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Upscale AI announced that it has raised $190 million in Series A-1 financing. The extension brings the company’s total funding to $500 million and its current valuation to $2 billion. The Series A-1 round was led by Premji Invest. New investors in the round included NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, Seligman Ventures, and Temasek. Existing investors Maverick Silicon, Mayfield, Prosperity7 Ventures, StepStone Group, and Tiger Global also participated.

Becausal is a causal AI-powered audience intelligence and measurement company redefining how brands understand consumer behavior and measure marketing impact. Built on privacy-first principles, transparent data practices, and auditable measurement, Becausal helps brands, retailers, agencies, and CPG companies move beyond black-box predictive models to better understand the drivers of consumer purchase behavior and real-world sales lift. Using deterministic purchase-signal data, causal inference modeling, and transparent data provenance, Becausal delivers actionable, accountable insights designed to help organizations measure and understand what influences consumer decisions, setting a new standard for ethical, explainable, and high-performance audience intelligence. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Becausal CEO Avi Chai Outmezguine to learn more.

Syntax Bio announced an expanded Series A round and several leadership appointments across its executive team, board of directors, and scientific advisory board. The expanded round brings Syntax Bio’s Series A to $14.4 million and total funding to more than $25 million.

JTB Corp. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire All Wise Holdings, the operator of Bangkok-based EXO Travel Group. The acquisition will be made through a JTB group company in the Asia-Pacific region. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Navan announced that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Smartrips, a Brazilian travel management company.

Oakline Properties announced that it has acquired ResidentialOne Management and its affiliated maintenance and inspection services arm, Professional Renovations Inc.

Global Work AI is a job-search platform that helps job seekers find and apply for remote roles using artificial intelligence. It operates a jobs aggregator that scans multiple sources to match candidates with verified openings and provides AI tools to automate applications, tailor resumes, and prepare for interviews. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Global Work AI co-founder and CEO Alex Chepovoi to learn more.

Rumble announced that it has closed its acquisition of Northern Data, a provider of AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.

Columbia Sportswear Company announced that Joe Vernachio has been named the next President of SOREL. Vernachio will begin in the role today.

Brewer Science announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the semiconductor chemicals business line of Heraeus Epurio.

Docusign announced the launch of a new app for Slackbot that brings the Docusign Intelligent Agreement Management platform directly into Slack.

Craig Hospital announced that it has joined SCI Ventures as an Alliance Partner. The partnership reinforces a shared commitment to advancing new therapies for people living with paralysis and spinal cord injuries.

CRH announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Arcosa in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $8.5 billion.

Terreno Realty announced that it acquired an industrial property in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, for approximately $56.3 million.

AbbVie announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apogee Therapeutics. Under the terms of the transaction, AbbVie will acquire all outstanding shares of Apogee for $135.11 per share in cash. The transaction values Apogee at a total equity value of approximately $10.9 billion.

Pfizer announced that Dave Denton, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his role and leave the company on August 15.

North American Risk Services announced that Elaina Denhardt has been promoted to Vice President of Operations.

Talvera announced the appointment of four senior leaders to its executive team. The appointments include Cary Daniel as Chief Growth Officer, James Windmiller as Chief Operating Officer, Jason Goertzen as Chief Financial Officer, and Linda Lutton as Vice President of Strategic Operations.

Accenture announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire a majority stake in Dragos and 100% of runZero and NetRise.

Visiting Angels announced that Scott Parrish has been appointed as the company’s new President. Parrish has spent nearly two decades with Visiting Angels and brings deep experience across the company’s mission, franchise network, corporate operations, and senior home care model.

Horizon Petroleum announced that John D. Wright has been appointed to the company’s Board of

Nike announced that John Rogers Jr. will retire from the company’s Board of Directors. Rogers has served as a Nike director since 2018. He has decided not to stand for re-election at the company’s September 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

CuriosityStream announced the appointment of Claire Chiang as Corporate Controller. Chiang will report to Brady Hayden, CuriosityStream’s Chief Financial Officer.

Devplan announced its launch and the closing of $2.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by AI2 Incubator and Acequia Capital, with participation from Mighty Capital, Grand Ventures, and eLab Ventures.

Cargofy announced that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The round was led by u.ventures, Toloka.vc, and Movens Capital. Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom and Fin, also participated in the round.

Amplio Spine announced that it has completed the asset acquisition of the KeyLift Expandable Interlaminar Stabilization System from FloSpine. The deal includes the full intellectual property portfolio, FDA 510(k) clearance, finished inventory, and established distributor relationships tied to KeyLift. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Robo.ai announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of QC Capital Limited.

EBI announced that it has acquired Xstim, a division of Precision Medical Products focused on developing next-generation bone growth stimulation solutions.

Verse announced that it has raised an oversubscribed $54 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from GV, NVIDIA, Norrsken VC, and others.