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Firmus Raises $2 Billion Strategic Equity Round At More Than $10.5 Billion Valuation To Expand NVIDIA AI Factories

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Firmus has secured full commitments for a $2 billion strategic equity financing round to accelerate the expansion of its AI infrastructure platform across Australia and prepare for further growth throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The round includes follow-on investments from Coatue and NVIDIA, along with new capital from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and other Blackstone vehicles. Jane Street also participated.

Kalshi Adopts Nasdaq Market Surveillance To Strengthen Prediction Market Oversight

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Kalshi has entered into a multi-year partnership with Nasdaq Market Surveillance to enhance monitoring and oversight of trading activity across its markets. The agreement is part of Kalshi’s broader market oversight strategy and will complement the exchange’s existing surveillance framework.

Bechtel Takes Over Site Management For Poland’s First Nuclear Power Plant As Construction Preparation Begins

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Bechtel has assumed responsibility for managing the site of Poland’s first nuclear power plant as the project moves from planning, permitting and design into large-scale site preparation and construction activities. The handover from Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe, or PEJ, coincides with the start of earthworks at the future plant site in Choczewo.

NextSlide Team Joins OpenAI To Help Build ChatGPT

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

NextSlide, an AI presentation creation startup founded by Ahmed Beshry, is joining OpenAI, with the company’s team now working on ChatGPT.

Ambrook Raises $30 Million Series B Led By Lachy Groom To Expand Financial Platform For Small Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Ambrook has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Lachy Groom to expand its financial platform for small and family-run businesses. Cameron Ventures also invested in the company as part of its backing of Ambrook’s mission to modernize financial infrastructure for American entrepreneurs.

VISOID Raises $2.5 Million Seed Round From Skyfall Ventures, Farvatn Venture And byFounders Angel Collective

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

VISOID has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to accelerate development and growth of its AI-powered architectural visualization platform. The round was backed by Skyfall Ventures, Farvatn Venture and byFounders Angel Collective. VISOID also highlighted continued support from Startuplab, OBOS and Antler.

Plantible Foods Secures $25 Million USDA-Backed Loan From X-Caliber And $10 Million Equity Investment To Quintuple Protein Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Plantible Foods has secured $35 million in combined debt and equity financing to expand production of Rubi Protein, its plant-derived functional protein ingredient, at the company’s Ranchito facility in Eldorado, Texas.

Naked Energy Raises £8.875 Million From Great British Energy And Barclays Climate Ventures To Expand UK Solar-Thermal Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Naked Energy has raised £8.875 million from Great British Energy and Barclays Climate Ventures to establish a new UK manufacturing facility for its renewable heat technology and expand production capacity. The round was led by Great British Energy, which is investing £7.5 million through its Energy Engineered in the UK program. Existing shareholder Barclays Climate Ventures also participated. The investment represents Great British Energy’s first major solar investment.

Sonablate Forms Strategic Alliance With Eleven Ventures To Facilitate Up To $200 Million In Equity Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Sonablate has entered into a strategic alliance with Eleven Ventures, an investment platform founded by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud, to accelerate the global commercialization and adoption of its AI-powered therapeutic ultrasound technologies.

VibeIQ Raises $22.5 Million To Expand AI-Native Product Decision Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

VibeIQ has raised $22.5 million in growth financing to accelerate development of its AI-native product decision platform and expand across apparel, footwear, consumer goods and private-label retail. The financing was led by Volition Capital, with participation from existing investor Venture Guides.

Tortuga Growth Partners Invests In Advanced eClinical Training To Expand Healthcare Workforce Development Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Tortuga Growth Partners has made a strategic investment in Advanced eClinical Training, a provider of online healthcare certification and workforce development programs. The investment was made through Tortuga Growth Partners Fund I and expands TGP’s healthcare investment platform as the firm targets businesses addressing structural workforce challenges.

Salus Scientific Raises $10.1 Million In Oversubscribed Series A Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Salus Scientific has closed an oversubscribed $10.1 million Series A financing to support commercial expansion, production growth and the buildout of its clinical infrastructure.

NetcoreNetwork Launches Causeway For Private Peer-To-Peer Device Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

NetcoreNetwork has launched Causeway, a connectivity ecosystem designed to allow devices to find, authenticate and communicate directly with one another without relying on centralized third-party intermediaries.

Malachyte: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Sidd Motwani About Behavior Intelligence For E-Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Malachyte provides behavior intelligence infrastructure for e-commerce, creating continuously updated shopper profiles from real-time activity to power search, recommendations, and product pages. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Malachyte Co-Founder and CEO Sidd Motwani to learn more.

Uplifty: Interview With Founder & CEO Scott Amyx About Building Real-World Social Connections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Swisscom: Free Cash Flow Surges 45% To CHF 717 Million As Operating Free Cash Flow Reaches CHF 1.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Swisscom's cash generation accelerated during the first half of 2026 as operating free cash flow increased 21.6% to CHF 1.202 billion and free cash flow surged 44.6% to CHF 717 million.

Harbour Energy: $163 Million Waldorf Deal Unlocks More Than $400 Million Of Cash And Adds 14,000 Boe/D

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Harbour Energy completed its acquisition of substantially all subsidiaries of Waldorf Energy Partners and Waldorf Production for a $163 million completion payment, with the transaction immediately unlocking more than $400 million of cash while adding approximately 14,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production.

Banco BPM: Shareholder Distribution Target Rises To €7 Billion As NPE Ratio Falls Below 2% For First Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Banco BPM increased its cumulative shareholder distribution target for 2024 through 2027 to approximately €7 billion from €6 billion as record profitability, capital generation and asset quality give the Italian banking group additional capacity for dividends and share repurchases.

TP ICAP: Parameta Annual Recurring Revenue Tops £200 Million As Data Business Expands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

TP ICAP's Parameta Solutions data business surpassed £200 million of annual recurring revenue during the first half of 2026 as new-business activity accelerated and the group continued building its high-margin financial market data franchise.

Siemens: Smart Infrastructure Orders Surge 42% To Record €8 Billion As Data Center Contracts Accelerate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Siemens' Smart Infrastructure business delivered record quarterly orders during the third quarter of fiscal 2026 as growing data center investment in the U.S. and Europe drove significant demand for electrical products and electrification technology.

Wizz Air: AI Travel Platform Launches As Starlink Deal Targets In-Flight Internet From 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Wizz Air is expanding its digital travel strategy with the launch of an AI-powered vacation platform while preparing to introduce Starlink satellite connectivity across its aircraft beginning in January 2027.

OHB: Cash Surges Tenfold To €527 Million As Backlog Reaches €3.3 Billion And Defense Expansion Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

OHB significantly strengthened its financial position during the first half of 2026 as cash and cash equivalents increased nearly tenfold to €526.9 million and the European space and defense company's order backlog reached €3.304 billion.

Merck: Mid-2030s Revenue Opportunity Exceeds $70 Billion As Pipeline Transformation Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Merck continues to estimate that its current and potential new growth drivers represent more than $70 billion of non-risk-adjusted annual sales opportunity by the mid-2030s as the pharmaceutical company works to diversify its portfolio and advance a broad group of newer medicines.

Admiral: Secured Loan Book More Than Quadruples To £680 Million As Admiral Money Expands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Admiral Group's secured lending portfolio expanded sharply during the first half of 2026, with secured loans reaching £679.7 million compared with £159.8 million a year earlier as Admiral Money continues to broaden beyond unsecured personal lending.

Oportun: Machine-Learning Savings Platform Helps Members Save More Than $13.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Oportun's Set & Save platform has helped members save more than $13.2 billion since 2015 as the financial technology company uses machine learning to automate personalized savings decisions based on customers' individual cash flows.

ABB Invests In LevelTen Energy To Expand Clean Energy Procurement Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2026

ABB has formed a strategic partnership and made a minority investment in LevelTen Energy, a clean energy transaction marketplace, to expand ABB’s capabilities in renewable energy procurement and energy and carbon advisory services. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

RevealDx Secures $3.4 Million Investment From 4DMedical And Signs Global Distribution Agreement For RevealAI-Lung

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2026

RevealDx has entered into a distribution agreement with 4DMedical and received a $3.4 million strategic investment from the medical technology company to expand access to RevealAI-Lung, its AI-powered lung nodule characterization software.

Inevitable AI Group Raises $6 Million Pre-Seed Round To Launch AI-Native SaaS Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2026

Inevitable AI Group has raised $6 million in pre-seed funding to build and launch AI-native software companies through a venture studio model. The round was led by Aleph.

Honeywell Aerospace: $15 Billion Of New Wins Includes Record 810-Aircraft IndiGo Deal As Backlog Reaches $18.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2026

Honeywell Aerospace has secured approximately $15 billion of new business wins on an estimated lifetime-value basis so far in 2026, giving the newly independent aerospace and defense company significant commercial momentum as its backlog reaches $18.2 billion.

eBay: First-Party Advertising Revenue Jumps 25% To $570 Million As Depop Acquisition Closes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2026

eBay's advertising business continued scaling during the second quarter of 2026, with first-party advertising revenue increasing 25% year-over-year to $570 million as the marketplace company also completed its acquisition of Gen Z-focused fashion marketplace Depop.