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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.

Fountain: Interview With CEO Sean Behr About The Workforce Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Fountain is an AI-native workforce management platform that streamlines the high-volume sourcing, hiring, and scheduling of frontline and hourly workers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Fountain CEO Sean Behr to learn more.

Smartbird Appoints Nadia Carlsten As President & CEO To Advance AI Infrastructure Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Smartbird announced that it has appointed Nadia Carlsten as president and chief executive officer. Carlsten has also joined the company’s board of directors.

Waverly Advisors’ Affiliate Acquires $3 Billion Firm Smithfield Trust Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Waverly Advisors announced that its parent company has acquired the equity of Smithfield Trust Company, a Pennsylvania-chartered trust company based in Pittsburgh. Smithfield manages approximately $3 billion in assets and ranks among the region’s largest money management firms. The company is known for fiduciary wealth management services, personalized client service, and long-standing multi-generational client relationships.

Fenchurch Advisory Partners To Combine With Broadhaven Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Fenchurch Advisory Partners announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Broadhaven Capital Partners, creating an international investment bank focused on the financial services sector.

GitHub Releases Open Dataset To Support Multilingual AI Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

GitHub announced the release of the GitHub Multilingual Repositories Dataset, a new open dataset designed to help researchers and developers discover multilingual developer content across public GitHub repositories.

Amazon To Invest Several Billion Dollars In Missouri Data Center Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2026

Amazon announced plans to invest several billion dollars in Missouri to build a new data center campus in Montgomery County. The project is expected to create more than 400 full-time data center jobs, thousands of construction jobs, road and water infrastructure improvements, and hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue for Montgomery County.

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Mission North Names Danny Maiello Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Wipfli Names John Rosenbaum Chief Technology Officer

AbsenceSoft Names Joe Frassica Chief Revenue Officer

Sagent Appoints Kenneth Posner As Chief Financial Officer

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

Divergent Appoints Ben Nicholson As Chief Commercial Officer

Automation Anywhere Appoints Srikanth Iyengar As Head Of EMEA Growth

Panoplai Appoints Katie Gross As President

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

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

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

Databricks To Acquire Panther To Expand Security Lakehouse Platform

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

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

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

Open Road Resorts Acquires Raccoon Mountain Campground And Caverns

American Exchange Group And WSG Brands Acquire Allbirds IP Assets

OpenAI: ChatGPT Launches New Scheduled Tasks Page

Google Releases Android 17 For Supported Pixel Devices

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

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

Fountain: Interview With CEO Sean Behr About The Workforce Management Platform

Smartbird Appoints Nadia Carlsten As President & CEO To Advance AI Infrastructure Strategy

Waverly Advisors’ Affiliate Acquires $3 Billion Firm Smithfield Trust Company

Fenchurch Advisory Partners To Combine With Broadhaven Capital Partners

GitHub Releases Open Dataset To Support Multilingual AI Development

Amazon To Invest Several Billion Dollars In Missouri Data Center Campus

Cloudflare Adds Ensemble AI Talent To Strengthen AI Infrastructure Team

Undo Raises $37 Million Growth Investment Led By Elsewhere Partners

Databricks Introduces Genie ZeroOps For Data And AI Operations