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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.

Associated Wholesale Grocers Names Kelly Kauffman Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Associated Wholesale Grocers has appointed Kelly Kauffman as chief financial officer, adding an executive with extensive experience across retail, financial services and consumer goods. Kauffman brings expertise in financial planning and analysis, operational finance, corporate transformation and large-scale financial systems implementation. He most recently served as senior vice president of financial planning and analysis at BJ’s Wholesale Club.

Zimmer Biomet Names Chintan Desai President Of Asia Pacific Region

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Zimmer Biomet has appointed Chintan Desai as president of its Asia Pacific region, effective immediately. Desai joins the medical technology company with nearly three decades of leadership experience spanning regional management, sales, marketing, services, supply chain, finance and project management.

Maersk Invests $100 Million In Boston-Area Fulfillment Hub And Creates Nearly 1,000 Jobs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

A.P. Moller - Maersk is investing $100 million in a new fulfillment hub in Hopedale, Massachusetts, expanding its logistics capacity across the northeastern United States. The 617,000-square-foot facility is expected to begin operations in late August 2026.

LimX Dynamics Raises Nearly $200 Million In Pre-IPO Funding To Scale Humanoid Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

LimX Dynamics has raised nearly $200 million in a pre-IPO financing round to accelerate the development, manufacturing and global deployment of its general-purpose humanoid robots.

NxLite Raises $13.1 Million Series A And Secures $3.5 Million Debt Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

NxLite has completed a $13.1 million Series A financing and secured a $3.5 million debt facility to expand manufacturing of its energy-efficient coatings for glass and polymer substrates. The Series A exceeded the company’s original $10 million target.

Beacon Security Raises $13 Million In Seed Funding As ARR Grows More Than 300%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Beacon Security has raised $13 million in seed funding to expand its agentic cybersecurity platform and provide human analysts and AI agents with trusted, contextualized security data. Notable Capital led the round, with participation from Holly Ventures, AlphaDrive Ventures, SVCI and Jefferies Family Office.

Intrinsic Power Raises Seed Funding To Expand AI Power Orchestration Platform For Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Intrinsic Power has completed the first close of its Seed financing to accelerate commercialization of its AI-enabled power orchestration platform for data centers and other critical infrastructure. The financing included participation from Kyocera Ventures, Drive Catalyst, Boost VC and RPV Global.

Saible Raises Angel Funding, Bringing Total Investment To More Than £2.9 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 18, 2026

Saible has completed its latest angel funding round, bringing the construction payment technology company’s total angel investment to more than £2.9 million. The company will use the funding to continue developing its platform, work with additional project funders and support the delivery of more live construction projects.

King & Spalding Adds Nadja Al Kanawati And Matteo Angelini To International Disputes Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 18, 2026

King & Spalding has added Nadja Al Kanawati and Matteo Angelini to its International Disputes practice from WilmerHale. The appointments expand the firm’s capabilities across civil law and common law disputes while strengthening its international arbitration and high-value cross-border litigation offerings.

DLA Piper Profit Per Equity Partner Reaches $4.14 Million As Revenue Rises 8.4% To $4.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 18, 2026

DLA Piper has reported strong year-over-year financial growth for 2025, with global revenue reaching $4.6 billion. The result represents an increase of 8.4% compared with the previous year, reflecting continued demand across the firm’s international practices, sectors and markets. Profit per equity partner increased at a faster rate, rising 19.6% to $4.14 million.