Profiles

Equal Parts: Interview With CEO And Co-Founder Mike Witte About Modernizing Independent Insurance With Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Equal Parts is building an operating platform for independent insurance agencies that combines acquisitions with purpose-built technology, automation, standardized workflows, and a unified data layer. The company’s model is designed to help acquired agencies improve performance while preserving the relationships and culture at the center of their businesses. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Equal Parts CEO and Co-Founder Mike Witte to learn more.

One iota: Interview With CEO Joe Till About Omnichannel Retail Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

One iota develops retail technology that connects digital and physical shopping experiences through endless aisle solutions, in-store applications, and tools that give store teams access to inventory across multiple locations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed One iota CEO Joe Till to learn more.

Starship: Interview With VP Of Hardware Engineering Chris Smith About Autonomous Delivery Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Starship designs and operates fleets of six-wheeled autonomous robots that deliver food, groceries, and other supplies across suburban neighborhoods, cities, and industrial sites. Its delivery system combines fleet orchestration, Level 4 autonomous robots, and logistics operations to automate last-mile delivery. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Starship VP of Hardware Engineering Chris Smith to learn more.

Checksum: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Gal Vered About Continuous Quality For AI-Generated Code

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Checksum is building a continuous quality platform designed to help companies safely ship software in an AI-driven world. Its products include the Continuous Quality Agent, API Testing Agent, and CI Guard, with a broader vision of providing quality assurance across the software development lifecycle as organizations move toward autonomous software delivery. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Checksum Co-Founder and CEO Gal Vered to learn more.

Iowa State University: Interview With Professor Dr. Zengyi Shao About The Continuous Taylor Vortex Fermentor-Extractor-Separator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 27, 2026

Iowa State University Professor Dr. Zengyi Shao leads research focused on engineering microbial species to convert low-cost feedstocks into value-added chemicals and bioproducts. In collaboration with Professor Dennis Vigil, a compact Continuous Taylor Vortex Fermentor-Extractor-Separator is being developed, which combines fermentation, product extraction, and centrifugal separation within a single system. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Iowa State University Professor Dr. Zengyi Shao to learn more.

Perseus Materials: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Daniel Lee About Large-Scale Composite Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Perseus Materials is developing a continuous composite manufacturing system that combines continuous fiber reinforcement with adaptable geometries and self-propagating chemistry. The technology is designed to manufacture large structural components without the massive ovens, molds, tooling, and autoclaves traditionally required for composite production. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Perseus Materials Co-Founder and CEO Daniel Lee to learn more.

Parsnipp: Interview With CEO And Co-Founder Andrew Higgins About Generative Engine Optimization And AI Search Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Parsnipp is an AI search marketing platform focused on helping brands manage how they appear and perform across AI-driven search and commerce experiences. Its products span Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), LLM advertising, and agentic commerce. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Parsnipp CEO and Co-Founder Andrew Higgins to learn more.

Avos: Interview With Founder And CEO Stef Roussos About Agentic AI News And Research Briefings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Avos is an agentic news and research platform built around personalized recurring briefings. The platform uses AI agents to research, filter, deduplicate, and synthesize information from across its source catalog into finite editions tailored to each reader's interests, sources, markets, tone, and schedule. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Avos Founder and CEO Stef Roussos to learn more.

Casca: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Lukas Haffer About Building an AI-Native Loan Origination Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Casca is an AI-native loan origination system designed for small business lending, automating up to 90% of the manual work involved in the loan process to help banks fund commercial loans significantly faster than industry averages. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Casca Co-Founder & CEO Lukas Haffer to learn more.

Abundia Global Impact: Interview With Founder And CEO Ed Gillespie About Waste-To-Value Renewable Energy Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Abundia Global Impact Group is a renewable energy company developing commercial-scale infrastructure that converts waste plastics and biomass into transportation-grade fuels and low-carbon chemical feedstocks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Abundia Global Impact Group Founder and CEO Ed Gillespie to learn more.

TitanX: Interview With Founder & CEO Joey Gilkey About The Sales Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

TitanX is a predictive sales intelligence platform that uses artificial intelligence to identify which prospects are most likely to answer cold calls, helping B2B sales teams drastically boost connect rates. Pulse 2.0 interviewed TitanX founder and CEO Joey Gilkey to learn more.

Faves: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Thomas Salas About Athlete Marketing And Brand Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Faves is an athlete marketing platform that enables athletes to monetize their audiences through shoppable storefronts while helping direct-to-consumer brands build and measure partnerships with elite performers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Faves co-founder and CEO Thomas Salas to learn more.

Vikk AI: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Walid Romaya About AI-Powered Legal Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Vikk AI is an AI-powered legal platform that helps consumers understand legal issues, work with legal documents, and determine when professional legal help may be appropriate. The company is also building a Lawyer Ad Center, Lawyer Directory, and Vikk Data Hub, which is intended to surface anonymized patterns across consumer legal interactions and provide earlier insight into emerging legal risks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Vikk AI Co-Founder and CEO Walid Romaya to learn more.

Aware: Interview With President And CEO Ajay K. Amlani About Biometric Identity Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 24, 2026

Aware develops biometric identity technology through the Awareness Platform, a modular orchestration engine designed to support authentication and identification across deployment environments while defending against spoofing, deepfakes, and injection attacks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aware President and CEO Ajay K. Amlani to learn more.

Authsnap: Interview With CEO And Founder Gretchen Heinen About AI-Powered Insurance Denial Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Authsnap is an AI-powered healthcare technology company focused on insurance denial management. The company combines AI-generated appeals with human clinical review to help healthcare organizations recover denied claims while reducing the time and clinical workload associated with the appeals process. Authsnap was co-founded by registered nurse Gretchen Heinen and Dr. Wael Khouli, MD, MBA. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Authsnap CEO and Founder Gretchen Heinen to learn more.

Ecolab: Interview With Global High-Tech Division Senior Vice President And General Manager Mukul Girotra About AI Data Center Cooling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Ecolab serves data center, semiconductor, and broader industrial technology customers with cooling fluids, monitoring technologies, analytical services, and programs designed to improve thermal efficiency. Its Global High-Tech portfolio includes 3D TRASAR Technology for Direct-to-Chip Liquid Cooling and Cooling-as-a-Service, while the addition of CoolIT Systems combines direct-to-chip cooling hardware with Ecolab's fluid chemistry, digital monitoring, and global service capabilities. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ecolab Senior Vice President & General Manager, Global High-Tech Division Mukul Girotra to learn more.

Sweep: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Ido Gaver About Making Salesforce And ServiceNow AI-Ready With An Agentic Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Sweep provides an agentic layer that helps organizations understand, change, and govern complex enterprise systems by continuously mapping metadata, dependencies, permissions, automations, and integrations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sweep Co-Founder and CEO Ido Gaver to learn more.

Shufti: Interview With CEO And Co-Founder Shahid Hanif About AI-Powered Identity Verification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

Shufti is an AI-powered identity verification provider headquartered in London that offers a full compliance lifecycle platform spanning onboarding, authentication, and ongoing monitoring. The company serves more than 2,000 businesses across 240+ countries and territories and provides 17+ products covering areas including KYC, KYB, AML screening, biometrics, document verification, transaction monitoring, and digital identity. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Shufti CEO and Co-Founder Shahid Hanif to learn more.

Sony: Interview With Chief Technology Fellow Hiroaki Kitano About The Sony Women In Technology Award With Nature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

The Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature recognizes early- to mid-career women researchers whose technological work can create a positive impact on society and the planet. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sony Group Corporation Chief Technology Fellow Hiroaki Kitano to learn more.

Liferay: Interview With Co-Founder And CMO Bryan Cheung About Digital Experience Platforms And AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2026

OBDeleven: Interview With CEO Dainius Sapežinskas About Making Professional Vehicle Technology Accessible To Drivers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2026

OBDeleven provides a vehicle diagnostics and connected car platform that combines compact hardware with a mobile application, enabling drivers to diagnose, maintain, and customize their vehicles. Its capabilities include professional diagnostics, maintenance functions, One-Click Apps, advanced coding, live vehicle data, AI-powered diagnostics, and trip analysis. Pulse 2.0 interviewed OBDeleven CEO Dainius Sapežinskas to learn more.

MEAVO: Interview With Co-Founder Todor Madzharov About Office Phone Booths And Flexible Workspaces

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2026

Aria Networks: Interview With Founder And CEO Mansour Karam About Deep Networking For AI Factories

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2026

Aria Networks is developing Deep Networking, an integrated hardware-and-software platform designed to turn the network into an active optimization layer for AI factories. The company combines purpose-built Ethernet switching, high-resolution telemetry, specialized AI agents, and embedded engineering support to improve accelerator utilization, performance, reliability, and AI infrastructure economics. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aria Networks Founder and CEO Mansour Karam to learn more.

QED Science: Interview With VP Of Product Guy Ronen About Validating Scientific Research With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 17, 2026

QED Science provides an AI validity engine that breaks manuscripts and grant proposals into individual claims, tests each against the published literature, and scores them for originality and validity. The company also publishes The 1%, a blind ranking of the strongest new preprints in life science. Pulse 2.0 interviewed QED Science VP of Product Guy Ronen to learn more.

Relatient: Interview With CEO Jeff Gartland About Intelligent Patient Access And AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Relatient provides intelligent patient scheduling and engagement technology designed to help healthcare organizations simplify scheduling, modernize patient experiences, and reduce manual burden across the patient access journey. The company supports over 150 million appointments each year and is expanding its platform across self-scheduling, voice AI, communication, automation, and other access workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Relatient CEO Jeff Gartland to learn more.

Lemurian Labs: Interview With Founder And CEO Jay Dawani About Hardware-Agnostic AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Lemurian Labs is building a hardware-agnostic, software-first AI infrastructure stack designed to allow AI workloads to run efficiently across CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, and accelerators from different vendors without hardware-specific rewrites. The company’s technology includes its Tachyon compiler and runtime, along with a proprietary logarithmic data type aimed at improving computational efficiency and memory usage. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Lemurian Labs Founder and CEO Jay Dawani to learn more.

Arteris: Interview With President And CEO K. Charles Janac About Semiconductor System IP And Network-On-Chip Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

Arteris provides semiconductor system IP and software that help companies design complex system-on-chip and multi-die architectures, including network-on-chip interconnect IP, automation software, cache IP, and functional safety and security technologies. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Arteris President and CEO K. Charles Janac to learn more.

Grotto AI: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Nick Deveau About AI Coaching For Multifamily Leasing Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2026

Grotto AI provides an AI coaching platform that helps multifamily leasing teams improve prospect interactions, personalize calls and tours, and identify the behaviors that drive conversion. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Grotto AI Co-Founder and CEO Nick Deveau to learn more.

Unthread: Interview With Founder Tom Bachant About Conversational Ticketing And AI-Powered Support Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2026

Unthread provides a conversational ticketing and support automation platform that turns messages from Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, Discord, and other channels into tickets while using AI to resolve requests and automate operational workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Unthread Founder Tom Bachant to learn more.

Dr. Z Functional Medicine Academy: Interview With Founder And CEO Dr. Brandy Zachary About Personalized Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2026

The Dr. Z Functional Medicine Academy is an integrated ecosystem of accredited functional medicine training, clinical decision-support technology, lab interpretation software, practice-building systems, live mentorship, and consumer tools. Pulse 2.0 interviewed The Dr. Z Functional Medicine Academy Founder and CEO Dr. Brandy Zachary to learn more.