Industrial Bulletin

2026-08-18 16:00 UTC — 9 RSS feeds — safety active — updates every 4h

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GLOBAL

Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation in 2021

— Brock E.W. Turner / Axios : Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation...

[Brock E.W. Turner/Axios]

NORTH AMERICA

Cotality recognized in Insurance Business's Global 5-Star Technology and Software Providers 2026

— Cotality recognized in Insurance Business's Global 5-Star Technology and Software Providers 2026 businesswire.com

[businesswire.com]

NORTH AMERICA

Palona, which uses AI agents to automate real-time workflows in brick-and-mortar businesses, raised a $20M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2025

— Palona, which uses AI agents to automate real-time workflows in brick-and-mortar businesses, raised a $20M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2025 — Artificial intelligence star...

[Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE]

GLOBAL

Google quietly rolled out a new program to let verified political campaigns more easily bypass Gmail's spam filter, after years of complaints from the GOP

— Shane Goldmacher / New York Times : Google quietly rolled out a new program to let verified political campaigns more easily bypass Gmail's spam filter, after years of complaints...

[Shane Goldmacher/New York Times]

GLOBAL

Velaura AI, which is developing low-power chips for data centers and physical AI applications, like robotics, raised a $110M Series A at a $1B+ valuation

— Velaura AI, which is developing low-power chips for data centers and physical AI applications, like robotics, raised a $110M Series A at a $1B+ valuation — Velaura AI was valued...

[Prathik Jayaprakash/Reuters]

NORTH AMERICA

As sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to establish rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws

— As sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to establish rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws — As sweeping U.S...

[Hannah Lang/Reuters]

EUROPE

Q&A with Proton CEO Andy Yen on Proton's story, dislodging "a hundred million people" from Google, AI backlash, privacy, US politics, EU Chat Control, and more

— Q&A with Proton CEO Andy Yen on Proton's story, dislodging "a hundred million people" from Google, AI backlash, privacy, US politics, EU Chat Control, and more — Proton's CEO is...

[Andy Greenberg/Wired]

GLOBAL

Klarna says CFO Niclas Neglén and CMO David Sandström plan to step down in early 2027, and lowers its full-year GMV guidance; KLAR falls 20%+

— Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal : Klarna says CFO Niclas Negl n and CMO David Sandstr m plan to step down in early 2027, and lowers its full-year GMV guidance; KLAR falls 20%+...

[Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal]

NORTH AMERICA

How a bipartisan coalition of US states fought to present a united case against Meta; District Judge Rogers adopted a hybrid structure for the multiweek trial

— Diana Novak Jones / Reuters : How a bipartisan coalition of US states fought to present a united case against Meta; District Judge Rogers adopted a hybrid structure for the mult...

[Diana Novak Jones/Reuters]

NORTH AMERICA

Dutch company Fairphone launches its $650 flagship repairable Fairphone (Gen. 6+) in the US and plans to keep launching new phone generations every two years

— Dutch company Fairphone launches its $650 flagship repairable Fairphone (Gen. 6+) in the US and plans to keep launching new phone generations every two years — More than a decad...

[Julian Chokkattu/Wired]