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Carson Group Launches Equity Program For Advisors And Team Members

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Carson Group has launched an equity program that gives high-growth W-2 advisors and selected team members a path to ownership in the wealth management firm. The initiative is intended to reward employees who contribute to Carson’s growth, client relationships and long-term business development.

Z.ai Reportedly Reaches $1 Billion Annualized Revenue Run Rate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Chinese artificial intelligence company Z.ai is on track to become the country’s first independent AI developer to reach $1 billion in annualized revenue, according to Bloomberg. The company reportedly achieved its full-year sales target by July, with that month’s revenue pace translating to approximately $1 billion over 12 months.

Netflix Says GenAI Was Used In Roughly 300 Titles In 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Netflix said generative AI workflows have been used across approximately 300 of its films and series during 2026. Most of the activity has occurred in post-production, although the technology is also being applied from initial concept development through final delivery.

Trellis Bioscience Raises $9 Million Series C To Advance Calpurbatug For Prosthetic Joint Infections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Trellis Bioscience has raised $9 million in Series C funding to support the clinical development of calpurbatug, also known as TRL1068. The investigational monoclonal antibody is being evaluated as a treatment for chronic prosthetic joint infections.

Tailwater Capital Closes $170 Million Royalties Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Tailwater Capital and its affiliate Tailwater E&P have closed Tailwater Royalties Fund II with approximately $170 million in total commitments. The fund is about 60% larger than Tailwater’s inaugural royalties vehicle.

Moonshot AI Launches Kimi K3 For Advanced Reasoning, Coding, And Knowledge Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI has launched Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model designed for advanced reasoning, coding and knowledge work. The company describes it as the world’s largest open-weight AI model.

Canva Co-Founders Launch Goals Platform With Pilots In Australia And The U.S.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Canva co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins has announced the launch of the Goals Platform, an initiative designed to gather public input about the future people want to create. The platform begins with pilot programs in Wollongong, Australia, and across the United States.

Bristol Myers Squibb Deploys NVIDIA Vera Rubin AI Factory To Accelerate Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Bristol Myers Squibb is deploying a second NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD to expand the use of artificial intelligence across its global drug discovery organization. The new system will be built on eight NVIDIA DGX Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and integrated with the pharmaceutical company’s existing AI infrastructure.

Bank Of America Names Senior Executives To Accelerate AI Adoption Across Global Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Bank of America has appointed several senior executives to expand the adoption of artificial intelligence, digital assets and data-driven tools across its global markets business, according to Reuters. The leadership changes are intended to support technology modernization and greater automation throughout the division.

Bourn: Interview With Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer Roger Vincent About The Embedded Fintech Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Bourn is an embedded fintech and software company that modernizes SME business lending by providing intelligent, flexible working capital solutions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Bourn co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Roger Vincent to learn more.

Flowgear: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Daniel Chilcott About Integration, AI, And Builder MCP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Flowgear is a globally recognized Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) trusted by businesses of all sizes to streamline data and app-to-app interactions, without the complexity of traditional tools. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Flowgear co-founder and CEO Daniel Chilcott to learn more.

Partners Group: $15+ Billion Fourth Direct Infrastructure Program Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Partners Group has closed its fourth direct infrastructure program at more than $15 billion. The program is over 50% larger than the firm’s previous infrastructure vintage.

EQT Consortium Raises Kakaku.com Tender Offer Price To JPY 3,450 Per Share

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

An EQT-led consortium has increased its tender offer price for Kakaku.com from JPY 3,000 to JPY 3,450 per share. The offer is being made through Kamgras 1 K.K., a member of the consortium formed by BPEA Private Equity Fund IX and Digital Garage.

Xactly Appoints Adriana Carpenter As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Xactly has appointed Adriana Carpenter as chief financial officer. She brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance organizations at software and technology companies.

OpenAI Proposes ‘Useful Intelligence Per Dollar’ Scorecard For Enterprise AI Spending

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

OpenAI has introduced a framework intended to help companies measure the business value generated by artificial intelligence. The company argues that enterprises should evaluate AI based on the amount of useful work completed rather than traditional software metrics such as licenses purchased, active users or seats deployed.

Blackstone Invests In FUTRONIC To Expand Automotive And Robotics Motion Control Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Blackstone has entered into a definitive agreement to make a significant investment in FUTRONIC, a South Korean provider of high-precision actuators and motion control technologies. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

HALO X-Ray Technologies Raises Multimillion-Dollar Funding To Advance Security Screening Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

HALO X-ray Technologies has completed a multimillion-dollar funding round led by Agilent Technologies. Existing investors UK Innovation Science Seed Fund and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund also participated.

Meta And Anthropic Reportedly Discussing Potential $10 Billion AI Computing Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Meta Platforms is in early discussions to lease artificial intelligence computing capacity to Anthropic in a potential transaction worth up to $10 billion. The proposed agreement would give the developer of Claude access to Meta’s extensive data center infrastructure while creating a new source of revenue for the social media company, according to the NYT.

Signal Ring Launches $399 Cuffless Blood Pressure Wearable

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Signal Ring has launched a wearable designed to track blood pressure from the finger without using a traditional inflatable cuff. The titanium smart ring is now available for preorder for $399, with initial shipments expected to begin in October 2026.

Kalshi Reportedly Launches Prediction Markets For Clinical Trials And FDA Decisions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Kalshi has launched prediction markets allowing traders to take positions on the outcomes of late-stage clinical trials and decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The pilot program was developed with AppliedXL, a public intelligence company that monitors pharmaceutical data and analyzes clinical trial outcomes.

FourthSquare Names Josh Ezring President And Chief Revenue Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

FourthSquare has appointed Josh Ezring as president and chief revenue officer to lead the company’s revenue strategy and support its next phase of growth. Ezring will help expand FourthSquare’s artificial intelligence, cloud and managed services offerings as the company works with organizations on enterprise digital transformation initiatives.

Intuitina Names Jennifer Hurless Chief Growth Officer To Accelerate AI Business Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Intuitina has appointed Jennifer Hurless as chief growth officer to lead the company’s growth strategy, strategic partnerships, market expansion and customer acquisition efforts. Hurless joins Intuitina as the company works to expand adoption of its managed AI chatbot and agentic AI solutions across industries.

SpryPoint Names Kevin Gallagher Vice President Of Payments To Lead SpryWallet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

SpryPoint has appointed payments industry veteran Kevin Gallagher as vice president of payments. Gallagher will lead the strategy, growth and operational execution of SpryWallet, SpryPoint’s embedded payments platform for utility companies.

Capital One Launches Open-Source VulnHunter Agentic AI Code Security Tool

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Capital One has released VulnHunter, an open-source agentic AI security tool designed to identify exploitable software vulnerabilities and recommend targeted code fixes. Developed internally by Capital One, VulnHunter analyzes source code from an attacker’s perspective rather than operating as a conventional passive vulnerability scanner.

Industrial Development Funding And Oaktree Invest $1.7 Billion In Bloom Energy Fuel Cells For Nebius AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Industrial Development Funding and Oaktree have announced a $1.7 billion project investment supporting the deployment of Bloom Energy fuel cells for Nebius’ artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure.

United Petfood Acquires 50% Stake In SmartPetPro To Expand Premium Pet Food Business In Germany

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

United Petfood has acquired a 50% stake in SmartPetPro, a German producer of premium wet pet food. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Uniper Plans €5 Billion Investment In European Energy System Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Uniper has reaffirmed plans to invest approximately €5 billion between 2025 and 2030 in energy security and the transformation of European power systems.

T. Rowe Price Launches First Actively Managed Multi-Token Spot Crypto ETP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

T. Rowe Price has launched the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF, an actively managed exchange-traded product designed to provide diversified exposure to several leading digital assets. The product began trading on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol TKNZ.

E*TRADE Launches Crypto Spot Trading For Bitcoin, Ethereum And Solana

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley has launched spot cryptocurrency trading, allowing eligible clients to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana through its investment platform.

DePuy Synthes Acquires Expanding Innovations To Expand Spine Implant Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

DePuy Synthes has acquired Expanding Innovations, a commercial-stage medical technology company developing expandable implant systems for spine surgery. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.