Innovation

Greycourt Names Mike Meehan CIO And Promotes Mark Thomas To Chief Investment Strategist

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Greycourt has appointed Michael J. Meehan as Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer while promoting Mark Thomas to Chief Investment Strategist as the investment advisory firm expands its senior investment leadership.

Hilco Global Names Andrew Hede Vice Chairman Of Professional Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Hilco Global has appointed Andrew Hede as Vice Chairman of Hilco Global Professional Services, adding a restructuring and transformation executive with more than 30 years of experience.

One iota: Interview With CEO Joe Till About Omnichannel Retail Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

One iota develops retail technology that connects digital and physical shopping experiences through endless aisle solutions, in-store applications, and tools that give store teams access to inventory across multiple locations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed One iota CEO Joe Till to learn more.

Starship: Interview With VP Of Hardware Engineering Chris Smith About Autonomous Delivery Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Starship designs and operates fleets of six-wheeled autonomous robots that deliver food, groceries, and other supplies across suburban neighborhoods, cities, and industrial sites. Its delivery system combines fleet orchestration, Level 4 autonomous robots, and logistics operations to automate last-mile delivery. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Starship VP of Hardware Engineering Chris Smith to learn more.

Velocity Financial To Acquire Toorak Platform And Manage $3 Billion Loan Portfolio In $3.2 Billion Transactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Velocity Financial has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Toorak Capital's operating platform, while a third-party investment firm will separately acquire Toorak's approximately $3 billion portfolio of business-purpose loans.

Percent Names Bina Shetty CCO And Cecil Smart CCO As Private Credit Volume Tops $2 Billion And AUM Reaches $346.9 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Percent has appointed Bina Shetty as Chief Commercial Officer and Cecil Smart as Chief Credit Officer as the private credit platform expands its asset management business and surpasses $2 billion in total transaction volume.

Nvidia Reportedly Acquiring Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to a report from The Information citing a person with knowledge of the agreement. The transaction would give Nvidia control of one of the most important platforms in the open-source artificial intelligence ecosystem.

Sempra Completes Ecogas Sale For Approximately $500 Million As $65 Billion Capital Plan Advances

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Sempra has completed the sale of Ecogas México for approximately $500 million in proceeds as the energy infrastructure company continues to recycle capital into regulated utility investments in Texas and California.

Voly Acquires Oceanskies As Superyacht Platform Expands To 10,000+ Crew And 1,700 Vessels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Voly has acquired Oceanskies, bringing together two superyacht crew employment, payroll and compliance businesses and expanding the number of crew administered across the Voly platform to more than 10,000.

TowerBrook Partners With Rael To Scale Women’s Wellness Brand Across 40,000+ Retail Doors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

TowerBrook Capital Partners has entered a strategic partnership with women's wellness company Rael to accelerate the brand's expansion across retail channels, products, and international markets. Rael focuses on holistic cycle care and offers feminine care, skincare, and hormonal wellness products.

August Energy And Energeia Launch $100 Million Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Platform In India

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

August Energy and Energeia have launched a $100 million infrastructure partnership aimed at financing energy efficiency projects across commercial buildings and industrial facilities in India.

Merchant Opportunities Fund Expands BMO-Led Credit Facility To $240 Million As Capital Deployment Tops $1.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Merchant Opportunities Fund has expanded its syndicated revolving credit facility from $165 million to $240 million, providing additional capacity for the Vancouver-based private debt fund's specialty finance investment strategy.

Legato Raises $12 Million To Launch AI Hearing Glasses Targeting $15 Billion Hearing Device Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Legato has emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding and unveiled Legato Frames, AI-powered hearing glasses designed to integrate hearing assistance directly into everyday eyewear. The financing came from Neotribe Ventures, Listen, and Village Global.

Stability AI Raises $76 Million Series B With EA, Sony, UMG And Warner Music Backing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Stability AI has raised $76 million in Series B funding, bringing the generative AI company's total financing under CEO Prem Akkaraju to $232 million across two equity rounds and convertible notes.

StepStone Group Raises $1.7 Billion For Infrastructure Secondaries Fund And Related Accounts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

StepStone Group has closed its infrastructure secondaries fund, raising a total of $1.7 billion across the fund and related separate accounts.

Iowa State University: Interview With Professor Dr. Zengyi Shao About The Continuous Taylor Vortex Fermentor-Extractor-Separator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Iowa State University Professor Dr. Zengyi Shao leads research focused on engineering microbial species to convert low-cost feedstocks into value-added chemicals and bioproducts. In collaboration with Professor Dennis Vigil, a compact Continuous Taylor Vortex Fermentor-Extractor-Separator is being developed, which combines fermentation, product extraction, and centrifugal separation within a single system. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Iowa State University Professor Dr. Zengyi Shao to learn more.

NVIDIA: Operating Income Jumps 124% To $63.7 Billion As Revenue Doubles And Q3 Outlook Hits $108 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

NVIDIA reported another massive acceleration in fiscal second-quarter 2027 financial results, with operating income more than doubling as revenue surged past $96 billion and gross profit reached more than $72 billion.

Flint Rehab Launches $99-Per-Month Remote Neuro Recovery Program For Stroke And Brain Injury Survivors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Flint Rehab has launched a $99-per-month Remote Neuro Recovery Program designed to help people recovering from strokes, brain injuries and other neurological conditions continue rehabilitation after in-person therapy ends or becomes limited.

Basware To Acquire Trustpair, Extending Payment Fraud Protection Across 2.5 Billion Invoices And 20 Million Suppliers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Basware has signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair, extending its Invoice Lifecycle Management platform into payment fraud prevention as businesses face increasingly sophisticated AI-enabled financial scams.

Runable Raises $21 Million Series A As AI Agent Hits $2 Million ARR In 3 Weeks And 1.5 Million Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Runable has raised $21 million in Series A funding as its AI agent platform expands rapidly among small businesses looking to automate not only software creation, but also customer acquisition, marketing and day-to-day operations. Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners co-led the round, with continued participation from Together Fund and Array VC.

MBody AI: Check-Cap Prices $10 Million Public Offering At $6.50 Per Share

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Check-Cap Ltd., which operates under the MBody AI brand and trades on Nasdaq under the ticker MBAI, has priced a $10 million public offering of ordinary shares to support its embodied artificial intelligence business.

Liner Raises $36.1 Million Series C As AI Platform Reaches 14 Million Users And 500 Million-Record Database

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Liner has raised $36.1 million in Series C funding to expand its AI research and agent platform as the company moves deeper into enterprise AI while continuing to grow its global consumer business. LB Investment led the round, with follow-on participation from existing investors InterVest, Atinum Investment and CJ Investment. New investors included Korea Development Bank, KB Securities, Daishin Securities, STIC Ventures and Helios Private Equity.

WellStack Acquires DeLorean AI To Build End-To-End Healthcare Decision Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

WellStack has acquired DeLorean AI, a healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company specializing in predictive analytics, risk stratification and action-oriented decision support.

MedScout Names Chris Edwards COO, Cassie Sixt VP Of Customer Success, And Mark Isham VP Of Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

MedScout has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Chris Edwards as Chief Operating Officer, Cassie Sixt as Vice President of Customer Success and Mark Isham as Vice President of Engineering as the company scales its commercial technology platform for the MedTech industry.

Deep Cogito Raises $43 Million Series A As Post-Training Platform Targets Self-Improving Frontier AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Deep Cogito has raised $43 million in Series A funding to expand its post-training research platform for reinforcement learning, recursive self-improvement and enterprise AI specialization.

Arga Labs Raises $10 Million Seed Funding As AI Agent Simulator Clones SaaS Environments In Under 12 Hours

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Arga Labs has raised $10 million in seed funding to expand its simulation platform for testing AI agents against realistic software environments before those agents are deployed into production. General Catalyst led the round, with participation from BoxGroup, Emergence, Gradient and SV Angel.

Gorilla: Revenue Nearly Doubles, But Operating Loss Widens To $47 Million As AI Infrastructure Investment Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Gorilla Technology nearly doubled first-half 2026 revenue as AI infrastructure and data-center programs scaled, but the company's reported operating loss widened sharply as it invested ahead of utilization and absorbed substantial stock-based compensation and accounting charges.

Innovation

Greycourt Names Mike Meehan CIO And Promotes Mark Thomas To Chief Investment Strategist

Hilco Global Names Andrew Hede Vice Chairman Of Professional Services

One iota: Interview With CEO Joe Till About Omnichannel Retail Technology

Starship: Interview With VP Of Hardware Engineering Chris Smith About Autonomous Delivery Robots

Velocity Financial To Acquire Toorak Platform And Manage $3 Billion Loan Portfolio In $3.2 Billion Transactions

Percent Names Bina Shetty CCO And Cecil Smart CCO As Private Credit Volume Tops $2 Billion And AUM Reaches $346.9 Million

Nvidia Reportedly Acquiring Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion

Sempra Completes Ecogas Sale For Approximately $500 Million As $65 Billion Capital Plan Advances

Voly Acquires Oceanskies As Superyacht Platform Expands To 10,000+ Crew And 1,700 Vessels

TowerBrook Partners With Rael To Scale Women’s Wellness Brand Across 40,000+ Retail Doors

August Energy And Energeia Launch $100 Million Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Platform In India

Merchant Opportunities Fund Expands BMO-Led Credit Facility To $240 Million As Capital Deployment Tops $1.4 Billion

Legato Raises $12 Million To Launch AI Hearing Glasses Targeting $15 Billion Hearing Device Market

Stability AI Raises $76 Million Series B With EA, Sony, UMG And Warner Music Backing

StepStone Group Raises $1.7 Billion For Infrastructure Secondaries Fund And Related Accounts

Iowa State University: Interview With Professor Dr. Zengyi Shao About The Continuous Taylor Vortex Fermentor-Extractor-Separator

NVIDIA: Operating Income Jumps 124% To $63.7 Billion As Revenue Doubles And Q3 Outlook Hits $108 Billion

Flint Rehab Launches $99-Per-Month Remote Neuro Recovery Program For Stroke And Brain Injury Survivors

Basware To Acquire Trustpair, Extending Payment Fraud Protection Across 2.5 Billion Invoices And 20 Million Suppliers

Runable Raises $21 Million Series A As AI Agent Hits $2 Million ARR In 3 Weeks And 1.5 Million Users

MBody AI: Check-Cap Prices $10 Million Public Offering At $6.50 Per Share

Liner Raises $36.1 Million Series C As AI Platform Reaches 14 Million Users And 500 Million-Record Database

WellStack Acquires DeLorean AI To Build End-To-End Healthcare Decision Intelligence Platform

MedScout Names Chris Edwards COO, Cassie Sixt VP Of Customer Success, And Mark Isham VP Of Engineering

Deep Cogito Raises $43 Million Series A As Post-Training Platform Targets Self-Improving Frontier AI

Arga Labs Raises $10 Million Seed Funding As AI Agent Simulator Clones SaaS Environments In Under 12 Hours

Gorilla: Revenue Nearly Doubles, But Operating Loss Widens To $47 Million As AI Infrastructure Investment Accelerates

Tuya: GAAP Operating Margin Jumps 860 Basis Points To 10%, Nearly Matching Non-GAAP Margin

Scotiabank: Canadian Banking ROE Reaches 19.4% As Margin Expands For Fifth Consecutive Quarter

QumulusAI: Signed Contract Value Reaches $282.5 Million, More Than 40 Times Q2 Revenue As Gross Margin Hits 67%