Profiles

OpenWorld: Interview With Co-Founder and CEO Matthew Shaw About Web3, Tokenization, And Digital Asset Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:55 PM

OpenWorld is a technology-powered digital assets and blockchain innovation company operating at the intersection of institutional capital markets, enterprise blockchain infrastructure, and RWA tokenization. Its mission is to enable the creation and deployment of next generation financial products powered by blockchain technology. Pulse 2.0 interviewed OpenWorld co-founder and CEO Matthew Shaw to learn more.

Rhino.fi: Interview With Founder Will Harborne About Enterprise Stablecoin Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:18 PM

Rhino.fi provides a stablecoin activation stack that helps fintechs, payment processors, neobanks, and other businesses accept and use stablecoins without building the underlying infrastructure themselves. Its technology supports deposits, chain and asset abstraction, cross-chain movement, settlement flows, liquidity access, and the operational infrastructure needed to make stablecoin payments work in practice. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Rhino.fi Founder Will Harborne to learn more.

Brian Harrell: Interview About Physical Security Risk, Critical Infrastructure, And Threat Detection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:16 AM

Brian Harrell is a security and critical infrastructure expert with more than two decades of experience spanning the U.S. Marine Corps, law enforcement, cybersecurity, physical security, and federal government leadership. He previously served as the sixth Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and as the first Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security at CISA, where he helped lead efforts to protect sectors including energy, water, financial services, communications, and transportation. Today, Harrell advises organizations on preparedness, risk reduction, and response to physical and cyber threats, including through his roles on the Advisory Board of Shooter Detection Systems and the Security Industry Association’s Board of Directors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Brian Harrell to learn more about physical security risk, critical infrastructure protection, security convergence, and real-time threat detection. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Brian Harrell to learn more.

Loora Raises $22 Million: Interview With Co-Founder Roy Mor About AI-Powered English Learning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:30 AM

Loora is an AI-powered English learning platform that gives users a personal AI tutor for one-on-one conversations, personalized feedback, and practice centered on real-life situations and individual interests. Alongside its consumer app, Loora offers a B2B product for corporations, governments, and universities. The company has taught more than 15 million learners and supported more than 250 million interactions since launching. Today, Loora also raised $22 million in Series B funding, led by Union Tech Ventures, bringing funding to $43.25 million as it increases access to effective English fluency training. vgames also participated in the round alongside existing investors Emerge, Hearst Ventures, and QP Ventures. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Loora Co-Founder Roy Mor to learn more.

Talkdesk: Interview With SVP, Global Head Of People Shauna Geraghty About AI, HR And IT Convergence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:00 AM

At Talkdesk, AI is increasingly bringing people strategy, enterprise technology, organizational design and business transformation together. As the company pursues an AI-first transformation, its approach includes rethinking workforce planning, employee development, technology adoption, and how human and AI capabilities can work together. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Talkdesk SVP, Global Head of People Dr. Shauna Geraghty to learn more.