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Realtime Robotics Names Kevin Carlin CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Realtime Robotics has appointed Kevin Carlin as Chief Executive Officer as the industrial AI company moves into its next phase of commercial growth and expands adoption of its Resolver platform among major automotive manufacturers.

Slalom Names Dan Garrison Chief AI Officer To Advance Enterprise AI Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Slalom has appointed Dan Garrison as Chief AI Officer as the global business and technology consulting company increases its investment in dedicated AI leadership and expands its efforts to help customers turn artificial intelligence initiatives into measurable business outcomes.

Ascensus Completes AmericanTCS Acquisition To Expand Retirement, Trust And Custody Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Ascensus has completed its previously announced acquisition of AmericanTCS, expanding its capabilities across retirement services, trust and custody, and financial technology.

Hawkins Way Capital And Värde Partners Acquire Manhattan Student Housing Property For $28 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Hawkins Way Capital and joint venture partner Värde Partners have acquired 81 E. 3rd St. in Manhattan’s East Village for $28 million.

Smile Source Acquires Profitable PPOs To Expand Financial Solutions For Independent Dentists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Smile Source has acquired Profitable PPOs, a provider of PPO strategy and insurance solutions for independent dental practices. The acquisition expands Smile Source’s capabilities across PPO analysis, reimbursement optimization, credentialing, fee negotiation, and financial modeling while advancing its broader strategy of helping dentists remain independent. The deal represents Smile Source’s second strategic acquisition in 14 months.

Ridgemont Equity Partners Acquires ENTACT From J.F. Lehman & Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Ridgemont Equity Partners has acquired ENTACT, an environmental remediation and geotechnical infrastructure services company, from J.F. Lehman & Company, positioning the business for its next phase of expansion across environmental and infrastructure-related markets.

CND Life Sciences Receives Growth Financing Led By S-Curve Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

CND Life Sciences has completed a growth financing led by S-Curve Partners to accelerate adoption of its Syn-One Test and broaden its neurodiagnostics platform. Existing CND investors and shareholders also participated. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Backswing Ventures Invests In Isengard Industries To Scale Precision Strike And Counter-UAS Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Backswing Ventures has invested in Isengard Industries as part of the defense technology company’s latest financing round alongside A3 Management Group and other strategic investors.

Savory Fund Invests In Zao Asian Grill As Brand Secures $12.5 Million Debt Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Savory Fund has made a strategic investment in Zao Asian Grill as the 23-location fast-casual restaurant chain prepares for national expansion.

Left Lane Capital Reveals Senior Promotions And Adds Six Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Left Lane Capital has announced a group of senior promotions and new hires across its investment, portfolio support, finance, and operations teams as the venture capital and growth equity firm continues expanding.

Ondas’ Pro Forma Backlog Surges 11-Fold To $757 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Ondas' pro forma backlog reached approximately $757 million at the end of the second quarter of 2026, representing an 11-fold increase from the $68 million reported at the end of 2025 as the autonomous systems and defense technology company continues to expand through organic order growth and acquisitions.

GDS Raises Revenue And EBITDA Outlook As China AI Data Center Demand Strengthens

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

GDS Holdings raised its 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA outlook as accelerating artificial intelligence demand in China drives stronger data center bookings, higher development activity and what management expects to be a record year for new sales commitments.

Belite Bio Holds Nearly $780 Million In Cash And U.S. Treasuries Ahead Of Potential Tinlarebant Launch

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Belite Bio held approximately $780 million across cash and U.S. Treasury securities at the end of the second quarter as the biotechnology company builds commercial infrastructure ahead of a potential launch of tinlarebant for Stargardt disease type 1.

Dillard’s Ends Quarter With Over $1.2 Billion In Cash After Paying Down Debt And Receiving Tariff Refunds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Dillard's ended its second quarter with more than $1.2 billion in cash and short-term investments after paying off $96 million of debt, while $37.2 million of tariff refunds helped lift retail gross margin by 260 basis points and contributed to stronger earnings.

Vector Building Products Acquires Prestige Distribution To Expand Division 10 Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Vector Building Products has acquired Prestige Distribution, a Northbrook, Illinois-based distributor of Division 10 and commercial specialty building products, as it continues building a national specialty building products platform.

Genergy Acquires Utility Research Associates To Expand Utility Data And Infrastructure Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Genergy has acquired Utility Research Associates, a provider of utility billing, utility data management, and sub-metering services for commercial real estate owners across the Northeast.

CONAM Fund IV Acquires 232-Unit Alicante Apartment Homes In Las Vegas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

CONAM Strategic Investments Fund IV has acquired Alicante Apartment Homes, a 232-unit multifamily community in the Spring Valley submarket of Las Vegas.

Rivo Raises $3.1 Million To Build Autonomous Cash Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Rivo has raised $3.1 million in total funding and launched publicly with an autonomous cash management platform designed to automatically move consumers’ idle cash into higher-yielding assets.

QXO Begins Companywide Technology Upgrade As It Targets $50 Billion In Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

QXO has begun upgrading technology across its operations as the building products distributor works toward a long-term goal of reaching $50 billion in annual revenue and more than doubling EBITDA by 2030.

Nubank Tops $1 Billion In Quarterly Net Income For First Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Nubank reached more than $1 billion in quarterly net income for the first time in its history during the second quarter of 2026 as customer growth, lending expansion and higher engagement continued to increase the scale of the digital banking platform.

Applied Materials Posts Record $9.12 Billion Revenue While Expanding R&D Capacity In Singapore

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Applied Materials reported record quarterly revenue of $9.12 billion while expanding its manufacturing and R&D capacity in Singapore with a new $500 million campus as accelerating artificial intelligence infrastructure investment increases demand for advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology.

Xcel Brands’ Influencer Portfolio Reaches 46 Million Social Followers And 200 Million Households

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Xcel Brands’ portfolio now reaches more than 46 million social media followers and approximately 200 million households through broadcast distribution as the company builds its strategy around influencer-led brands, livestream shopping and social commerce.

Thoma Bravo To Acquire Accelerant For More Than $4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire Accelerant in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value exceeding $4 billion, taking the data-driven specialty insurance platform private. Under the agreement, Accelerant Class A and Class B shareholders will receive $20.25 per share in cash, representing a 49% premium to the company’s closing share price on August 12, 2026.

OpenAI Names Dali Rajic Chief Revenue Officer As Business Customer Base Surpasses 2 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

OpenAI has appointed Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer to lead its global revenue organization as the company expands enterprise adoption of its AI products.

White House Creates Program Allowing Vetted U.S. Companies To Conduct Cyber Operations Against Foreign Criminal Groups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

The White House has directed the federal government to establish a new program that can authorize vetted U.S. private companies to conduct cyber surveillance and cyber effects operations against foreign cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations under federal control and oversight.

Google Launches Gemini 3.7 Flash With Lower Pricing And Stronger Coding And Agent Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash, positioning the new AI model as its most capable Flash-series model yet for coding, AI agents, knowledge work, and web development.

Lowenstein Sandler Adds Ivan K. Blumenthal As Capital Markets & Securities Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Lowenstein Sandler has hired Ivan K. Blumenthal as a partner in its Capital Markets & Securities practice as the law firm continues expanding its corporate capabilities. Blumenthal will be based in Lowenstein Sandler's New York City office and brings experience advising underwriters, public and private companies, investors, venture capital firms, and angel investors across a broad range of securities transactions.

Aligned Marketplace Raises $20 Million Series A To Expand Independent Primary And Specialty Care Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Aligned Marketplace has raised an additional $20 million in funding through a Series A round led by Venrock as the healthcare marketplace expands access to independent advanced primary care for self-insured employers and Third Party Administrators.

Lemurian Labs: Interview With Founder And CEO Jay Dawani About Hardware-Agnostic AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Lemurian Labs is building a hardware-agnostic, software-first AI infrastructure stack designed to allow AI workloads to run efficiently across CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, and accelerators from different vendors without hardware-specific rewrites. The company’s technology includes its Tachyon compiler and runtime, along with a proprietary logarithmic data type aimed at improving computational efficiency and memory usage. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Lemurian Labs Founder and CEO Jay Dawani to learn more.

Orange EV Secures $100 Million Credit Facility Led By Wells Fargo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Orange EV has entered into a $100 million revolving credit facility led by Wells Fargo Bank to support the continued expansion of its electric terminal truck, fleet services, and charging infrastructure businesses.