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Why Schneider Electric Is Acquiring Cognite For $3.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Schneider Electric announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Cognite Holding in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion. Cognite is a provider of industrial data and AI software.

Anthropic Launches Claude Science AI Workbench For Scientists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Anthropic announced Claude Science, an AI workbench designed for scientists. Claude Science is an app that integrates common research tools and packages, produces auditable artifacts, and provides flexible access to computing resources.

Why Commerce Bank Is Acquiring Nolan & Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Commerce Bank announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Nolan & Associates, a St. Louis-based boutique investment banking firm focused on middle-market clients. The acquisition will expand Commerce Bank’s ability to support business owners, private equity firms, and corporations through key stages of their business lifecycle.

SilverCape Proposes Acquiring PetMed Express For $3 Per Share In Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

SilverCape Investments announced it has released an open letter to the board of directors of PetMed Express calling on the company to engage on a revised proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of PetMed for $3 per share in cash.

HP Launches Strategic Partnership With OpenAI To Advance Customer Experiences And Internal Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

HP announced it has launched a strategic partnership with OpenAI to integrate OpenAI’s Frontier platform into HP’s global transformation initiatives.

National New Markets Fund Invests $20 Million In American Cast Iron Pipe Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

National New Markets Fund, an affiliate of SDS Capital Group, announced it has invested $20 million in New Markets Tax Credits to support furnace modernization at the American Cast Iron Pipe Company manufacturing plant in Birmingham, Alabama.

Scale Law Firm AI Appoints Tima Mousavi To Lead AI Education And Training For Lawyers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Scale Law Firm AI announced it has appointed Tima Mousavi as AI Education and Training Specialist. Mousavi will lead AI training programs for law firms across the United States and Canada.

Veeam Appoints Mika Yamamoto As Chief Marketing And Customer AI Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Veeam Software announced it has appointed Mika Yamamoto as Chief Marketing and Customer AI Officer. Yamamoto will lead the company’s global marketing organization and oversee its customer AI framework.

Google NotebookLM Rolls Out Short Video Overviews

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Google NotebookLM is now rolling out Short Video Overviews, a new video format designed to give users a faster way to understand the sources they are working with.

Marley Health Launches To Build Clinical Intelligence Platform For Proactive Pet Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Marley Health announced its launch as a clinical intelligence company applying human healthcare science to pet health.

SAS Orders 18 Airbus A330neo Aircraft To Accelerate Fleet Modernization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Airbus announced that Scandinavian carrier SAS has placed a firm order for 18 Airbus A330-900 aircraft as part of its ongoing fleet renewal strategy.

Matt LaPorta Joins Dynasty Financial Partners As Executive-In-Residence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Dynasty Financial Partners announced that former Major League Baseball player Matthew LaPorta has joined the firm as its newest Executive-in-Residence.

Balefire Wealth Names David Serposs Senior Corporate Solutions Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Balefire Wealth announced that David Serposs, AIF, has joined the firm as Senior Corporate Solutions Advisor.

Caprock Names Jennifer A. Ayer Managing Director Of Purpose-Driven Wealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Caprock announced it has named Jennifer A. Ayer as Managing Director of Purpose-Driven Wealth, a newly created role focused on helping families align their capital with their values, priorities, and legacy.

Willow Wealth Names Larry Greenberg As President

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Willow Wealth announced that Larry Greenberg has been named President, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Mitchell Caplan.

Giannis Antetokounmpo Joins Superpower As Global Brand Ambassador

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Superpower announced that Giannis Antetokounmpo has joined the company as a brand investor and its first Global Brand Ambassador.

Higharc Raises $95 Million To Scale AI For Homebuilding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Higharc announced it has raised $95 million in Series C funding to scale its AI platform for the homebuilding industry. The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Wellington Management and existing investors including Fifth Wall, Spark Capital, Lux Capital, SE Ventures, Simpson Strong-Tie, PSP Partners, RXR Arden Digital Ventures, Suffolk Technologies, Vertex Ventures, NC Tweener Fund, and MetaProp. The funding brings Higharc’s total funding to more than $170 million.

Paul Weiss Adds Leading Delaware Litigator Blake Rohrbacher

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison announced that Blake Rohrbacher will join the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, based in Wilmington.

Raya Power: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Meghan Wood About The Solar-Plus-Battery Pods Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Southworks: Interview With CTO Johnny Halife About The Development On Demand Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Southworks is the provider of the "Development on Demand" software engineering model, designed to help companies move faster, innovate smarter, and scale with confidence by combining 25 years of human judgment with state-of-the-art AI to build and deliver software at a speed and precision traditional teams can’t match. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Southworks CTO Johnny Halife to learn more.

JUPUS Raises €13 Million To Expand Legal AI For Law Firms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

JUPUS announced it has completed a €13 million Series A funding round to expand its legal AI platform for small and medium-sized law firms.

Revora Raises $2 Million To Build AI Agents For E-Commerce Merchants

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Revora, formerly known as MyAlice, announced it has raised $2 million in funding to help e-commerce merchants improve customer engagement through AI agents.

GrailPay Raises $10.5 Million To Scale Risk Decisioning Infrastructure For Instant And Agentic Payments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

GrailPay announced it has raised $10.5 million in Series A funding to expand its risk decisioning infrastructure for instant payments and agentic commerce. The round was led by MissionOG, with participation from EJF Ventures, Counterpart Ventures, Construct Capital, Commerce Ventures, and SSC Venture Partners. The new funding brings GrailPay’s total funding raised to $17.2 million.

Jarvie AI Raises $8.3 Million To Bring AI Agents To Group Chats

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Jarvie AI announced it has raised $8.3 million in seed funding to bring AI agents to everyday consumers. The funding round included Andreessen Horowitz, Base10 Partners, and Lightspeed.

CVC To Invest In Clevertech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

The Reggiani Family and CVC Capital Partners announced they have agreed to make a strategic investment in Clevertech, an Italian industrial automation solutions company.

Paul Hastings Adds Executive Compensation Partner Sasha Belinkie In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Paul Hastings announced that Sasha Belinkie has joined the firm as a partner in New York, further strengthening its executive compensation, employee benefits and ERISA practice, as well as its broader public company M&A and corporate platform.

Jimini Health: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Luis Voloch About The Mental Health Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

Jimini Health provides a clinician-led mental health platform that augments traditional therapy with a clinical-grade, AI-powered assistant named Sage. Sage offers patients continuous, between-session support, such as coping skills practice and mood tracking, while ensuring that all interactions are strictly supervised by licensed human therapists. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Jimini Health co-founder and CEO Luis Voloch to learn more.

Premier Lacrosse League Raises $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2026

The Premier Lacrosse League announced that it has closed a $100 million Series E financing round. The round was led by Ares and Joe Tsai and represents the largest capital raise in the history of professional lacrosse. The financing also includes a subsequent minority equity investment from ESPN. Additional investors include actor, writer, and producer Glen Powell; Wrexham A.F.C. co-chairman, actor, and producer Rob Mac; country music singer and songwriter Warren Zeiders; and actor Tony Cavalero.

Saviynt: Interview With Chief Product & Strategy Officer Jeff Margolies About The Identity And Access Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Saviynt provides an AI-powered identity and access governance platform that manages and secures digital access for human, non-human, and AI agent identities across an organization's applications, data, and infrastructure. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Saviynt’s Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Jeff Margolies, to learn more.

Vena Energy Secures A$1.4 Billion In Green Financing For Australian Solar And Battery Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Vena Energy announced that it has secured about A$1.4 billion in green financing facilities to support solar and battery energy storage system assets across Australia.