Innovation

Convos: Interview With CEO And Co-Founder Tom Carroll About Conversational AI Texting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Convos is a conversational AI texting platform designed to help organizations communicate with large audiences through personalized, two-way conversations. Its AI agent is grounded in materials supplied by each organization and supports capabilities including large-scale conversational messaging, polling, inbound engagement, contact personalization, and analysis. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Convos CEO and Co-Founder Tom Carroll to learn more about the company’s origins, its conversational AI technology, and how it is approaching communication at scale.

DHL Supply Chain Launches New Logistics Solution For U.S. Health Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

DHL Supply Chain has launched a new logistics solution for U.S. health systems designed to centralize inventory and medical support activities while connecting supplies, drugs, and equipment to hospitals and other points of care through dedicated transportation and final-mile delivery.

Ibex Investors Closes $87 Million Secondary II Fund Focused On Israeli Technology Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Ibex Investors has closed $87 million for its second secondary fund, expanding its Israel-focused investment platform with a vehicle targeting high-performing, mature Israeli technology companies.

Investcorp Rebrands Strategic Capital Group As Bisonti Partners Following $1.25 Billion Fundraise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Investcorp has rebranded its Strategic Capital Group as Bisonti Partners, giving its GP capital solutions business a distinct identity after raising $1.25 billion for Investcorp Strategic Capital Partners II and associated vehicles.

Cox Capital Launches $40 Million Tender Offers For Blackstone And HPS Private Credit Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Cox Capital Partners has launched two separate cash tender offers totaling approximately $40 million for Class I shares of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and HPS Corporate Lending Fund (HLEND), creating an additional secondary liquidity option following oversubscribed quarterly repurchase programs at both funds.

Kodiak Sciences’ Zenkuda And Tabirafusp-Ted Meet Primary Endpoints In Phase 3 DAYBREAK Study For Wet AMD

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Kodiak Sciences announced that Zenkuda (tarcocimab tedromer) and tabirafusp alfa tedromer (tabirafusp-ted/KSI-501) both met their primary endpoints in the pivotal Phase 3 DAYBREAK study evaluating patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). Both investigational therapies achieved non-inferiority in vision gains compared with aflibercept at one year.

Modulate: Audio-Native AI Company Raises $25 Million Led By Future Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Modulate, an audio-native AI company developing models that help machines understand emotion, tone, intent, synthetic speech and other signals in human conversations, has raised $25 million in new funding led by Future Ventures, with participation from Hyperplane and Lakestar. The round brings the Boston-based company's total funding to $60 million.

Meta Launches Enterprise Platform And Names CJ Desai As Chief Enterprise Platform Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Meta has launched Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business initiative designed to help companies use the company’s artificial intelligence technology to grow, transform operations, and build new products and services. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the platform as the next major pillar of Meta’s business, building on the company’s existing reach across billions of consumers and hundreds of millions of businesses.

Siemens Healthineers Launches Accela Radiotherapy System With 60-Second SBRT Capability

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Siemens Healthineers has launched Accela, a new radiotherapy solution engineered around its NeoArc dynamic modulated arc therapy technology, with the system designed to deliver faster stereotactic treatments while improving treatment planning and workflow efficiency for cancer centers.

NIO And Geely Partner On Charging And Battery Swapping In $95 Million (RMB 640 million) Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

NIO and Geely Holding Group have entered a comprehensive strategic partnership covering EV charging and battery swapping, agreeing to cooperate across technology, operations, and capital while developing a shared service network.

NVIDIA Increases Share Repurchase Authorization By $150 Billion To $235 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

NVIDIA has increased its existing share repurchase authorization by $150 billion, raising the company’s total remaining authorized repurchases to $235 billion. The company expects to execute the remaining program through fiscal year 2028.

SpaceX Starship Flight 14 To Attempt First Orbital Mission And Deploy 26 Starlink V3 Satellites

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

SpaceX is preparing for Starship Flight 14, which is targeted to launch as soon as Monday, September 28, pending regulatory approval. The company said the 75-minute launch window opens at 7:15 a.m. CT.

TON Strategy: Interview With CEO Kevin Wilson About The Open Network And The Intelligent Internet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

TON Strategy Co. (NASDAQ: TONX) provides public-market exposure to The Open Network (TON) through a digital asset treasury, staking, and network validation. CEO Kevin Wilson joined the company after a career spanning foreign exchange, financial technology, and digital assets at Citi and Integral Development Corp. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Wilson to learn more about the company’s treasury strategy, participation in the TON ecosystem, blockchain infrastructure, and his vision for the Intelligent Internet.

Northern Star Rejects Gold Fields’ $27.1 Billion Takeover Proposal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2026

Northern Star Resources has rejected an unsolicited A$38.7 billion (US$27.1 billion) takeover proposal from South Africa-based Gold Fields that could have created the world’s second-largest gold producer, according to Reuters. The proposal represents one of the latest major consolidation efforts in the global gold mining industry.