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2026-09-11

Deals & Exits

Regulatory pressures, AI opportunities draw PE to life sciences software: 8 deals

PE Hub · Sep 11, 2026 (Today)

Ardian, Bregal Sagemount, Riverside and Thoma Bravo are among the PE dealmakers targeting investments in the life sciences software market.

Insight Partners, Sixth Street’s Kiteworks acquires AI security firm Bonfy.AI

PE Hub · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Bonfy.AI is an AI data security company whose platform classifies and enforces policies on sensitive data in real time across email, file sharing and AI systems.

Slaughter and May’s private equity co-head on drive, deals and navigating AI - Legal Cheek

Legal Cheek · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Slaughter and May’s private equity co-head on drive, deals and navigating AI

AI Champs Nvidia, AMD Lead 17 Top Performers Onto IBD Best Stock Lists

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 08, 2026 (3 days ago)

See which stocks have just been added to – or removed from – IBD's stock lists, including the IBD 50, Sector Leaders, IBD Big Cap 20 and IPO Leaders.

Chime Financial Signals Breakout On Strong Guidance, Stride Takeover

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 08, 2026 (3 days ago)

Chime Financial jumped late Tuesday after raising guidance and announcing a key acquisition.

AI Stocks: OpenAI Declares The 'AGI Era' Is Here Amid IPO Fervor

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 08, 2026 (3 days ago)

AI stocks show diverging fortunes in Q3, with Nvidia, Snowflake and Palantir gaining momentum while AMD, Ciena and Google lag.

AI Strategy & Adoption

From AI pilots to private equity portfolio performance - kpmg.com

kpmg.com · Sep 08, 2026 (3 days ago)

From AI pilots to private equity portfolio performance

More AI x PE

SGC Energy Speeds Up AI Data Center Push With New Private Equity Fund - Seoul Economic Daily

Seoul Economic Daily · Sep 11, 2026 (Today)

SGC Energy Speeds Up AI Data Center Push With New Private Equity Fund

How IBD Uses AI

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

At Investor's Business Daily, we use artificial intelligence tools to help generate concise summaries for select pieces of our human-created content. This technology allows us to highlight key takeaways and... Read More

Inside Blackstone’s Bid to Rule Over AI Financing

The Information · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Inside Blackstone’s Bid to Rule Over AI Financing

Private Equity’s AI Binge Tests Investors’ Appetite for Risk - Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Private Equity’s AI Binge Tests Investors’ Appetite for Risk

Managers struggle with AI diligence due to pace of development - Private Equity International | PEI

Private Equity International | PEI · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Managers struggle with AI diligence due to pace of development

Blackstone targets liquid cooling with FCH; FFL scoops up office of the CFO biz Waylin Partners

PE Hub · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Blackstone agrees to acquire a provider of data center cooling services and components; FFL Partners completes investment in a provider of services focused on the office of the chief financial officer of private equity-backed companies; a c...

Carlyle, Insight Partners, and JMI Equity Unveil Exiger's Complete AI-Built Transformation - PR Newswire

PR Newswire · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Carlyle, Insight Partners, and JMI Equity Unveil Exiger's Complete AI-Built Transformation

Lyric AI catches eye of private equity buyer as potential valuation reaches $5B - HealthExec

HealthExec · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Lyric AI catches eye of private equity buyer as potential valuation reaches $5B

Private Equity Is Betting Big on AI. LPs Want More Than the Hype. - Benzinga

Benzinga · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Private Equity Is Betting Big on AI. LPs Want More Than the Hype.

Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop

TechCrunch AI · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Apple introduced Apple Reference Image to help users determine whether photos have been edited, including alterations made by AI.

Private Equity Investors Value Infrastructure Over AI Hype - connectmoney.com

connectmoney.com · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Private Equity Investors Value Infrastructure Over AI Hype

Alceon private equity bets on AI implementation biz Engage Squared - AFR

AFR · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Alceon private equity bets on AI implementation biz Engage Squared

Dow Jones Futures Fall As Oil Prices Push Stocks Toward Breaking Point; Apple iPhone Event Due

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 08, 2026 (3 days ago)

Stocks fell Tuesday as oil prices and Treasury yields rose, but AMD and HPE led AI plays flashing buy signals. An Apple iPhone event is on tap.

AI in Private Equity: Practical Use Cases, Case Studies, & Lessons Learned - Forvis Mazars US

Forvis Mazars US · Sep 08, 2026 (3 days ago)

AI in Private Equity: Practical Use Cases, Case Studies, & Lessons Learned

Zaigo Launches Engineering-Led AI Due Diligence for Private Equity Investors - markets.businessinsider.com

markets.businessinsider.com · Sep 08, 2026 (3 days ago)

Zaigo Launches Engineering-Led AI Due Diligence for Private Equity Investors

Mergermarket | Private equity firms widen AI power infrastructure bets - White & Case LLP

White & Case LLP · Sep 04, 2026 (7 days ago)

Mergermarket | Private equity firms widen AI power infrastructure bets

Fundraising & Capital

Silver Lake Merges Its Own Cegid and Silae Into an $11.6 Billion AI Bet - Startup Fortune

Startup Fortune · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

Silver Lake Merges Its Own Cegid and Silae Into an $11.6 Billion AI Bet

Elon Musk Raises $3 Billion For Tunneling Startup The Boring Company

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

The startup designs tunnel systems meant to help reduce traffic in urban areas.

Panda Express Cofounder Andrew Cherng Is A Stickler For Detail

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 10, 2026 (Yesterday)

As a kid born in China and raised in Taiwan, Andrew Cherng, cofounder of Panda Express, had few possessions.

Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening

TechCrunch AI · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Apple says its new watches won’t save raw audio, but features that can transcribe recent speech and summarize ambient conversations raise new questions about consent, privacy, and how people behave when they know they could always be record...

Chime Wins Price-Target Hikes On Stride Deal And Raised Guidance, But Shares Slash Early Gains

Investor's Business Daily · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Analysts lift targets on CHYM stock after Chime announces deal to purchase Stride Bank, hikes outlook. Shares soar but then slash gains.

Peter Thiel-Backed AI Startup Cognition Raises Funds at $48 Billion Valuation

WSJ · Sep 09, 2026 (2 days ago)

Peter Thiel-Backed AI Startup Cognition Raises Funds at $48 Billion Valuation

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