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Bluefish: $43 Million Series B Fuels Expansion Of Agentic Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Bluefish, an enterprise marketing technology company focused on AI-driven “agentic marketing,” announced the close of a $43 million Series B financing round co-led by Threshold Ventures and NEA.

OpenGradient: $9.5 Million Raised To Build Verifiable AI Compute Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

OpenGradient, a decentralized AI infrastructure company, announced it has raised $9.5 million in total funding to advance its platform for verifiable AI model execution.

Maple Park Capital Hires Grant Mueller As Vice President To Strengthen Investment Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Maple Park Capital announced the appointment of Grant Mueller as Vice President, further strengthening the firm’s investment team as it continues to expand its platform and scale its portfolio activities across targeted sectors.

Graftcode: €2.1 Million Raised To Eliminate Software Integration Complexity For AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Graftcode announced it has raised €2.1 million in seed funding as it launches the beta version of its platform, bringing total funding to €6.5 million and positioning the company to redefine how software systems integrate in the age of AI.

Synera: $40 Million Series B Raised To Scale Agentic AI Engineering Platform For Global Manufacturers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Synera announced the close of a $40 million (€35 million) Series B financing round to accelerate global expansion and scale its agentic AI platform for industrial engineering.

Oklahoma Department Of Commerce: Interview With CEO John Budd About The Agency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is the state's leading economic development agency, focused on promoting job creation, fostering business growth, and attracting new investment to Oklahoma. They achieve this by supporting community development, enhancing workforce skills, and offering various incentives to help businesses thrive. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Oklahoma Department of Commerce CEO John Budd to learn more.

Lockheed Martin: Venture Capital Fund Expanded To $1 Billion To Accelerate National Security Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Lockheed Martin announced it is increasing the capacity of its venture capital arm, Lockheed Martin Ventures, from $400 million to $1 billion, marking a 250% expansion and the largest increase since the fund’s inception in 2007.

Adcendo: $75 Million Series C Raised To Advance Antibody-Drug Conjugate Cancer Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Adcendo ApS announced the successful close of an oversubscribed $75 million Series C financing round to advance its pipeline of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapies targeting cancers with high unmet medical need.

Senhwa Biosciences: Secures Up To NT$500 Million From GEM To Advance AI-Driven Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Senhwa Biosciences announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Global Emerging Markets to secure up to NT$500 million in strategic funding to support its clinical pipeline, AI-driven drug discovery initiatives, and global expansion efforts.

Novo Nordisk Partners With OpenAI To Accelerate Drug Discovery And AI-Driven Healthcare Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Novo Nordisk announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI aimed at transforming how medicines are discovered, developed, and delivered, while embedding advanced AI capabilities across its global operations.

WaveMaker’s Agentic App Generation System: Interview With Head Of Product Experience Vikram Srivats

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

WaveMaker is an AI-powered, low-code platform that enables enterprises to rapidly build and modernize secure web and mobile applications, and as Chief Commercial Officer/Head of Agentic Product Experience, Vikram Srivats drives the company's go-to-market strategy, strategic markets, and product experience initiatives. Pulse 2.0 interviewed WaveMarker Head Of Agentic Product Experience Vikram Srivats.

Credo: $750 Million Acquisition Of DustPhotonics To Expand Silicon Photonics And AI Connectivity Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DustPhotonics, a developer of silicon photonics technology, in a deal valued at approximately $750 million in cash and stock, with additional contingent consideration tied to performance milestones.

HPS/PayMedix: New Analysis Shows Lower Medical Costs And Improved Access To Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2026

HPS/PayMedix released a new longitudinal analysis demonstrating that employer groups using its medical payments and interest-free financing platform are outperforming national benchmarks across cost, access, and utilization metrics.