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Modera Wealth Management Onboards $312 Million Firm Northstar

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Modera Wealth Management announced that it has completed a transaction with Northstar Financial Planners, a registered investment adviser based in Plantation, Florida. The transaction adds $311.6 million in assets under management to Modera and expands the firm’s presence in Florida.

Keysight Completes Acquisition Of VPIphotonics To Expand Photonic Design Automation Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Keysight Technologies announced that it has completed the acquisition of VPIphotonics, adding system-level simulation capabilities to its photonic design automation portfolio. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Agnico Eagle Completes Acquisition Of Rupert Resources

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Agnico Eagle Mines and Rupert Resources announced the completion of their previously announced plan of arrangement, under which Agnico Eagle acquired all issued and outstanding Rupert common shares it did not already own.

Otovo To Acquire Green Panel For $11 Million To Expand Global Energy Services Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Otovo announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Green Panel Solar Energy Systems for $11 million.

Convey Raises $38 Million Series A To Automate Enterprise Operations With AI Teammates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Convey announced that it has raised $38 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Khosla Ventures and Pear VC also participated in the round. And as part of the funding, Andreessen Horowitz Partner Joe Schmidt will join Convey’s board of directors.

Aplagon Raises €4.8 Million To Broaden Phase 2 Trials Of APAC Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Aplagon announced that it has closed a €4.8 million financing round, equal to about $5.6 million, to support the expansion of its APAC clinical development program.

Uber, Nuro, And Lucid To Bring Robotaxi Service To Houston In 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Uber, Nuro, and Lucid announced plans to bring their robotaxi service to Houston in mid-2027. Houston is the second planned deployment market for the companies’ robotaxi program, following the San Francisco Bay Area launch expected later this year. The service is expected to launch exclusively through the Uber network, with plans to expand to dozens of additional markets over the coming years.

Andera Raises $37 Million Series A To Automate Internal Audit

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Andera announced that it has raised a $37 million Series A round led by Lightspeed. Andera is building an AI-native platform designed to automate internal audit workflows, including evidence collection, control testing, and workpaper generation.

SandboxAQ Secures $500 Million CHIPS Award From U.S. Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

SandboxAQ announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office for a $500 million award.

Mission North Names Danny Maiello Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Mission North announced that it has appointed Danny Maiello as its first Chief Corporate Affairs Officer to lead the next phase of growth for the agency’s corporate advisory practice.

Wipfli Names John Rosenbaum Chief Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Wipfli announced that it has appointed John Rosenbaum as Chief Technology Officer. The appointment strengthens Wipfli’s leadership team as the firm continues advancing its technology strategy and investing in platforms, capabilities, and innovation to support associates and clients.

AbsenceSoft Names Joe Frassica Chief Revenue Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

AbsenceSoft announced that it has appointed Joe Frassica as Chief Revenue Officer. The company said the appointment reflects its continued growth and rising employer demand for tools that help manage employee leave, workplace accommodations, and compliance more effectively.

Sagent Appoints Kenneth Posner As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Sagent announced that it has appointed Kenneth Posner as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Posner will oversee financial operations and strategy for the company as it continues scaling its cloud- and AI-native mortgage servicing technology.

Constellis Appoints Brent Pugh As CFO And Tarun Sondhi As Chief Growth & Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Constellis announced that it has appointed Brent A. Pugh as Chief Financial Officer and Tarun Sondhi as Chief Growth & Technology Officer.

Divergent Appoints Ben Nicholson As Chief Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Divergent announced that it has appointed Ben Nicholson as Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Nicholson will lead Divergent’s commercial organization, including business development, customer engagement, market expansion, partnerships, and government relations.

Automation Anywhere Appoints Srikanth Iyengar As Head Of EMEA Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Automation Anywhere announced that it has appointed Srikanth Iyengar as Head of Growth for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Panoplai Appoints Katie Gross As President

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Panoplai announced that it has appointed Katie Gross as President. Gross will lead the company’s next phase of growth and drive its commercial strategy as Panoplai expands its enterprise platform for consumer understanding, digital twins, and synthetic data.

Everlab Raises AU$65 Million Series A To Expand Preventative Healthcare Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Everlab announced that it has raised AU$65 million in Series A funding to expand its preventative and personalized healthcare platform.

Z.ai Launches GLM-5.2 For Long-Horizon AI Tasks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Z.ai announced the launch of GLM-5.2, its latest flagship AI model built for long-horizon tasks and complex agentic workflows.

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform For AI-Powered Spatial Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Qualcomm Technologies announced the Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform, a new XR platform designed to power premium spatial computing experiences with advanced on-device AI.

Databricks To Acquire Panther To Expand Security Lakehouse Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Databricks announced that it has agreed to acquire Panther, an AI SOC platform designed to help security teams unify data sources, detect threats, and investigate alerts using agentic workflows.

Skadden Adds Investment Funds Partners In Abu Dhabi And Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Skadden announced that Robert Griffin, Kapil Vishnu Pandit, and Skye Smith have joined the firm as partners in its Investment Management Group.

EssilorLuxottica And Applied Materials Partner To Advance AR Optics For Smart Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

EssilorLuxottica and Applied Materials announced a long-term joint development agreement focused on accelerating the commercialization of next-generation intelligent optical systems for augmented reality and AI-powered smart eyewear.

Intellectible Raises $3 Million Seed Round To Scale AI Revenue Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Intellectible announced the closing of a $3 million seed funding round. The round was led by Bread & Butter Ventures, with participation from Victorum Capital, Gray Ventures, Circadian Ventures, Allied VC, High Street Equity Partners, and angel investor Adam Burgoon.

Open Road Resorts Acquires Raccoon Mountain Campground And Caverns

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Open Road Resorts announced that it has acquired Raccoon Mountain Campground and Caverns, an outdoor destination located near downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee.

American Exchange Group And WSG Brands Acquire Allbirds IP Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

American Exchange Group announced the acquisition of the intellectual property assets of Allbirds in partnership with WSG Brands.

OpenAI: ChatGPT Launches New Scheduled Tasks Page

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

OpenAI announced a new scheduled tasks experience in ChatGPT, giving users a faster, more reliable, and easier way to manage automated tasks from a dedicated Scheduled page.

Google Releases Android 17 For Supported Pixel Devices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Google announced the release of Android 17, making the new operating system available on most supported Pixel devices.

The Sycamore Company: Interview With Founder & President Mike Overdorf About The RIA Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

The Sycamore Company provides cloud-based financial technology and back-office software solutions built on Salesforce for broker-dealers and registered investment advisors (RIAs). Pulse 2.0 interviewed The Sycamore Company founder and president, Mike Overdorf, to learn more.

Raylu: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ali Dastjerdi About The Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Raylu is an AI-powered sourcing and research platform that automates core investor workflows - market mapping, company discovery, and founder outreach - for private-market investors, including private equity, growth equity, and venture capital firms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Raylu co-founder and CEO Ali Dastjerdi to learn more.