in Series B funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and Activant, as the company expands its artificial intelligence platform across the entire order-to-cash lifecycle.

Vates Raises €30 Million To Accelerate North American Growth And Open-Source Virtualization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Vates has raised €30 million, approximately $33.6 million, in funding led by IRIS's Growth fund and Bpifrance through its Large Venture fund, giving the open-source virtualization company new capital to accelerate technology development, expand its enterprise go-to-market organization and scale internationally.

Amazon Music Taps MusicInfra For Music Video Rights Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Amazon Music has selected MusicInfra to support rights management as the streaming service expands its music video offering.

Voyager Awarded Cancer Research Mission Management Contract For ISS Experiment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Voyager Technologies has signed a contract with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space to manage Symphony Biosciences' biopolymer cancer implant experiment aboard the International Space Station.

Clarivate Completes $600 Million Sale Of Life Sciences & Healthcare Segment To Altaris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Clarivate has completed the $600 million sale of its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment to Altaris, advancing a broader effort to simplify the company's portfolio and strengthen its balance sheet.

Radiant Logistics Acquires Whitacre Logistics’ Dallas Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Radiant Logistics has acquired the Dallas operations of Whitacre Logistics Services through its wholly owned Radiant Road & Rail subsidiary.

Harbor Health To Acquire 27 Village Medical Clinics In Greater Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Harbor Health has agreed to acquire 27 Village Medical clinics across Greater Houston, significantly expanding the Texas-based company's combined healthcare delivery and insurance platform.

Symmetric Health Solutions Secures Growth Investment From Spectrum Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Symmetric Health Solutions has secured a strategic growth investment from Spectrum Equity, marking the healthcare supply chain intelligence company's first institutional capital since it was founded in 2018. The size of the investment was not disclosed.

SmartCentres Prices $450 Million Senior Unsecured Debenture Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust has priced $450 million of senior unsecured debentures through a new $300 million Series AE offering and a $150 million reopening of its existing Series AC debentures.

InflammaSense Named Performer On ARPA-H CIRCLE Program Receiving Up To $38 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

InflammaSense has been selected as a performer on an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health CIRCLE program receiving up to $38 million to develop new approaches for monitoring and treating critically ill patients.

BLK Launches In-App Events Feature Across 29 Cities To Help Black Singles Connect In Person

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

BLK has launched Events, a new in-app feature designed to give Black singles additional ways to meet and connect in person through community-focused gatherings.

Ledgebrook Raises $200 Million In Primary Equity Financing Co-Led By Allianz X And Rockefeller Capital Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Ledgebrook has raised $200 million in primary equity financing co-led by Allianz X and Rockefeller Capital Management to scale its AI-native specialty insurance platform. Existing and new investors also participated in the financing.

Mentara Therapeutics Launches With Acquisition Of Phase 2-Ready MTA-304 From EuMentis Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Mentara Therapeutics has launched as a new neuropsychiatry company backed by SPRIM Global Investments and acquired MTA-304, a Phase 2-ready PDE10A inhibitor, from EuMentis Therapeutics. The compound was previously known as EM-221.

Microsoft Opens Pre-Orders For Surface Laptop Ultra And Surface RTX Spark Dev Box

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Microsoft has opened pre-orders for its new Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, introducing two high-performance Surface devices built around NVIDIA's RTX Spark Superchip and designed for demanding creative, development and artificial intelligence workloads.

ROC Appoints Biometrics Pioneer Dr. Anil K. Jain To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

ROC has appointed Dr. Anil K. Jain, a prominent researcher in pattern recognition, computer vision and biometrics, to its Board of Directors as the Vision AI company continues expanding its biometric and identity intelligence capabilities.

Healthcare Services Group Acquires NEXDINE Hospitality For $93.5 Million Upfront

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Healthcare Services Group has acquired NEXDINE Hospitality, a privately held dining and hospitality service management company with a significant presence in the senior living market.

Byline Bancorp To Acquire Illinois State Bancorp For About $87.9 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Byline Bancorp has agreed to acquire Illinois State Bancorp in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $87.9 million based on Byline's October 5, 2026 closing share price.

Human Friendly Robotics Signs Up To $4 Million Tiling Contract With Flooring Concepts Of NJ

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Human Friendly Robotics has signed a three-year robotic tiling contract worth up to $4 million with commercial subcontractor Flooring Concepts of NJ.

Guardrail Technologies Raises Nearly $3 Million In Seed Funding Led By Filter Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Guardrail Technologies has closed two seed funding rounds totaling nearly $3 million, led by Filter Fund Venture Capital with participation from strategic angel investors with senior-level backgrounds at major global technology companies.

Quantum X Signs Binding LOI To Acquire 80% Of TraderMade Systems For $550,000 In Stock

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Quantum X has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire an 80% interest in U.K.-based financial market data provider TraderMade Systems in a proposed transaction valued at $550,000.

Tusker Appoints Matt Gaudio As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Tusker has appointed Matt Gaudio as Chief Executive Officer as the midmarket IT services company continues a growth strategy combining acquisitions with organic expansion.

Valtir Acquires QWICK KURB To Expand Roadway Safety Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Valtir has completed its acquisition of QWICK KURB, adding raised-curb channelization and lane-separation products to its roadway safety portfolio.

Coast Counties Peterbilt Acquires Peterbilt Truck Parts & Equipment To Expand Into Northern Nevada

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2026

Coast Counties Truck & Equipment Company, operating as Coast Counties Peterbilt, has acquired Peterbilt Truck Parts & Equipment, expanding its Peterbilt dealership business into Northern Nevada.