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NavigateAI: $25 Million Raised To Build AI Copilot For The Physical World

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

NavigateAI officially launched with $25 million in seed funding to build AI copilots for field workers, aiming to improve how physical spaces are built and maintained. The company was founded by former Eric Wu co-founder Eric Wu and is focused on helping reskill and upskill workers across the trillion-dollar trades economy.

OpenAI: Colin Fleming Joins As Chief Marketing Officer, Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Colin Fleming announced that he is joining OpenAI as Chief Marketing Officer, Business, following what he described as “the most meaningful chapter” of his career at ServiceNow.

Reimagine Care: Interview With Chief Growth Officer John Elliott About The At-Home Cancer Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Reimagine Care partners with health systems and oncology providers to deliver tech-enabled, at-home cancer care by combining an AI-powered virtual assistant with a 24/7 team of clinical experts. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Reimagine Care chief growth officer John Elliott to learn more.

Perceptic: $12 Million Raised For AI Operating System For Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Perceptic, an AI-first operating system for biopharma, officially emerged from stealth and announced $12 million in funding backed by investors including Accel, Air Street Capital, and Elder Gull, as reported by Fortune.

CERo Therapeutics: Interview With CEO Chris Ehrlich About The Immunotherapy Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

CERo Therapeutics is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing next-generation engineered T cell therapies (CER-T) that combine innate and adaptive immunity to enhance the body's ability to eliminate solid and hematological tumors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CERo Therapeutics CEO Chris Ehrlich to learn more.

TIFIN Australia: AI Wealth Platform Launches To Expand Financial Advisory Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

TIFIN.AI announced the launch of TIFIN Australia, marking a major step in the company’s international expansion strategy and its mission to use artificial intelligence to improve financial outcomes globally.

JFFVentures: Interview With Managing Partner Sabari Raja About The Leading Impact Venture Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

JFFVentures is an impact investment fund that provides early-stage capital to technology companies developing education, HR, and workforce solutions designed to improve economic mobility for low- and middle-wage workers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed JFFVentures Managing Partner Sabari Raja to learn more.

South Street Partners: Solé Miami Acquisition Expands South Florida Hospitality Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

South Street Partners, a private equity real estate investment and development firm headquartered in Charlotte and Charleston, announced the acquisition of Solé Miami, an oceanfront boutique resort located in Sunny Isles Beach. The acquisition expands South Street’s hospitality footprint in South Florida and strengthens its presence in high-growth coastal resort markets.

Carson Group Launches Estate Planning Capability

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Carson Group, a wealth advisory firm with more than $58 billion in assets under management, announced the launch of a new estate planning capability designed to help financial advisors strengthen client retention, build multi-generational relationships, and support long-term business growth during the ongoing generational wealth transfer.

JobGet Acquires RippleMatch To Expand Into Early-Career Recruiting

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

JobGet announced the acquisition of RippleMatch, an AI-powered early-career recruiting platform, as the company continues building a unified hiring ecosystem across hourly, frontline, and entry-level talent categories. The deal marks JobGet’s sixth acquisition and expands its strategy of consolidating the fragmented hiring technology market through AI-powered infrastructure.

Cognia: EL Education Merger Creates Unified School Improvement Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Cognia announced a merger with EL Education aimed at creating a more unified and coherent ecosystem for school improvement across K-12 education.

Apex Service Partners: Apollo Funds Makes Strategic Minority Investment In Residential Home Services Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Apex Service Partners, the nation’s largest residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services business, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, under which Apollo Funds will acquire a minority interest in Apex. Existing investor Alpine Investors is also making an additional investment in Apex to support the company’s continued growth. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Countable Labs Raises $26 Million To Accelerate Countable PCR Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Countable Labs announced it has raised $26 million in an oversubscribed financing round to accelerate clinical product development and global commercialization of its Countable PCR technology.

AirMDR: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Kumar Saurabh About The Managed Detection And Response Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

AirMDR is a company that provides an AI-powered Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service that uses autonomous virtual analysts to handle 80–90% of security operations center (SOC) tasks—such as triaging, investigating, and responding to threats—enabling 24/7, enterprise-grade cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AirMDR co-founder and CEO Kumar Saurabh to learn more.

CoreWeave: Unified Agentic AI Capabilities Enable Continuous Autonomous Improvement

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

CoreWeave announced the launch of unified agentic AI capabilities designed to help enterprises deploy AI agents directly into production and continuously improve them using real-world operational data. The new capabilities integrate serverless reinforcement learning, production inference, observability, and autonomous optimization into a closed-loop system designed to improve reliability and reduce the operational burden of scaling enterprise AI agents.

Living Security: Interview With Founder & CEO Ashley Rose About The Human Risk Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Living Security is a Human Risk Management (HRM) platform that reduces cybersecurity threats by analyzing workforce behavioral data, conducting tailored, engaging training, and providing actionable, AI-driven insights to proactively mitigate risk. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Living Security founder and CEO Ashley Rose to learn more.

Fertitta Entertainment: $17.6 Billion Caesars Entertainment Acquisition Deal Announced

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Fertitta Entertainment announced a definitive agreement to acquire Caesars Entertainment in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $17.6 billion, including the assumption of about $11.9 billion in Caesars’ outstanding debt.

Altruix: WindRose Health Investors Completes Sale To Frazier Healthcare Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

WindRose Health Investors announced it has completed the sale of Altruix to Frazier Healthcare Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Matternet: $33 Million Raised As Drone Delivery Platform Goes Public

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Matternet, an autonomous aerial logistics technology company and the only FAA Type-Certified drone delivery platform, announced that it raised approximately $33 million through an oversubscribed private placement offering while completing a go-public reverse merger transaction with Los Altos Ventures Corp., which has been renamed Matternet, Inc.

Payslip: Growth Financing Secured To Scale AI-Powered Global Payroll Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Payslip announced that it has secured new growth financing to support international expansion and continued investment in its AI-powered payroll platform.

DigitalBridge: Up To $1.05 Billion ArcLight Acquisition Creates Power And AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

DigitalBridge announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ArcLight Capital Partners for a total transaction value of up to $1.05 billion, including a base purchase price of $650 million and up to $400 million in contingent consideration. The transaction brings together two specialist infrastructure investment platforms with combined assets representing more than $150 billion, positioning the combined business at the convergence of power, AI, and digital infrastructure.

Carlyle: Dedicated Middle-Market Platform Launched For Aerospace, Defense, Government, And Industrials

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Carlyle announced the expansion of its Aerospace, Defense & Government and Industrial investment capabilities through a dedicated middle-market platform focused on opportunities across the United States and Europe.

Robinhood Launches Agentic Trading And AI Credit Card

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Robinhood announced the launch of Agentic Trading and the Agentic Credit Card, introducing AI-powered tools that allow customers to connect third-party AI agents directly to the company’s platform for autonomous trading and spending. The launch marks Robinhood’s expansion into what it describes as “agentic finance,” enabling customers to automate investing strategies and credit card purchases while maintaining oversight through built-in safety controls.

Walmart: Supply Chain Enhancement Program Aims To Improve Inventory Flow And Lower Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Walmart announced a new supply chain initiative called Prepaid Consolidation, designed to move products to shelves faster while improving operational efficiency and reducing costs across its logistics network.

Oklo: DOE Selects Company For Advanced Negotiations Under Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Oklo announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for advanced negotiations under the Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program, a federal initiative designed to make designated surplus plutonium material available to industry participants for conversion into fuel for advanced nuclear reactors.

Logitech: Signature Comfort Plus Lineup Launches With Cushioned Palm Support And Multi-Device Features

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Logitech announced the launch of its Signature Comfort Plus lineup, a new addition to the company’s Signature Series designed to improve comfort and productivity during long desk sessions. The new lineup includes the Signature Comfort Plus M850 L mouse with cushioned palm support, the MK880 Signature Comfort Plus keyboard and mouse combo, and the M840 L mouse variant without the palm cushion.

TeraWulf: 1+ GW Eastern Kentucky HPC Campus Acquisition Expands AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

TeraWulf announced the acquisition of a hyperscale high-performance computing development site in Eastern Kentucky known as the Muskie Data Campus, significantly expanding the company’s portfolio of large-scale AI and HPC infrastructure assets.

VEON’s Kyivstar: $80.8 Million Acquisition Expands Renewable Energy Portfolio With Six Solar Power Plants

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

VEON announced that VEON subsidiary Kyivstar completed the acquisition of six solar power plants in the Lviv region of Ukraine with a combined installed capacity of 105 megawatts (MW) for a total consideration of $80.8 million, or UAH 3.6 billion.

Snowflake: $6 Billion AWS Commitment And Natoma Acquisition Advance Secure Enterprise Agentic AI Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Snowflake announced a major expansion of its collaboration with Amazon Web Services alongside plans to acquire Natoma, moves designed to accelerate enterprise adoption of generative and agentic AI while strengthening governance and security across AI-powered workflows.

JVP Announces Strong Q1 2026 Marked By Four Strategic Exits Across Cybersecurity And Vertical AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

JVP announced a strong first quarter for 2026, highlighted by four major portfolio company exits spanning cybersecurity and vertical AI. The international venture capital firm said the transactions demonstrate its long-term investment strategy and continued ability to scale category-leading companies across Israel, the U.S., and Europe.