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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Discovered Materials, a company building AI agents that discover and accelerate the adoption of new materials for semiconductor chips, announces a $9M seed round. They also released hundreds of new materials discovered by frontier AI models, along with Material Discovery Bench - the first benchmark for agentic materials discovery on real-world semiconductor chip problems. The round is led by Lightspeed India Partners, with participation from Y Combinator a...

WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Onto Innovation completes strategic investment in Rigaku, strengthening collaboration on next-generation X-ray process control....

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLSE), a company leveraging its novel and proprietary Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation™ (nano-PFA or nsPFA™) technology, today announced business updates and financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. Recent Business Highlights Cash and cash equivalents totaled $101.6 million as of June 30, 2026. During Q2 the Company raised $46.8 million in net proceeds through an at-the-market (ATM) program, raising approxim...

WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Onto Innovation reports record Q2 2026 revenue of $343M, strong AI-driven demand, and backlog surpassing $1 billion....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emergence, a frontier agentic AI lab advancing safe autonomous AI, today announced the appointment of Ian Eslick as Chief Executive Officer. Eslick will lead the company's next phase of commercial growth, scaling enterprise adoption of Emergence's technology, expanding its go-to-market strategy, and driving operational execution as organizations increasingly deploy autonomous AI systems across mission-critical environments. As part of this evolution, Co-Founder Dr. Sa...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fi, a leader in smart pet technology, and Verizon are bringing connected pet care directly into the modern family ecosystem. By integrating Fi’s state-of-the-art Fi Mini™ tracker directly into the newly redesigned Verizon Family app, the collaboration creates the industry’s first unified safety dashboard built for every member of the household—two-legged and four-legged alike. While traditional family plans treat pets as an afterthought, together Verizon and Fi are de...

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CMS adopts MaxLinear's Panther platform to accelerate OpenZFS storage for AI, cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise infrastructure....

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST) (“Twist” or the “Company”), a mid-cap growth and value biotech company, today announced that a total of 44,434 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) will be granted to 24 recently hired individuals, in each case as an inducement material to their acceptance of employment with Twist. The employment inducement awards will be granted under Twist’s Amended and Res...

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. Frank H. Laukien, Bruker’s President and CEO, commented: “We returned to organic revenue growth in the second quarter and our Scientific Instruments segment achieved 10% organic bookings growth year-over-year. Our focus on cost and profitability resulted in solid margin expansion and non-GAAP EPS growth in the quarter. In particular, we achieve...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathos AI, a clinical-stage AI and technology company advancing its own pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced a collaboration and co-exclusive licensing agreement with AstraZeneca. Under this agreement, the companies will advance AZD4241, a preclinical investigational therapy for patients with estrogen receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (ER+/HER2-) breast cancer, with Pathos assuming responsibility for the early clinical devel...