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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.

Faves: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Thomas Salas About Athlete Marketing And Brand Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Faves is an athlete marketing platform that enables athletes to monetize their audiences through shoppable storefronts while helping direct-to-consumer brands build and measure partnerships with elite performers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Faves co-founder and CEO Thomas Salas to learn more.

Vikk AI: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Walid Romaya About AI-Powered Legal Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Vikk AI is an AI-powered legal platform that helps consumers understand legal issues, work with legal documents, and determine when professional legal help may be appropriate. The company is also building a Lawyer Ad Center, Lawyer Directory, and Vikk Data Hub, which is intended to surface anonymized patterns across consumer legal interactions and provide earlier insight into emerging legal risks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Vikk AI Co-Founder and CEO Walid Romaya to learn more.

Mediacom Names Catherine Commisso Vice Chair And EVP Of Corporate Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Leerink Partners Adds Chris McCarthy As Senior Managing Director To Expand Healthcare Equities Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Leerink Partners has hired Chris McCarthy as a Senior Managing Director, strengthening its Institutional Equities platform and expanding its healthcare sales capabilities.

Jones Walker Adds 5 Former Onebane Attorneys In Lafayette To Expand Energy, Corporate And Maritime Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Jones Walker has added five attorneys from Onebane to its Lafayette office, including partners Tommy Smart and Steve Lanza and special counsel David Fink, Mark Oliver and Doug Truxillo.

QXO Names Ken West As President And COO As Building Products Platform Targets $50 Billion In Annual Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

QXO has appointed Ken West President and Chief Operating Officer, adding an industrial operations executive from Honeywell as the building products company pursues a long-term target of $50 billion in annual revenue. West will join QXO effective September 1 and report to Chairman and CEO Brad Jacobs.

Redstone Reaches First Close Of €25 Million Blue Fund To Back Ocean Technology Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Redstone has reached the first close of its €25 million Blue Fund, establishing a new investment vehicle focused on early-stage ocean and water technology companies across Europe.

Valerio Therapeutics To Acquire Etherna For €30 Million And Raise €40.25 Million PIPE To Build Targeted RNA Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Valerio Therapeutics has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100% of Etherna Immunotherapies at an enterprise value of €30 million while simultaneously raising €40.25 million through a PIPE financing backed by existing shareholders and new investors.

Newcode.ai Raises Series A To Build AI Platform For Legal Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Newcode.ai has raised a Series A financing that brings its total funding since inception to $20 million as the company continues building a configurable artificial intelligence platform for the legal industry.

Curi Capital Secures Vistria Investment As Wealth Platform Surpasses $14 Billion AUA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Curi Capital has secured a strategic investment from The Vistria Group as the registered investment adviser looks to accelerate technology investment, hiring, client-service development, and acquisitions.

Foley Adds Jane Adams From Cooley In San Diego As Sixth California Partner Hire Of 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Foley & Lardner has added life sciences transactional lawyer Jane Adams as a partner in its Technology Transactions, Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice in San Diego, marking the firm's sixth California partner addition during 2026.

Cognida Acquires Automate From Within To Expand AI-Native Accounting And Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Cognida has acquired Automate, an enterprise AI platform for accounting and operational workflows, from Within, formerly known as Klarity. Automate applies AI to complex workflows across quote-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes.

Linden Capital Partners Acquires ArtesRx From Flexpoint Ford After Pharmacy Network Expands From 3 To 16 Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Linden Capital Partners has acquired ArtesRx from Flexpoint Ford, completing Flexpoint's exit from a behavioral health pharmacy platform that expanded from three locations in one state to 16 pharmacies serving patients across 15 states.

BPOC Invests In Master Medical Equipment And ReNew Biomedical To Expand Healthcare Equipment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

BPOC has made strategic investments in Master Medical Equipment and ReNew Biomedical, sister companies providing medical equipment distribution, rentals, repair and maintenance services to pre-hospital and post-acute healthcare markets.

Siebert Expands FusionIQ Investment And Plans 10-Year Wealth Technology Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Siebert Financial has made an additional investment in FusionIQ and signed a strategic partnership designed to expand the companies' relationship across technology, distribution, product development and commercialization.

Partners Group Exits Gong cha Credit And Equity Investment As Chain Expands To Nearly 2,200 Stores

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Partners Group has agreed to exit its private credit and minority equity investments in Gong cha following TA Associates' agreement to sell the global tea chain to Bain Capital.

Barings Names Brian Maute Head Of U.S. Wealth As $502 Billion Manager Expands Alternatives Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Barings has named Brian Maute Head of U.S. Wealth, creating a new leadership position as the $502 billion alternative asset manager expands distribution across registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, private banks, family offices and other wealth platforms.