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Vista Equity-backed Poppulo acquires employee communication platform Sociabble

Sociabble was backed by Ardian.

Accel-KKR invests in assets operations platform UpKeep

The investment will support UpKeep’s continued platform expansion and the build-out of its AI-native vision for asset operations.

Anthropic and PE-backed AI-native enterprise services firm acquires Fractional AI

The other private equity and investment firms that back the new AI-native enterprise services company include Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.

EQT’s Per Franzén: ‘Very, very high sense of urgency’ to operationalize AI across portcos; AI’s legacy code rewriting abilities may expand PE’s investable universe

'AI is the most important theme of our generation,' said Franzén.

How Carlyle grew iC Consult before pending sale to Bridgepoint; Arctos approved as LP of Cleveland Browns; PE investments in youth sports under scrutiny

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