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Anthropic: Claude For Small Business Launches To Help SMBs Adopt AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Anthropic announced “Claude for Small Business,” a new offering designed to bring its AI assistant directly into the software platforms commonly used by small businesses. The package includes integrations, prebuilt workflows, reusable AI “skills,” and training programs aimed at helping smaller companies automate operational tasks without needing dedicated AI teams.

Instagram Introduces Instants, A New Ephemeral Photo Sharing Feature For Close Friends

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Instagram has launched Instants, a new feature that lets users share photos in real time with their Close Friends or mutual followers. The feature emphasizes spontaneous and authentic sharing by allowing users to capture and send photos that disappear after they are viewed or after 24 hours.

Boomi To Buy Lunar.dev To Strengthen Governed Enterprise AI Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Boomi announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Lunar.dev, a company focused on AI and MCP gateway technology, as the company looks to expand governance, observability, and scalability capabilities for enterprise AI deployments.

A&B Business Solutions: Strategic Partnership Formed With Technology Company JD Young Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

A&B Business Solutions announced a strategic partnership with JD Young Technologies, bringing together two family-owned businesses focused on long-term growth, customer service, and maintaining a strong local presence.

ABL Group To Buy SynergenOG

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

ABL Group announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in SynergenOG, expanding the company’s specialist capabilities in process safety and technical risk management while strengthening its end-to-end technical offering to the energy sector.

BMG: Acquisition Of Jet’s Publishing Interests Expands Long-Term Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

BMG announced it has acquired publishing interests in the catalog of Australian rock band Jet, expanding the company’s long-standing relationship following BMG’s acquisition of the band’s recording catalog in 2023. The deal includes the publishing interests of three of Jet’s four original members: Nic Cester, Cam Muncey, and Mark Wilson.

Talica: Acquisition Of Sieber Industrial Expands High-Purity Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Talica announced the acquisition of Sieber Industrial, a provider of specialty high-purity fabrication, ASME code repairs, surface treatments, and field services supporting biotech, pharmaceutical, data center, and other highly regulated and mission-critical markets.

Sazerac: Equity Stake Acquired In Ready-To-Drink Cocktail Brand SIPMARGS

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Sazerac announced it has acquired an equity stake in SIPMARGS while also entering into an exclusive distribution relationship with the company as it looks to expand the brand nationally.

SCHURTER Acquires Majority Stake In Biaodi To Expand High-Voltage Circuit Protection Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

SCHURTER announced the successful completion of its acquisition of a majority stake in Biaodi, a China-based company known for developing high-voltage circuit protection solutions for electric vehicles and new energy applications.

BTU Metals: Expansion Near Great Bear Dixie Project Adds New Red Lake Gold Exploration Property

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

BTU Metals announced that it has signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Dixie East Block 2 property located approximately 30 kilometers east of the Great Bear Dixie Project in the Red Lake mining district of Ontario.

Fractile: $220 Million Raised To Build Next-Generation AI Inference Hardware

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Fractile announced it has raised $220 million to accelerate the development of a new generation of inference hardware designed to dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of frontier AI systems.

Recursive: $650 Million Raised At $4.65 Billion Valuation For Self-Improving AI Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Recursive, a new artificial intelligence research company founded by former leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, Salesforce AI, and Uber AI, announced it is emerging from stealth with a mission to develop self-improving AI systems capable of conducting experiments to safely improve themselves through automated scientific discovery.

National Wealth Fund: £25 Million Invested In Rowden To Scale Sovereign Defence Technology And Create 500 Jobs

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

The National Wealth Fund announced a £25 million investment in Rowden, marking the fund’s first direct investment supporting defense, national security, and resilience. The financing will support the expansion of the company’s manufacturing footprint, fund two new sites in the Southwest and West Midlands, and accelerate exports of UK-developed sensing and information systems.

UroMems: $60 Million Raised For Smart Implant Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

UroMems announced a $60 million strategic investment from Ajax Health to continue funding pivotal clinical trials and commercial launch preparation for the UroActive System, the company’s smart automated implant designed to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Waterdrop: €100 Million Raised For Global Hydration Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

waterdrop announced it has closed a funding round exceeding €100 million, marking the largest capital raise in the company’s history as it accelerates global expansion and product innovation initiatives. The round includes investments from Aspeya, Atlantic Grupa, and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who joins the company as both an investor and brand ambassador. Existing shareholders, including Temasek, Döhler, and Bitburger, also continue backing the business.

Assertio Holdings To Be Acquired For $166.4 Million In Deal With Zydus

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Assertio Holdings announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Zydus Worldwide DMCC, a subsidiary of Zydus Lifesciences, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $166.4 million.

OrganaBio Acquires Excellos Operating Assets To Build Coast-To-Coast Cell Therapy Manufacturing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

OrganaBio announced that it has acquired all of Excellos' operating assets, establishing a bicoastal cell therapy contract testing, development, and manufacturing organization.

IKS Health: Acquisition Of ARAI Solutions Expands AI Infrastructure And Clinical Reasoning Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

IKS Health announced the acquisition of ARAI Solutions as the company looks to accelerate development of its full agentic AI technology stack and strengthen its healthcare-focused artificial intelligence capabilities.

Broadridge Deploys Agentic AI Across Capital Markets And Wealth Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Broadridge Financial Solutions announced that its agentic AI capabilities are now live in production across capital markets and wealth management workflows, enabling financial institutions to automate operational analysis, prioritization, and exception resolution at an institutional scale.

Inverness Graham: $400 Million Fifth Flagship Buyout Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Inverness Graham announced the final closing of Inverness Graham Investments V at $400 million, expanding the firm’s lower middle market buyout platform and bringing total assets under management to more than $1.8 billion.

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network Welcomes Twin Harbors Private Wealth On Long Island

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network announced the addition of two advisor teams on Long Island that have joined from Merrill Lynch to form Twin Harbors Private Wealth.

Raymond James Onboards $515 Million Kansas City-Based Advisor Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Raymond James Financial announced that financial advisors Peter Braun and K.C. Hosey have joined First Investments & Planning at FNBO through the company’s Financial Institutions Division (FID). The advisors will provide investment and wealth management services through Raymond James Financial Services.

Southwest Automated Security Acquires Gates and Controls

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Southwest Automated Security announced the acquisition of Gates and Controls, combining two distributors focused on gate operators, access control systems, hardware, and video surveillance products. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

World Travel Holdings: Strategic Investment Completed With Citation Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

World Travel Holdings announced the completion of a strategic investment from Citation Capital as the travel distribution company looks to continue scaling its technology-enabled cruise and leisure travel platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Outmarket AI: $17 Million Series A Raised To Power The Intelligence Era Of Insurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Outmarket AI, an AI platform purpose-built for the insurance industry, announced it has raised $17 million in Series A funding led by Permanent Capital Ventures, with participation from SignalFire, Fika Ventures, TTV Capital, and Dash Fund. The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to $21.7 million.

IVP Names Shravan Narayen General Partner As Firm Expands AI Focus

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

IVP announced the promotion of Shravan Narayen to General Partner as the firm continues expanding its focus on backing product-driven technology companies shaping the AI era.

Rev1 Ventures: Startup Ecosystem Generated $718 Million Economic Impact In 2025

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Rev1 Ventures announced that founders supported through its venture studio platform generated $718 million in total economic impact during 2025 despite a difficult venture capital environment for early-stage startups. The organization said the results reflect continued resilience and growth across Central Ohio’s startup ecosystem amid broader national funding challenges.

9amHealth: $26 Million Series B Raised To Expand Virtual Specialty Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

9amHealth announced a $26 million Series B financing round led by Define Ventures, with participation from SemperVirens VC, Catalio Capital Management, and NewHealth Ventures. The company said the funding will support expansion of its AI-enabled virtual specialty care platform beyond cardiometabolic care into additional chronic conditions that collectively account for up to 70% of employer pharmacy spending.

Solaris Energy Infrastructure Completes Nearly $2 Billion Financing And Expands Long-Term Power Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

Solaris Energy Infrastructure announced the completion of nearly $2 billion in financing transactions to support the company’s continued growth in power generation and infrastructure projects. The company also disclosed an expansion of an existing long-term power contract, increasing the scale and scope of the project.

White Oak Commercial Finance Provides $25 Million Asset-Based Lending Facility To Rango

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2026

White Oak Commercial Finance announced it has provided a $25 million senior secured asset-based lending facility to Rango, Inc., a national mining services provider headquartered in Mesa, Arizona.