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Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker '26: MaxQ Medical lands $31.5M; Happy Health buoyed by $75M round

Unitree builds AI-powered robots that rival Tesla's Optimus units. Unitree raised more than $900 million with its IPO. The post Chinese Robot Developer Unitree Soars 460% On Blockbuster IPO

Crusoe IPO looms after last funding round valued the AI data center developer at $10 billion. Reports suggest firm's valuation may triple. The post Is This The Next CoreWeave Or Nebius Group? A Crusoe IPO Looms

Nvidia stock touched $227 a share Monday on news it's pouring $1.5 billion into this AI data center and energy player. The post Nvidia Reportedly Infuses Cash Into Potential AI Infrastructure IPO. Here's Why

NVIDIA Leads $500 Billion Private Equity Investment in AI Infrastructure and Power Solutions

Carlyle, Francisco Partners, New Mountain and Serent are among the PE firms investing in revenue cycle management platforms. The post PE backs specialty-focused healthcare RCM services: 8 deals

TJC to launch a sale process for a dental services company active in eight states; the weekly update on companies coming to market, highlighting two exits involving Apax Partners and Baird Capital portfolio companies. The post TJC to bring ...

AI a catalyst for UK take-private flurry; Ridgeview signs latest deal with car dealership software biz Pinewood

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.

Pinewood.AI to go private in $742 million acquisition by Ridgeview Partners

Pinewood.AI acquisition recommended for approval

Fortinet stock has gained nearly 100% in 2026 amid artificial intelligence-related acquisitions aimed at building cloud platform. The post Fortinet, IBD Stock Of The Day, Steps Up AI Acquisitions To Build Cloud Platform

PayPal stock dipped as analysts mulled how Stripe's OpenRouter purchase could impact a possible takeover of the payments firm. The post Stripe Purchase Of AI Firm OpenRouter Unlikely To Derail PayPal Deal

Opinion: Nvidia’s $500B private equity AI funding deal isn’t a good sign

Tesla indicated it won't add more Model Y cars to its robotaxi service, instead opting to wait until the Cybercab's public release to grow its fleet, according to JPMorgan. The post Tesla 'Intentionally' Not Adding EVs To Robotaxi Fleet; Se...

What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of "the singularity" but it's really for a far more real and powerful reason.

Some AI stocks carry heavy debt. Shares of WhiteFiber plummeted 25% Wednesday after the company made a $270 million offering of convertible debt. The post These AI Companies Pile Up Massive Debt

Private equity’s AI gold rush comes at a cost

Private equity calls the AI de-rating overdone

'SaaSpocalypse' Risk From AI Reaches Beyond Private Equity

Cloud is (still) king: Private equity investments in the AI data center era

‘SaaSpocalypse’ Risk From AI Reaches Beyond Private Equity

Private equity's insurtech appetite has shifted from cloud to AI

Navatar Introduces Governed AI Framework for Private Equity

Garcia’s Take: Private Equity Leaders Dig Into AI

Ground control to private equity: has AI landed on the factory floor?