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Airbound Raises $37 Million Series A Led By Greenoaks As Autonomous Flights Top 13,000 And Andhra Pradesh Targets 10,000 Daily

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Airbound has raised $37 million in Series A funding led by Greenoaks to expand its autonomous aircraft platform and pursue a vision of making aerial transportation cheaper than conventional ground-based logistics. DoorDash, Lightspeed India, Lachy Groom and Humba Ventures also participated in the financing.

OSI Systems: Healthcare Margin Jumps To 10% From 1% As Revenue Rises 5%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

OSI Systems recently delivered a sharp profitability improvement in its Healthcare division during the fiscal fourth quarter of 2026, with adjusted operating margin expanding to 10% from approximately 1% a year earlier.

Atour: Retail Revenue Jumps 63% To $232 Million, Nearly Matching Its $254 Million Manachised Hotel Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Atour Lifestyle Holdings is increasingly becoming more than a hotel company, with second-quarter retail revenue jumping 63.2% and nearly matching the revenue generated by its core manachised hotel business.

Ross Stores: Comparable Sales Jump 10% As Customer Traffic Drives Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Ross Stores recently reported a 10% increase in second-quarter comparable-store sales as higher customer traffic drove one of the strongest periods of underlying growth for the off-price retailer.

Futu: Trading Volume Jumps 79% As Margin Financing Balance Surges 85%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Futu Holdings recently reported a sharp increase in investor activity during the second quarter of 2026, with trading volume reaching a record level and its margin financing and securities lending balance nearly doubling year-over-year.

Emerald AI Raises $150 Million Series A At $1.05 Billion Valuation As Platform Targets 100+ GW Of Untapped U.S. Grid Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Emerald AI has raised $150 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing at a $1.05 billion valuation to scale technology that enables AI data centers to dynamically adjust their electricity consumption based on grid conditions. Energize Capital and DCVC co-led the round, which also included a broad group of strategic and financial investors spanning the AI, energy and industrial sectors.

NetEase: Gross Margin Expands Nearly 580 Basis Points As Revenue-Sharing Costs Fall

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

NetEase recently delivered significant gross-margin expansion in the second quarter of 2026 as revenue grew while revenue-sharing and product costs declined.

Blackbird Raises A$1.05 Billion Across New Funds As Portfolio Reaches A$12 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Blackbird has raised A$1.05 billion across new early-stage and growth funds, marking what the venture firm describes as the largest fundraise in the history of the Australia and New Zealand startup ecosystem. The capital is split between a fund designed to make initial investments in founders and a growth vehicle for follow-on investments.

Machine Investment Group Closes $350 Million Fund II At Hard Cap With $120 Million In Co-Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Machine Investment Group has closed Machine Real Estate Fund II at its $350 million hard cap and raised an additional $120 million of co-investment capital to date, bringing commitments associated with the investment vehicle to approximately $470 million.

USA Rare Earth Secures $1.55 Billion Capitalization For Government-Backed Serra Verde Rare Earth SPV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

USA Rare Earth has completed capitalization arrangements totaling $1.55 billion for the special purpose vehicle that will purchase 100% of Serra Verde Group's Phase 1 rare earth production under a 15-year offtake agreement. The U.S. Department of War committed $750 million to the SPV, representing a $250 million increase from the $500 million originally contemplated.

WhiteFiber Closes $310 Million Convertible Notes Offering As It Targets 100+ MW Of New AI Capacity In 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

WhiteFiber has closed an upsized $310 million private placement of 5% convertible senior notes due 2032, providing additional capital for data center expansion as the AI infrastructure company targets more than 100 MW of additional capacity across its development pipeline in 2027.

Exchange Income Corporation To Acquire TerraPro For $30 Million To Expand Canadian Access Matting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Exchange Income Corporation has agreed to acquire TerraPro for $30 million, expanding its Environmental Access Solutions operations as management anticipates stronger Canadian demand for access matting tied to large infrastructure projects.

Silver Bow Mining To Acquire Jefferson County Metallurgical Complex With $28.6 Million Initial Funding And Up To 15 Million CVRs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Silver Bow Mining has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Jefferson County Metallurgical Complex in Montana through a Chapter 11 sale process, giving the company two mineral processing circuits and infrastructure spanning about 5,000 acres.

Mantel Raises $18 Million, Bringing Total Funding To $50 Million As Carbon Capture Projects Move Toward Commercial Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Mantel has raised $18 million in strategic financing from Constellation Technology Ventures and Azimut Investments, along with existing investors, bringing total funding for the carbon capture company to $50 million.

Fasset Raises $68 Million Series C At $1 Billion Valuation As Volume Tops $40 Billion Annualized

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Fasset has raised $68 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation, making the AI-powered stablecoin neobanking company a fintech unicorn. SBI Group led the financing, which follows Fasset's $51 million Series B completed earlier in 2026.

ATIS Acquires AuditMate As Combined Platform Covers Nearly 100,000 Elevators And Escalators

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

ATIS has acquired AuditMate, combining its elevator inspection, consulting and managed services operations with AuditMate's elevator auditing and management software platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.

R1 To Acquire Humata Health As AI Prior Authorization Platform Delivers Up To 96% First-Pass Approval

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

R1 has agreed to acquire Humata Health, adding an AI-powered prior authorization platform to its Phare Operating System as the healthcare revenue management company works toward broader revenue-cycle automation.

PrepWizard Secures 404 Endeavors Investment As Food Labeling Platform Reaches Tens Of Thousands Of Restaurant Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

PrepWizard has secured a strategic investment from 404 Endeavors to accelerate expansion of its cloud-based automated food preparation labeling platform, which is used across tens of thousands of restaurant locations.

Vision Marine Signs LOI For Reverse Takeover With Defense Technology Company Requiring $25 Million Financing And $100 Million In Purchase Orders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Vision Marine Technologies has signed a non-binding letter of intent for a proposed business combination with an undisclosed private defense technology company that would expand Vision Marine beyond electric propulsion into autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial technologies.

Expion Energy Acquires $3.425 Million Louisiana Oil And Gas Prospect As Company Targets AI Data Center Power Demand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Expion Energy has acquired an oil and gas exploration opportunity in eastern Louisiana for an adjusted cash purchase price of approximately $3.425 million, marking the former battery-focused company's first entry into oil and gas.

Soluna Acquires 397 Acres For 300 MW AI Campus As Development Pipeline Reaches 6.3 GW

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Ehrmann Family To Increase Artmarket.com Stake As Artprice Advances AI-First Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Artmarket.com founder and CEO Thierry Ehrmann and his family plan to increase their ownership of the company as Artprice invests in proprietary vertical artificial intelligence technologies.

Astro Mechanica In Talks With United Airlines For Retired Aircraft Engines To Power Data Centers Starting In 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Astro Mechanica is in discussions with United Airlines over a potential agreement to purchase select aircraft engines as they come off-wing from retiring aircraft and convert them into ground-based power systems.

TitanX: Interview With Founder & CEO Joey Gilkey About The Sales Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

TitanX is a predictive sales intelligence platform that uses artificial intelligence to identify which prospects are most likely to answer cold calls, helping B2B sales teams drastically boost connect rates. Pulse 2.0 interviewed TitanX founder and CEO Joey Gilkey to learn more.

Apple Launches M6 And M5 Pro Mac Mini With Up To 4x Faster AI Performance Starting At $899

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Apple has introduced a new generation of Mac mini powered by the all-new M6 and M5 Pro chips, positioning the compact desktop more aggressively around local AI workloads, professional creative applications and always-on agentic computing. The M6 model starts at $899, while Mac mini with M5 Pro starts at $1,699.

Keenable Raises $26 Million Seed As 100 Billion-Document Search Index Targets AI Knowledge Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Keenable has emerged from stealth with $26 million in seed funding led by Accel to build independent web search infrastructure designed specifically for artificial intelligence models and agents. Conviction also participated in the financing alongside angel investors from Amazon, ClickHouse, Databricks, Google, Snowflake and SpaceXAI.

WealthReach And VastAdvisor Partner To Connect AI Search Intent With Paid Advisor Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

WealthReach and VastAdvisor have launched a partnership designed to connect organic prospect discovery with paid digital marketing for registered investment advisers and wealth management firms.

Alice Raises $140 Million As AI Security Business Approaches $100 Million ARR And Grows 500%+

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Alice (formerly known as ActiveFence) has raised $140 million in a funding round led by Apax Digital as the AI trust, safety and security company approaches $100 million in annual recurring revenue and expands its work with major frontier model developers. Samsung, SentinelOne, Maj Invest, MoreTech and Phoenix Insurance participated in the round alongside existing investors Resolute Ventures, Grove Ventures, CRV, Highland Europe, Vintage Investments, Norwest, NFX and Claltech. The financing brings Alice's total funding to $280 million. Apax Digital will also join Alice's board.

PMET Resources To Acquire Visible Gold’s MegaLi Lithium Property For $201,000 Cash Plus 1.34% Royalty

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Visible Gold Mines has agreed to sell its MegaLi lithium project to PMET Resources as Visible Gold refocuses its operations on gold exploration and development.

Mercer Advisors Acquires $220 Million Firm NorthAvenue As Ohio Valley Client Assets Reach $2.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Mercer Advisors has acquired NorthAvenue Financial Advocates, a Columbus, Ohio-based wealth management firm with more than $220 million in assets under management, expanding Mercer's presence across the Ohio Valley.