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A daily digest of news at the intersection of artificial intelligence and private equity: AI-driven fundraising, deals and exits, turnarounds, and how AI is reshaping sponsor strategy across independent sponsors and traditional firms.

Top Story: PE backs patient engagement tech: 5 deals

Clearlake Capital, Marlin Equity Partners and New Mountain Capital are among the PE firms investing in patient engagement software.

PE backs patient engagement tech: 5 deals

https://www.pehub.com/pe-backs-patient-engagement-tech-5-deals/

Clearlake Capital, Marlin Equity Partners and New Mountain Capital are among the PE firms investing in patient engagement software.

2026-08-28

Deals & Exits

Agentic commerce, AI-driven fraud shake up financial services dealmaking

PE Hub · Aug 28, 2026 (Today)

Earlier this week, Accel-KKR-backed Basware signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair, in a deal pairing Basware’s invoice lifecycle management platform with Trustpair’s payment fraud prevention technology.

Boeing Lands $131 Bil F-15 Fighter Jet Contract, Analyst Lifts Booz Allen Targets

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 25, 2026 (3 days ago)

Boeing wins $131 bil F-15 fighter jet contract. Parsons, General Dynamics win DOD awards. William Blair lifts Booz Allen targets on acquisition.

Salesforce Faces An Earnings Test As AI Agents Reshape Its Business

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 25, 2026 (3 days ago)

Salesforce stock approaches Q2 earnings with investors watching Agentforce traction, contract renewals, acquisitions and management changes.

AI Strategy & Adoption

Private Equity's AI Bet: The End Of Departments

Forbes · Aug 26, 2026 (2 days ago)

Private Equity's AI Bet: The End Of Departments

Bitcoin Surges On Treasury Game-Changer; Strategy Raises $2 Bil

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 24, 2026 (4 days ago)

Treasury's move to tame the bond market is also taming crypto short-sellers.

PE firms deploy AI teams to transform portfolio companies - Private Equity Wire

Private Equity Wire · Aug 24, 2026 (4 days ago)

PE firms deploy AI teams to transform portfolio companies

Private Equity Groups Begin Placing AI Experts in Portfolio Companies - PYMNTS.com

PYMNTS.com · Aug 24, 2026 (4 days ago)

Private Equity Groups Begin Placing AI Experts in Portfolio Companies

More AI x PE

Owner Raises $240M Led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives to Build the AI-Native Platform for Every Local Business - PR Newswire

PR Newswire · Aug 28, 2026 (Today)

Owner Raises $240M Led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives to Build the AI-Native Platform for Every Local Business

PayPal Dives As Advent-Stripe Group Said To Drop Pursuit Of Payments Giant

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 28, 2026 (Today)

PayPal stock dived overnight after the Advent-Stripe consortium reportedly dropped their pursuit of the digital payments giant.

Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more

TechCrunch AI · Aug 27, 2026 (Yesterday)

The updates indicate that Google is looking to position AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process.

Midmarket Firm GenNx360 Raises $865 Million Fund for AI-Fueled Transformation

WSJ · Aug 27, 2026 (Yesterday)

Exclusive | Midmarket Firm GenNx360 Raises $865 Million Fund for AI-Fueled Transformation

AI adaptation, increased spending drive private equity to target tourism, leisure and travel - pehub.com

pehub.com · Aug 27, 2026 (Yesterday)

AI adaptation, increased spending drive private equity to target tourism, leisure and travel

Ex-Meta scientists want to bring visual AI to the factory floor

TechCrunch AI · Aug 26, 2026 (2 days ago)

Perceptron offers an AI model that it says can help machines navigate the world while also providing in-depth visual intelligence.

Does OpenAI Face A Netscape Moment? How That Could Boost Google Stock.

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 26, 2026 (2 days ago)

Google stock is under pressure amid fierce AI model competition but one industry veteran predicts rival OpenAI will falter.

AI Agent Startup Liner Raises USD 38M in Series C Funding - Wowtale

TNW · Aug 25, 2026 (3 days ago)

AI Agent Startup Liner Raises USD 38M in Series C Funding

Private Equity Is Circling Utilities as AI Reshapes the Grid

Yahoo Finance · Aug 23, 2026 (5 days ago)

Private Equity Is Circling Utilities as AI Reshapes the Grid

Private Equity Is Deploying an Army of AI Wonks to Embed in the Firms They Back

WSJ · Aug 21, 2026 (7 days ago)

Private Equity Is Deploying an Army of AI Wonks to Embed in the Firms They Back

Private equity’s AI gold rush comes at a cost - Private Equity Stakeholder Project PESP

Private Equity Stakeholder Project PESP · Aug 15, 2026 (13 days ago)

Private equity’s AI gold rush comes at a cost

Fundraising & Capital

Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker '26: Arintra lands $25M; Happy Health buoyed by $75M round - Fierce Healthcare

Fierce Healthcare · Aug 28, 2026 (Today)

Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker '26: Arintra lands $25M; Happy Health buoyed by $75M round

SK set to sell 49% of AI data center to KKR, Korean PE consortium for $2.2 billion - KED Global

KED Global · Aug 27, 2026 (Yesterday)

SK set to sell 49% of AI data center to KKR, Korean PE consortium for $2.2 billion

Nvidia Stock Breaks Out On Bullish Quarterly Report, Outlook

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 27, 2026 (Yesterday)

Nvidia stock jumped after the AI chipmaker delivered a beat-and-raise earnings report and gave an upbeat forecast for next year.

Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition

TechCrunch AI · Aug 27, 2026 (Yesterday)

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that would let Nvidia both protect its chip empire and jump back into the cloud business.

Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation

TechCrunch AI · Aug 27, 2026 (Yesterday)

The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.

Vanguard Takes On Fidelity, Charles Schwab With $4 Billion Altruist Deal

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 26, 2026 (2 days ago)

Vanguard bolsters its wealth custody, advisory offerings with a reported $4 billion acquisition for AI-forward platform Altruist.

Nvidia Rallies On Major Amazon Contract, Fiscal Q2 Beat-And-Raise Report

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 26, 2026 (2 days ago)

Nvidia beat expectations for its fiscal Q2 and with its sales outlook. Nvidia stock rose after wavering after the report.

Teradyne, Lumentum Back On Analysts' Earnings Radar, With Two More Stocks On Watch

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 24, 2026 (4 days ago)

Teradyne stock is in a base with a buy point of 487.91 as analysts raise their annual profit estimates. Figs and two more stocks are on watch.

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

Microgrid Knowledge · Aug 17, 2026 (11 days ago)

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

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