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General Atomics Receives $20 Million Tax Credit To Advance Fusion Energy Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:21 AM

General Atomics announced that it has received a $20 million California Competes Tax Credit from the state of California through the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

VARM Raises €17.5 Million Series A To Build European Insulation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:19 AM

VARM announced that it has raised €17.5 million in Series A funding to continue building its insulation platform across Europe.

Google DeepMind And A24 Launch AI Research Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:18 AM

Google DeepMind and A24 announced a first-of-its-kind research partnership focused on developing new workflows and techniques for artists and filmmakers.

How Florida State University Uses Google NotebookLM To Support Student Success

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:17 AM

Florida State University is using Google NotebookLM to help students take a more active role in their learning.

Balbec Capital Acquires UK Specialist Property Lender Funding 365

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:15 AM

Balbec Capital announced that it has acquired Funding 365, a UK-based specialist property lender.

OpenAI Launches Patch The Planet To Help Secure Critical Open-Source Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:15 AM

OpenAI announced Patch the Planet, a Daybreak initiative built with Trail of Bits to help open-source maintainers strengthen critical software projects.

Brightstar Capital Partners Acquires Erdman To Expand Architecture And Design Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:14 AM

Brightstar Capital Partners announced that it has acquired Erdman, an architecture and engineering firm specializing in healthcare and senior living facilities.

Booz Allen To Buy Ultra I&C Mission Solutions For $720 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:12 AM

AquaPoro Raises $5 Million To Generate Net New Water From Air

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:10 AM

AquaPoro Technologies announced that it has raised $5 million in seed financing to advance its atmospheric water technology. The round was led by Breakout Ventures, with participation from Cerberus Ventures, Humba Ventures, and One Small Planet.

GetJacked: Interview With Founding Investor Jared Goetz About The Loyalty Shopify App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:00 AM

The GetJacked Shopify app provides e-commerce merchants with a unique rewards and loyalty program designed to increase shopper retention, though specific information about the founder is not publicly available. Pulse 2.0 interviewed GetJacked founding investor Jared Goetz to learn more.

Antal Emerges From Stealth With Autonomous AI Agent Stack For Private Credit

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Antal emerged from stealth with an autonomous AI agent stack designed for private credit lenders. The company said lenders are already originating more than $30 million per month in aggregate on Antal’s agents without adding operational headcount.

MacroGenics To Receive $24.5 Million Milestone From Sanofi For TZIELD Approval

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

MacroGenics announced that it will receive a $24.5 million regulatory milestone payment from Sanofi following the FDA’s accelerated approval of TZIELD.

Omnicom Media Becomes Netflix’s First Data Collaboration Partner For AI-Powered Ad Creatives

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Omnicom Media and Netflix announced a new collaboration that combines Omnicom Media Group’s Acxiom audience intelligence with Netflix’s AI-powered advertising technology.

TTM Technologies Opens Ultra-HDI Manufacturing Facility In Syracuse

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

TTM Technologies announced the opening of its new Ultra-High-Density Interconnect printed circuit board manufacturing facility in Syracuse, New York.

Primoris Provides Business Update And Announces COO Departure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Primoris Services announced a series of business updates, including the departure of Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Kinch, effective immediately.

Flease Raises €13 Million To Expand Reconditioned Vehicle Leasing For Enterprise Fleets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Flease announced that it has raised €13 million in funding led by Partech Impact, Partech’s Growth Impact Fund.

SpaceX Signs Computing Power Deal With Reflection AI Worth Up To $6.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

SpaceX has signed a major computing power agreement with Reflection AI, an open-source artificial intelligence startup, according to a CNBC report.

Best Buy Announces CFO Transition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Best Buy announced that Matt Bilunas will step down as Chief Financial Officer and depart the company at the end of July. Bilunas has been with Best Buy for 20 years, including seven years as CFO.

C.H. Robinson Acquires DeSpir Logistics For $75 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

C.H. Robinson announced that it has acquired DeSpir Logistics, a specialized provider of secure transportation solutions and cargo escort services for mission-critical and high-value freight across North America.

Micron And Anthropic Announce Strategic Agreement To Scale AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Micron Technology announced a strategic agreement with Anthropic focused on scaling next-generation AI infrastructure. The collaboration spans memory and storage AI architecture design, a supply agreement, enterprise adoption of Claude across Micron, and a strategic investment in Anthropic’s Series H funding round.

Nike Announces David Denton Joining As CFO And EVP From Pfizer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Nike announced that David M. Denton will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 17. Denton will succeed Matthew Friend, who will step down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at that time. Friend will remain with the company through September 4 to support an orderly transition.

Maridea Wealth Management Acquires $180 Milllion Firm Ashford Investment Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Maridea Wealth Management announced that it has acquired Ashford Investment Advisors, a Daytona Beach, Florida-based wealth management firm. Ashford Investment Advisors has approximately $180 million in assets under advisement and management. The transaction establishes Maridea’s first practice in Florida.

Agiloft Appoints Kristin Knox Esche As General Counsel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Agiloft announced that Kristin Knox Esche has joined the company as General Counsel, effective June 22, 2026.

NatPower And Tesla Sign Agreement For More Than 25 GWh Of Battery Energy Storage Systems In Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

NatPower and Tesla announced that they have entered into a multi-year supply and execution agreement covering more than 25 GWh of battery energy storage systems across European markets.

Energy Fuels To Acquire VAC For $1.9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Energy Fuels announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG, Ara VAC TopCo US LLC, and their respective consolidated subsidiaries from Ara Partners.

Superhuman To Acquire GPTZero

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Superhuman announced that it has agreed to acquire GPTZero, an AI content detection and authenticity platform.

Google Reportedly Developing AI Startup Incubator For Former Employees

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Google is reportedly developing an AI startup incubator focused on its alumni network of former employees, often referred to as Xooglers.

Menlo Ventures Raises $3 Billion To Back AI Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Menlo Ventures announced that it has raised $3 billion in new capital, marking the largest raise in the firm’s history.

Meta And EssilorLuxottica Launch Lower-Priced Meta Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Probook Raises $40 Million To Scale AI Operating System For Home Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2026

Probook announced that it has raised $40 million in funding to scale its AI operating system for home service businesses. The funding includes a $34 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz and a $6 million Seed round led by Sequoia Capital. Sequoia also participated in the Series A.