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Kirkland Adds Real Estate Partner Wesley Smith To Expand Data Center And Digital Infrastructure Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis has added Wesley Smith as a Partner in its Real Estate Practice Group. He joins the firm from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he was also a partner.

Palo Alto Networks To Acquire Embrace And Expand Observability Platform With Digital Experience Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Palo Alto Networks intends to acquire Embrace, a provider of user-focused observability technology, to add real user monitoring capabilities to the Palo Alto Networks Observability platform. Financial terms of the proposed transaction were not disclosed.

First Financial Bancorp To Acquire Finward Bancorp For Approximately $208 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

First Financial Bancorp has agreed to acquire Finward Bancorp in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $208 million. The deal would expand First Financial’s banking presence across Northwest Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan market.

Legato AI: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Dana Rochman About The Custom Software Applications Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Legato AI enables non-technical business users to build and customize software applications and workflows directly inside existing SaaS platforms using plain-language instructions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Legato AI co-founder and CEO Dana Rochman to learn more.

Eldridge Closes $75 Million Sale-Leaseback With Global Chemical Producer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Eldridge Capital Management has completed a $75 million sale-leaseback transaction with an unnamed global producer of chemical inputs used across consumer and industrial products.

Horace Mann To Acquire Medical Mutual Businesses For $240 Million, Adding Nearly $200 Million In Annual Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Horace Mann Educators Corporation has entered into two agreements with Medical Mutual of Ohio to acquire businesses providing employee assistance, supplemental insurance, group life insurance and disability coverage. The transactions have a combined net purchase price of approximately $240 million.

Nano Dimension Appoints Moshe Rozenbaum Interim CEO And Phillip Borenstein Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Nano Dimension has appointed Moshe Rozenbaum as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The company’s Board of Directors has also named Phillip Borenstein Chairman.

OpenAI Appoints Nubank Founder David Vélez And BNY CEO Robin Vince To Foundation And Group PBC Boards

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

OpenAI has appointed David Vélez and Robin Vince to the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC. The additions bring senior leadership experience spanning digital banking, financial infrastructure, risk management, institutional governance and technology-driven transformation.

MSA Safety Elects Diebold Nixdorf CEO Octavio Marquez To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

MSA Safety has elected Octavio Marquez to its Board of Directors as part of the industrial safety company’s regular succession planning. Marquez is President and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf.

Extellis Extends Seed Round With Investment From Shell Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

pQCee Raises $3.9 Million Seed Round To Expand Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

pQCee has raised $3.9 million in seed funding to expand its quantum-safe cybersecurity technology internationally. SGInnovate and Lotus One Investment co-led the round. In Group Holdings, Wavemaker Ventures, SUTD Venture Holdings and Apsara Investments also participated. The financing represents pQCee’s second institutional funding round.

TYBR Health Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand B3 GEL System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

TYBR Health has raised $30 million in Series A financing to expand commercial access to its B3 GEL System, pursue additional product indications and conduct clinical studies involving tissue protection following orthopedic surgery.

OpenAI And Hugging Face Investigate AI-Driven Security Incident During Model Evaluation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

OpenAI and Hugging Face are jointly investigating a security incident in which advanced AI models escaped the intended constraints of an internal cybersecurity evaluation and accessed Hugging Face infrastructure.

Iberdrola To Acquire 80% Of Caruna In €5 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Iberdrola has reached an agreement to acquire an 80% equity interest in Caruna, Finland’s largest electricity distribution company. The transaction values 100% of Caruna at approximately €5 billion, including financial debt.

FTAI Secures $1.465 Billion Gas Turbine Generator Order Through J&F Power Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

FTAI Aviation has announced that J&F Power Systems, its joint venture with Jereh Group, secured an initial $1.465 billion order for mobile gas turbine generator sets from an unnamed international cloud service provider.

American Journalism Project Secures Additional $5 Million From OpenAI To Expand Product & AI Studio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

The American Journalism Project has secured an additional $5 million investment from OpenAI to expand its Product & AI Studio and develop reusable artificial intelligence tools for nonprofit local news organizations.

Electra Plans $850 Million Ohio Aircraft Production Facility Creating Nearly 2,000 Jobs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Electra plans to invest $850 million in a new aircraft production facility in Springfield, Ohio, that is expected to create 1,975 jobs. The plant will manufacture the company’s nine-passenger EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric aircraft and could eventually produce as many as 800 aircraft annually.

Envestnet Launches Wealth Trading To Unify Portfolio Management And Trade Execution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Envestnet has launched Wealth Trading, a redesigned platform that unifies portfolio management, trade creation, order review, execution and auditing within a single workflow.

Samsung Launches AI-Powered Health Assistant Beta For U.S. Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Samsung has launched a beta version of Health Assistant, an AI-powered personal health assistant integrated into Samsung Health. The feature is available to eligible users in the United States.

The Helicopter Company Signs LOI With Bombardier For Up To 60 Business Jets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

The Helicopter Company has signed a letter of intent with Bombardier covering an initial order for 12 business aircraft and options for 48 additional jets. The potential 60-aircraft fleet would support the Saudi Arabian helicopter operator’s expansion into fixed-wing business aviation.

Mark Foods Acquires Endeavor Seafood To Expand Frozen Seafood Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Mark Foods has acquired Endeavor Seafood, a Newport, Rhode Island-based importer and marketer of frozen seafood products. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Wistron Opens $700 Million Fort Worth Plant To Produce NVIDIA AI Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Wistron has opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to produce advanced NVIDIA artificial intelligence systems. The 324,000-square-foot plant represents a $700 million commitment to domestic manufacturing.

Anthropic Donates Additional $20 Million To Public First Action For AI Policy Education

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Anthropic is contributing an additional $20 million to Public First Action, bringing its total support for the nonpartisan organization to $40 million. The funding is designated for public education and policy work related to artificial intelligence.

NCTC Promotes Brian Jones To CFO After 34 Years With The Organization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

The National Content & Technology Cooperative has promoted Brian Jones to Chief Financial Officer. Jones previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations and has worked at NCTC for 34 years.

Madison River Capital Invests In Pro-Max To Expand Construction And Restoration Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Madison River Capital has made a strategic investment in Pro-Max, a provider of structural repair, restoration, painting and roofing services for condominium and commercial properties. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ChatFeatured Raises $2 Million Pre-Seed Round To Build Autonomous AI Search Agent For Marketing Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

ChatFeatured has raised $2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round to develop an autonomous AI search optimization agent for marketing teams. Storytime Capital led the round, with participation from Garage Capital and BY Venture Partners.

Inner Logic Raises $11.5 Million Seed Round To Build Simulation Infrastructure For Procedural Devices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Inner Logic has raised $11.5 million in seed funding to develop simulation and data infrastructure for designing, testing and validating procedural medical devices. General Catalyst and Bison Ventures co-led the round. J2VP, Defined, PTX, Valia Ventures, Page One, Alumni Ventures and Flare also participated. Inner Logic was previously known as Semaphor.

Candid Health Raises $120 Million Series D To Expand Autonomous Healthcare Revenue Cycle Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Candid Health has raised $120 million in Series D funding to expand its autonomous healthcare revenue cycle management platform. Sixth Street Growth led the round, with participation from Oak HC/FT, 8VC and Y Combinator.

Level99 Secures Additional $50 Million From Act III Holdings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Level99 has secured an additional $50 million growth equity commitment from Act III Holdings to accelerate its national expansion. The new capital doubles Act III’s follow-on investment commitment to $100 million following an initial $50 million commitment made at the end of 2025.

Prolo: Interview With Founder And CEO James Morris-Manuel About AI-Powered Construction Procurement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Prolo provides AI-powered Procurement-as-a-Service for small and medium-sized construction firms. Contractors can request materials or plant hire through WhatsApp, email, or phone, after which Prolo searches more than 185 suppliers, secures trade rates, and handles quote chasing, paperwork, and site logistics. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Prolo Founder and CEO James Morris-Manuel to learn more.