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GSME: $35M Series B Raised To Expand Semiconductor Services Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

GS Microelectronics U.S. (GSME) announced it has raised $35 million in a Series B round led by Maverick Silicon, funding the company plans to use to expand its semiconductor services platform across advanced packaging, design enablement, and supply chain visibility.

H.I.G. Growth Partners Sells ProsperOps To Flexera In FinOps Automation Exit

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

H.I.G. Growth Partners has completed the sale of ProsperOps, an Austin-based provider of autonomous cloud cost optimization software, to Flexera, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo.

HabitTrade: Nearly $10 Million Series A Raised To Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

HabitTrade has closed a Series A funding round of nearly $10 million to expand its global brokerage footprint and deepen its compliance and risk-control capabilities, the company said. The round was led by Newborn Town Inc., with participation from Bright Venture Capital, StableStock, and other investors.

Banner Ridge Partners: $4.2 Billion Raised For Secondary Fund VI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Banner Ridge Partners announced it closed fundraising for Banner Ridge Secondary Fund VI (BRP VI) at its hard cap, securing $4.2 billion in total commitments, including a $200 million commitment from Banner Ridge. The New York-based firm said the fund was oversubscribed and drew support from a broad mix of institutional investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, and family offices.

Tesoro XP: $5.4 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Retail-Funded Rewards Platform For Free-To-Play Games

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Tesoro XP, a new rewards platform designed to let retailers fund in-game currency for gamers, has raised $5.4 million in seed financing ahead of a planned 2026 rollout. The round was co-led by Treasury, a New York-based fintech fund, and TK MediaTech Ventures, a venture firm focused on next-generation media technologies.

Cyril Valentin Joins White & Case As A Partner In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

White & Case has added tax lawyer Cyril Valentin as a partner in Paris, expanding the firm’s Global Tax Practice as well as its Global Financial Institutions Industry Group and Global Private Capital Industry Group. Valentin will lead the tax practice in Paris.

Core & Main Agrees To Buy Pioneer Supply

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Core & Main announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pioneer Supply, expanding the distributor’s footprint in the water, wastewater and storm drainage markets across Texas and Oklahoma.

Bentley Buys Talon Aerolytics And Pointivo Technology To Expand AI-Driven Asset Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Bentley Systems said it has acquired Talon Aerolytics and the technology and technical expertise of Pointivo in a pair of deals that closed in December, strengthening the company’s push into asset analytics for infrastructure owner-operators.

Ingersoll Rand Acquires Scinomix To Expand Life Sciences Automation Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Ingersoll Rand has acquired Scinomix, Inc., a U.S.-based provider of laboratory automation technologies, as the industrial and life sciences solutions company continues to build out its life sciences portfolio through bolt-on M&A.

Evolution Metals & Technologies Completes SPAC Merger Ahead Of Planned Nasdaq Debut

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Evolution Metals & Technologies announced it has completed its business combination with Welsbach Technology Metals Acquisition Corp., creating a newly formed public company focused on building a vertically integrated supply chain for critical minerals and materials, including rare earth magnets and battery materials.

Rubina Ali Joins White & Case As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

White & Case has added Rubina (Rubi) Ali as a partner in New York, expanding the firm’s Global Capital Markets Practice, Derivatives Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group.

Sony Honda Mobility Unveils AFEELA Prototype 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Sony Honda Mobility announced at CES 2026 a roadmap that blends automated driving, conversational AI, in-car entertainment, and creator-led software development as core pillars of its “Mobility as a Creative Entertainment Space” vision. During a press conference at CES, the Sony-Honda joint venture showcased AFEELA 1 as a pre-production vehicle and reiterated that it expects first customer deliveries in California to begin within 2026. The company said it plans to expand sales to Arizona in 2027, while also targeting Japan deliveries in the first half of 2027, framing the rollout as a phased approach that pairs product launch with a broader services and experiences strategy.

Lucid, Nuro, And Uber Unveil Global Robotaxi, Begin Autonomous Road Testing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Lucid Group, Nuro and Uber announced at CES 2026 the production-intent vehicles they plan to deploy in a global robotaxi service, alongside an Uber-designed in-cabin rider experience that the companies said is being shown publicly for the first time.

Intel Launches Core Ultra Series 3, The First AI PC Platform Built On Intel 18A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Intel unveiled its Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors at CES 2026, positioning the lineup as the company’s first compute platform built on Intel 18A process technology and its most broadly adopted AI PC platform to date. Intel said the chips will power more than 200 laptop designs from global partners, with initial consumer systems available later this month.

Latham Adds Sara Margolis To New York As Partner In Complex Commercial Litigation Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Latham & Watkins has hired trial lawyer Sara Margolis as a partner in its New York office, strengthening the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation Practice with additional high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation capabilities, particularly in pharmaceutical and life sciences disputes.

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus For Windows 11 Copilot Plus PCs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Qualcomm Technologies introduced the Snapdragon X2 Plus platform at CES 2026, expanding its Snapdragon X Series lineup and broadening access to Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs aimed at modern professionals, aspiring creators and everyday users seeking portable designs, fast performance, built-in AI features and multi-day battery life.

David MacNaughton Joins CIBC As Strategic Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

CIBC has appointed former Canadian Ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton as a Strategic Advisor, adding a senior public-policy and cross-border trade voice to the bank’s recently established Office of the CEO.

AMD Previews Helios Rack Platform And New Instinct And Ryzen AI Roadmaps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

During the CES 2026 keynote in Las Vegas, AMD outlined what CEO Lisa Su framed as the next phase of AI adoption, spanning data center infrastructure, AI PCs, and embedded edge systems, with partners including OpenAI, Luma AI, Liquid AI, World Labs, Blue Origin, Generative Bionics, AstraZeneca, Absci, and Illumina highlighting use cases powered by AMD hardware and software.

Hg To Acquire OneStream For $6.4 Billion, Taking Finance Platform Private

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

OneStream has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hg in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.4 billion in equity value, a deal that will take the enterprise finance management software provider private less than two years after its 2024 IPO.

Cable One To Buy Remaining Stake In Mega Broadband, Expanding Vyve Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Cable One has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the 55% of Mega Broadband Investments Holdings (MBI) that it does not already own, moving to full ownership of the broadband provider that operates under the Vyve Broadband brand. The company said the deal will broaden and diversify its operating footprint across attractive U.S. markets and create opportunities to unlock efficiencies through greater scale.

Mechanical Orchard: Interview With CEO Rob Mee About Modernizing Mainframe Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Mechanical Orchard is an AI-native technology company focused on modernizing mainframes applications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Mechanical Orchard CEO Rob Mee to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Confirm: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO David Murray About The All-In-One People Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Confirm is an all-in-one people platform built on the science of organizational network analysis to reveal who is driving impact and who needs help. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Confirm co-founder and CEO David Murray to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Optimus Fintech: Interview With Director & Global Head Of Marketing Amrit Mohanty About The Payment Operations Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Optimus Fintech provides a cloud-based payment operations and reconciliation platform that helps businesses automate, track, and manage financial transactions with accuracy and real-time visibility. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Optimus Fintech Director & Global Head of Marketing, Amrit Mohanty, to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Equify Financial Lands $100 Million JPMorgan Facility To Scale Middle-Market Commercial Lending

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Equify Financial has secured a $100 million capital facility from JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financing arrangement the Fort Worth, Texas-based lender said will strengthen its balance sheet and expand its ability to serve middle-market companies across the United States.

System One Acquires Cypress Consulting To Expand Data Center Network Engineering, Automation, And Security Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

System One Holdings announced it has acquired Cypress Consulting, adding a Bethesda, Maryland-based technology consulting firm focused on cloud architecture, data engineering, cybersecurity, and digital transformation as the company continues to build out its critical infrastructure and data center services capabilities.

Dell Revives XPS Lineup With New XPS 14 And XPS 16, Expands Alienware Portfolio, And Launches New UltraSharp Monitors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Dell Technologies used CES 2026 in Las Vegas to roll out a broad refresh of its consumer and gaming hardware strategy, reintroducing the XPS brand with newly designed laptops, previewing a more affordable XPS 13 coming later this year, and outlining plans to expand Alienware’s gaming lineup significantly. The company also introduced two new UltraSharp monitors aimed at professional users, including what it calls the world’s first 52-inch 6K display.

Building With Purpose: Founder Jackie Grice On Purpose-Driven Business Coaching

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Launching Deeper Enterprises is a business-coaching and purpose-driven strategy firm. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Launching Deeper Enterprises founder Jackie Grice to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

NVIDIA Releases New Open Models, Datasets And Tools To Broaden Real-World AI Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

NVIDIA has introduced a new slate of open models, data, and developer tooling aimed at accelerating AI adoption across industries ranging from enterprise software and cybersecurity to robotics, autonomous driving, and biomedicine. NVIDIA said the releases expand its open model universe with updates spanning the Nemotron family for agentic AI, the Cosmos platform for physical AI, the new Alpamayo family for autonomous vehicle development, the Isaac GR00T robotics model line, and new Clara models for healthcare and life sciences.

ADDMAN Acquires Forecast 3D To Expand Polymer Additive Manufacturing Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

ADDMAN has acquired Forecast 3D, a Carlsbad, California-based polymer additive manufacturing company, and will integrate the business into ADDMAN’s Polymer division as the advanced manufacturing provider expands production capacity and strengthens its digital customer infrastructure. ADDMAN said the deal also broadens its West Coast footprint and supports its long-term strategy to build a comprehensive additive manufacturing platform in North America.

Vistra To Buy Cogentrix Portfolio in $4 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Vistra announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Cogentrix Energy, a portfolio of 10 modern natural gas generation facilities totaling about 5,500 megawatts, in a transaction that expands Vistra’s generation footprint across PJM, ISO New England and ERCOT. Cogentrix is indirectly owned by funds managed by Quantum Capital Group.