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AMD Adds FastFlowLM Team To Advance On-Device AI Inference

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

AMD has added the FastFlowLM team to its Artificial Intelligence Group as part of a broader effort to improve AI performance and efficiency across its hardware and software stack. Financial terms and the structure of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bain Capital Acquires SupplyOn To Expand European Supply Chain Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Bain Capital has agreed to acquire SupplyOn, a European supply chain collaboration platform serving automotive, aerospace, defense and other advanced manufacturing industries. The company is being acquired from shareholders AUMOVIO, Bosch, Schaeffler and ZF.

JLL Arranges $67.7 Million Sale Of Lakeland Commerce Center To MDH Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $67.7 million sale of Lakeland Commerce Center Buildings 100-300, a three-building industrial portfolio in Lakeland, Florida. MDH Partners acquired the property from Stonemont.

Stakpak Joins Vercel To Build Agentic Infrastructure And Self-Driving DevOps Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Stakpak is joining Vercel to help develop infrastructure designed for deploying, operating and managing AI agents. Financial terms and the structure of the transaction were not disclosed.

General Motors Names Allyson Witherspoon Chief Marketing Officer For Buick And GMC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

General Motors has named Allyson Witherspoon as chief marketing officer for Buick and GMC. She will work with the automaker’s leadership team and dealer network to guide the marketing strategies of both brands.

Contents Acquires Balio As Sixth Deal To Expand European Enterprise Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Contents has acquired Balio, a Barcelona-based enterprise financial wellbeing platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

WFW Adds Xuan Jin To Strengthen APAC Finance And Capital Markets Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Watson Farley & Williams has added finance and capital markets lawyer Xuan Jin in Hong Kong. His arrival expands the firm’s financing capabilities across Asia-Pacific, particularly within the energy, infrastructure and transport sectors.

Winnow Acquires Lumitics To Expand Food Waste Technology Across Asia-Pacific

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Winnow has acquired Lumitics, a food waste technology company with deployments across more than 20 countries in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Delen Private Bank To Acquire Van Lawick & Co., Bringing Dutch AUM Above €5.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Delen Private Bank has agreed to acquire 100% of Van Lawick & Co., a wealth management firm based in The Hague. The transaction supports Delen’s strategy of expanding its position in the Dutch wealth management market. The transaction is expected to close later in 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Troutman Pepper Locke Adds Mac Marshall As Partner In Houston Energy Transactional Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Troutman Pepper Locke has added Mac Marshall as a partner in its Energy Transactional Practice Group. Based in Houston, Marshall brings approximately two decades of experience advising on upstream, midstream and international energy transactions collectively valued at more than $17 billion.

o9 Solutions: Interview With CTO Dr. Ashwin Rao About The Supply Chain Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

o9 Solutions provides an AI-powered, cloud-native platform called the Digital Brain that helps large enterprises unify and optimize their supply chain, commercial, and financial planning. Pulse 2.0 interviewed o9 Solutions Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ashwin Rao to learn more.

Members Mobile CUSO Secures Investment From Four Credit Union Investors To Expand Nationwide Mobile Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Members Mobile CUSO has secured a strategic investment from four credit union investors, including The Reseda Group, the wholly owned credit union service organization of MSU Federal Credit Union. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Bosch Secures Up To $225 Million In CHIPS Funding For $2 Billion Roseville Semiconductor Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Bosch has finalized an agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $225 million in direct funding to support its semiconductor manufacturing expansion in Roseville, California. The federal funding is part of Bosch’s planned investment of up to $2 billion to transform the facility for silicon carbide semiconductor production.

Eva Live Proposes To Acquire 51% Of Airbeam Wireless Technologies At $16 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Eva Live has signed a letter of intent to acquire a controlling 51% stake in Airbeam Wireless Technologies. The proposed transaction values Airbeam at approximately $16 million and gives Eva Live an option to acquire the remaining 49%.

AMD Expands Microsoft Azure Partnership With Helios AI Infrastructure And 6th Gen EPYC Processors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Microsoft is expanding its strategic partnership with AMD across GPUs, CPUs, networking and software for its Azure cloud platform. The agreement includes a large-scale deployment of AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI infrastructure to support frontier-model inference, Azure AI services and customer applications.

Infinity Raises $15 Million Seed Funding At $100 Million Valuation To Build AI Chip Inference Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Infinity.inc has raised $15 million in seed funding at a $100 million post-money valuation to expand its AI infrastructure platform. The round included significant participation from Touring Capital, Principal Venture Partners, chip industry executives, researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic, and other angel investors.

Enlightenment Capital Invests In Quorum To Expand Agentic AI For Government Affairs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Enlightenment Capital has made a strategic investment in Quorum, an AI-powered government affairs software provider used by more than 2,000 organizations. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Truelink Capital Acquires Lyons Magnus From Paine Schwartz Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Truelink Capital has completed its acquisition of Lyons Magnus from Paine Schwartz Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions To Acquire Intellihot And Enter High-Efficiency Water Heating Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire Intellihot, a privately held provider of tankless water heating systems for commercial and institutional buildings. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Magnolia Oil & Gas To Acquire WildFire Energy For $4.06 Billion And Raise Dividend 9%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Magnolia Oil & Gas has agreed to acquire WildFire Energy for approximately $4.06 billion, including WildFire’s debt and subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Magnolia’s board unanimously approved the transaction, which is expected to close late in the third quarter of 2026.

Archer And Anduril Unveil Autonomous Hybrid-Electric VTOL Platform For Defense And Commercial Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Archer Aviation and Anduril have unveiled a jointly developed autonomous vertical takeoff and landing aircraft platform designed for defense and commercial applications. The companies also introduced Thunder, a defense-focused variant intended to support current and next-generation crewed attack and assault aircraft.

GoldenTree Closes Oversubscribed $2.75 Billion Private Credit Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

GoldenTree Asset Management has closed its second private credit fund at its $2.75 billion hard cap. The oversubscribed fund attracted commitments from institutional and private wealth investors across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

SuanNutra To Acquire Specialty Natural Ingredients Businesses From IFF

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

SuanNutra has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of specialty natural ingredients businesses from IFF. The acquired operations will be combined with SuanNutra to create a larger global provider of science-backed ingredients for nutraceutical and food applications.

Pelican Energy Partners Acquires Riggins Company To Expand Nuclear Naval Shipbuilding Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Pelican Energy Partners has acquired Riggins Company, a provider of engineered metal fabrication and custom components for the U.S. Navy and its shipbuilding partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Evergreen’s Pine Services Group Acquires Datel To Support Next Phase Of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Evergreen’s Pine Services Group has acquired Datel, the United Kingdom’s largest and longest-established Sage business partner. The transaction gives Datel access to long-term investment and strategic support while allowing the company to preserve its independence, culture and 45-year operating history.

Aqualis Partners Names Hong Pan And Steve Talbot As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Aqualis Partners has named Hong Pan and Steve Talbot as partners, reuniting a longtime private equity secondaries investment team. Both executives previously worked with Aqualis founder and Managing Partner Cari Lodge at CF Private Equity for more than 12 years.

Eurofins To Acquire Element Materials Technology’s North American Life Sciences Testing Business For $400 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire Element Materials Technology’s Life Sciences Testing Services business in North America for an enterprise value of $400 million. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

Parsons Wins $33 Million Contract To Modernize New York’s Intelligent Transportation System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Parsons has received a $33 million contract from the New York State Department of Transportation to deploy a statewide transportation systems management and operations platform. The award covers the implementation of Parsons’ iNET intelligent transportation software, along with design, development, integration, testing, operations and maintenance services.

Prysmian Signs Up To €5.5 Billion Molex Agreement And Invests €1.25 Billion To Expand Data Center Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Prysmian has signed a long-term agreement worth up to €5.5 billion with Molex to supply optical cables used inside data centers. The agreement can run for up to 10 years and includes a €550 million upfront payment.

Latham & Watkins Adds Jennifer Ying Lan As Partner In New York Capital Markets Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Latham & Watkins has added Jennifer Ying Lan as a partner in its New York office. She joins the firm’s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices with a focus on investment-grade debt offerings and other public and private financing transactions.