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September 24, 2026 3:57 PM
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DUBLIN, OH

AssistIQ Wins Newsweek's 2026 AI Impact Health Award for Health Care Operations

DUBLIN, OH, September 24, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- AssistIQ has been named a winner of the 2026 Newsweek AI Impact Health Awards in the Health Care Operations category, recognizing the company’s work with health systems to improve the accuracy of perioperative and procedural product data and turn it into measurable clinical, operational, and financial results.

As health systems invest in AI, the quality of the data underneath it matters. Decisions affecting patient care, inventory, billing, and future demand all depend on having an accurate record of what was used. Yet documentation errors average 17% during procedures and rise to 38.4% when recording is delayed by more than 20 minutes — illustrating how quickly gaps can emerge when product documentation depends on clinicians manually capturing information during or after a case.

AssistIQ closes the gap between what happens in the room and what the hospital’s systems record. Using computer vision, AI, and proprietary product datasets, the platform recognizes supplies, implants, and tissue as they are used, including products that may be missing from a hospital’s ERP item master.

AssistIQ developed its approach alongside nurses, technicians, and health system leaders to understand where product information was lost and how to remove work from clinical and operations teams. Instead of manually entering each product, clinicians verify information captured by AI. That single interaction supports the product documentation nurses are required to complete, along with charge capture, inventory depletion, expiry and recall tracking, and case reconciliation through existing EHR and ERP workflows. 

Across deployments with Northwell Health, Allina Health, Owensboro Health, ProMedica and other health systems, AssistIQ has delivered measurable clinical, operational, and financial results. The platform has achieved greater than 98% product-capture accuracy across operating rooms and procedural areas, including cath and EP labs, while helping nurses and technicians save more than 15 minutes per case.

Health systems have also seen improvements in safety, revenue capture, and inventory accuracy. One organization reduced tissue-related errors by 90% within two weeks of going live, while another reported a 24% increase in gross revenue and a greater than 90% reduction in inventory-depletion errors over one year. In cath and EP labs, chargeable product capture has increased by as much as 364%.

The impact can also be immediate at the point of care. In one recent case, AssistIQ alerted a nurse that an implant being captured had expired, allowing it to be replaced before implantation. Across deployments, partners are identifying operational improvements within weeks and measurable financial impact within months.

“Accurate product data changes what a health system can do,” said Lisa Israelovitch, CEO and co-founder of AssistIQ. “It gives nurses more time to focus on patients and helps teams make better decisions about the products they need, the care they deliver, and the resources they use. Our partners have shown that these benefits can extend across specialties and locations. This recognition reflects their leadership and the measurable results we’ve achieved together.”

The Newsweek AI Impact Health Awards celebrate artificial intelligence solutions in health care that achieve measurable results. Winners are recognized for innovations that improve patient outcomes, strengthen clinical decision-making, and drive operational efficiency at scale across health systems facing rising costs and workforce shortages.

“Through the Newsweek AI Impact Health Awards, we’re recognizing organizations translating artificial intelligence into meaningful results across health care,” said Jennifer H. Cunningham, Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek. “Their work demonstrates the potential of AI to improve care, support better decisions and strengthen health system operations.”

About AssistIQ

AssistIQ is an AI platform that helps health systems understand which supplies, implants, and tissue are used across operating rooms and procedural areas. Combining computer vision, AI, and proprietary product datasets, AssistIQ recognizes products with guaranteed recognition rates and delivers validated product data to existing EHR and ERP systems.

Built for clinical workflows, AssistIQ helps nurses spend less time documenting while giving supply chain and finance teams the visibility to reduce waste, strengthen supply resilience and improve margins. More accurate usage data also helps hospitals avoid unnecessary purchasing and use supplies more sustainably. Founded in 2022, AssistIQ has raised $16 million from investors including Battery Ventures and Tamarind Hill. For more information, visit www.assistiq.ai. 

About Newsweek AI Impact Health Awards

The Newsweek AI Impact Health Awards recognize organizations using artificial intelligence to solve critical health system problems. Winners are selected by a panel of expert, cross-industry judges based on documented, measurable impact on patient outcomes, clinical decision-making, and health care operations. For more information about the 2026 Newsweek AI Impact Health Awards, visit events.newsweek.com/aiihealthawards26.

About Newsweek

Newsweek is the global digital news organization built around the iconic 93-year-old American magazine. Newsweek reaches 100 million people monthly with its thought-provoking news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms. Headquartered in New York City, Newsweek also publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia. For more information, visit www.newsweek.com.

Media Contact

Michelle Kafka
AssistIQ
press@assistiq.ai

September 24, 2026 12:22 PM
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia

Fina Launches SAR 500M Financing Fund to Offer Liquidity to SMEs

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, September 24, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Fina, SILQ’s B2B embedded finance business, today announced the launch of its embedded finance capabilities with the Fina Fund, a direct financing fund managed by Joa Capital, an established alternative asset manager based in Riyadh. With a target fund size of SAR 500M, Fina Fund is licensed by the Saudi Capital Market Authority to provide corporate finance solutions to the wider B2B ecosystem in Saudi Arabia.

A Significant Financing Gap Remains

Saudi Arabia has made significant progress in SME financing, yet a significant gap remains. According to Forbes Middle East, the SME financing gap is estimated at approximately SAR 400 billion, while SME financing accounted for 11.3% of total bank loans in 2025, compared with the Kingdom’s 20% target by 2030.

Closing the financing gap requires more than additional capital. Businesses need simpler, more efficient ways to access liquidity. Fina brings liquidity into everyday business workflows, closer to where businesses operate and transact, reducing the cost to serve and making access to capital more efficient and scalable.

From Frictionless Commerce to Embedded Liquidity

SILQ’s journey in Saudi Arabia began with the ambitious mission of Sary to make B2B commerce frictionless, transforming how merchants source and purchase inventory.

Along that journey, one friction stood out: liquidity.

Following the merger of Sary and ShopUp to form SILQ, addressing that challenge became a central part of the ambition: building a dedicated embedded financing capability for businesses. Initially built to serve businesses within the Sary ecosystem, Fina has since facilitated more than SAR 2 billion in trade liquidity, building technology, data, and operational capabilities around merchants’ working-capital needs.

The fund marks the next step: bringing these capabilities and learnings to the wider Saudi B2B economy through corporate finance solutions across procurement, supplier payments, receivables, and other business workflows, subject to the Fund’s eligibility criteria and applicable terms.

Mohammed Aldossary, Co-founder and CEO, SILQ, Financial Services, said: “Behind every business is a merchant working hard every day to buy, sell, and grow. Our focus is to bring liquidity closer to that workflow, making access simpler and more connected to how businesses actually operate. The new fund gives Fina the capacity to serve more businesses, unlock more opportunities for growth, and contribute to a healthier and more productive economy.”

Partnership With Joa Capital

The partnership combines Joa Capital’s credit investment management capabilities with Fina’s technology, data, and connectivity across B2B commerce.

Yousef AlYousefi, Joa Capital’s CEO and Managing Partner, said: “SILQ has built a robust platform for SMEs in the Kingdom that can help predict and qualify businesses for corporate financing for day-to-day operations or scale. Our financing capabilities will support SILQ’s mission to support their network through a scalable, compliant, and well-governed financing vehicle, supporting the sustainability of their merchants and long-term growth of the economy.”

About Joa Capital

Joa Capital is a private markets investment manager, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, backing high-growth companies across the MENA region through direct equity investments, private credit solutions, and investment banking services.

About Fina

Fina is SILQ’s B2B embedded financial capability, bringing liquidity, payments, and financial operations into everyday business workflows. Founded in 2025 through the merger of Sary, MENA's leading B2B marketplace, and ShopUp, South Asia's largest B2B commerce platform, SILQ is reshaping how businesses access financial services by embedding financing directly into the flow of commerce.

Disclaimer

Joa Capital is a Saudi Joint Stock Company (Unified Establishment No. 7009161089, CR No. 1010668660) headquartered at Al Dahna Building, Az-Zahraa, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a paid-up capital of SAR 4,000,000. Joa Capital is authorized and regulated by the Capital Market Authority (CMA License No. 21219-02) to conduct Managing Investments in Securities activities (commenced 11 July 2019). The firm is majority-owned (85%) by Yousef AlYousefi. Joa Capital was granted additional CMA licenses for Advisory and Arranging activities on 6 November 2024; operations for these services have not yet commenced.

Media Contact

pr@silq.net

September 24, 2026 10:23 AM
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KYIV, Ukraine

GGBET.UA Launches GG.FAN, a New Gamified Experience for Ukrainian Sports Fans

KYIV, Ukraine, September 24, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- GGBET is launching GG.FAN, its gamified loyalty program on ggbet.ua. The program brings together the brand's sports partnerships, profile personalization, and club rewards for fans in a single experience. 

GGBET.UA's sports partners — FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Polissya Zhytomyr, and the Basketball Federation of Ukraine — are taking part in the program. By rooting for their favorite teams and participating in platform activities, fans can customize their profiles, earn fan statuses, and receive club rewards.

How GG.FAN Works 

Users' activity on the ggbet.ua betting platform around their chosen team's matches shapes their progress in the program. Fans can achieve three fan statuses in GG.FAN: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Meanwhile, users accumulate coins which act as the program's internal currency and can be exchanged for rewards. 

Continuing the Systematic Sports Strategy 

The GGBET brand is systematically expanding its presence in traditional sports by shifting from individual partnerships toward long-term collaborations with clubs and federations. Since 2024, GGBET.UA has worked with FC Zorya Luhansk, FC Dynamo Kyiv, and FC Polissya Zhytomyr. In 2025, GGBET became the official betting partner of the Usyk-Dubois rematch at Wembley Stadium in London. Then, in 2026, its scope expanded to include basketball, when GGBET.UA became the title sponsor of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian 3x3 Basketball Championship. 

The brand is consistently developing and gamifying its product. First came the GG.Leagues system, where bettors could choose a game avatar, customize their profile, and progress through five leagues, ranging from Bronze to Major, while accumulating Fame Points. GG.FAN represents the next step in this evolution. The program combines sports sponsorship and product gamification in a single system, bringing fan engagement, profile personalization, and team rewards directly to the platform. 

Disclaimer

This press release is issued for informational and news reporting purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendations, or an invitation to participate in gambling. GGBET.UA operates as an authorized sports betting and iGaming platform licensed under Ukrainian national regulatory frameworks (Decision Nos. 128 & 129).

Responsible Gaming Notice

Online sports betting involves financial risk and potential dependency. GGBET.UA is committed to promoting safe, responsible gaming. Betting services are strictly restricted to individuals who meet the legal age requirement (21+ in Ukraine). If you or someone you know is experiencing signs of gambling-related harm, please seek confidential support through state-certified problem gambling resources and self-exclusion registers.

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Press Office
pr@ggbet.ua

September 24, 2026 10:02 AM
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NEW YORK, NY

Maygrove AI Growbot Brings a Smarter, Easier Way to Grow Fresh Plants at Home

NEW YORK, NY, September 24, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Growing something at home sounds simple enough until you actually try it. There is the watering, the lighting, the temperature, the nutrients, and the question of whether a plant that looked perfectly healthy yesterday is suddenly struggling today. For people who love the idea of fresh herbs and greens at home but do not necessarily have a green thumb — or simply do not have the time to monitor plants every day — indoor gardening has often required more attention than expected. Maygrove announced Maygrove AI Growbot Verti 30, a new product that takes a different approach by bringing automation and AI into indoor growing to make the process easier to understand, easier to manage, and more enjoyable to live with.

When people are struggling with having a big garden to become expert gardeners, the technology behind Maygrove is simple; it takes care of many of the details that normally require constant attention. The system automatically manages watering, lighting, and even airflow, while its real-time nutrient control monitors EC/TDS levels and adjusts plant food and water balance accordingly. This means plants do not simply receive the same amount of water on a fixed schedule.

That matters especially indoors and especially for apartment dwellers. The Maygrove AI Growbot pairs a full-spectrum grow light with independent far-red lighting and a built-in airflow system, all aimed at keeping plants healthier. The Growbot is also designed to protect plants when growing conditions become extreme. In high heat, it can reduce light, watering, and airflow to help ease heat stress; during unusually dry conditions, it can adjust watering to help protect plants; and when humidity becomes excessively high, it can increase airflow to help reduce excess moisture and the risk of mold.

For all that tech under the hood, the Growbot still feels like something that belongs in a home. It packs in up to 42 plants in barely two square feet, including a 12-seedling nursery module. The grow pods rotate so you can actually get at your plants, a built-in trellis gives bigger plants room to climb, and hidden casters mean you can wheel the whole thing to a new spot whenever you like.

One of the more useful features is the built-in 4K camera, which lets users monitor plants and capture growth over time. The accompanying Mavi AI assistant adds another layer of guidance, providing reminders for tasks such as topping up nutrients, cleaning the tank, and knowing when plants are ready to harvest.

For a new generation of home gardeners, that may be the most appealing part of the concept. Growing food at home does not have to mean turning a kitchen windowsill into a science project or spending every morning checking leaves and water levels. With Maygrove, the technology handles much of the routine work while people get to enjoy the part that makes indoor gardening rewarding: watching something grow, harvesting it when it is ready, and bringing a little more greenery into everyday life.

To support the Maygrove AI Growbot campaign, visit the project page on Kickstarter.

About Maygrove

Maygrove is a gardening technology company dedicated to making smart plant cultivation effortless, accessible, and enjoyable for everyone. Combining decades of agricultural expertise with artificial intelligence and proprietary hardware design, Maygrove develops automated indoor growing systems — including the flagship Maygrove AI Growbot — that streamline dynamic watering, nutrient dosing, and environmental control. With built-in seed modules, real-time plant monitoring, and AI-driven care guidance, Maygrove technology handles the complexities of cultivation so home growers can enjoy fresh, sustainable greens year-round. To learn more, visit maygrove.com.

Media Contact

marketing@maygrove.com

September 24, 2026 9:00 AM
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA

LiveKit Acquires Loophole Labs to Expand Its AI Agent Infrastructure

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 24, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- LiveKit, the platform for building voice, video, and physical AI agents, today announced the acquisition of Loophole Labs, an infrastructure company whose technology will help LiveKit start agents faster and better handle bursts of demand. Loophole Labs’ entire engineering team of eight will join LiveKit, with founder and CEO Shivansh Vij continuing to lead the team.

LiveKit plans to bring Loophole Labs’ technology into production over the next several weeks, with the goal of reducing agent startup times to under three seconds. This will allow LiveKit to respond more quickly to changing demand, reduce operational costs because agents no longer have to sit idle, and move closer to offering customers essentially unlimited concurrent agents.

“AI agents need to be able to start quickly and adapt as usage patterns change,” said Russ d’Sa, co-founder and CEO of LiveKit. “Shiv and the Loophole Labs team have spent years tackling some of the hardest problems in virtualization. Their technology fills an important gap for us as we work to become the default platform for building and running agents, including workloads that go beyond voice.”

Founded in 2021, Loophole Labs has focused on solving challenges around application startup times and moving running workloads between servers and data centers. The company developed its own virtualization technology, including a hypervisor called Substrate, to enable workloads to run on and move between machines with little to no disruption. 

“After working closely with LiveKit over the last year, we’re excited to officially join the team and contribute to the infrastructure that will power the next generation of AI,” said Shivansh Vij, founder and CEO of Loophole Labs.

The acquisition follows a period of strong momentum for LiveKit, including its $100 million Series C financing at a $1 billion valuation in January 2026. Customers include Salesforce, Meta, Microsoft, SpaceXAI, Spotify, and 911 emergency services. To learn more about building with LiveKit, visit livekit.com.

About LiveKit

LiveKit is an end-to-end platform that gives developers everything they need to build and scale voice, video, and physical AI agents. Based in San Francisco, California, LiveKit powers some of the most widely used AI applications in the world. For more information, visit livekit.com.

Media Contact

Kathleen Eagan
kathleen@sixeastern.com

September 24, 2026 8:30 AM
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NEW YORK, NY

CMS Technology Partners Expands Weapons Detection and AI Security Deployments From Schools to Healthcare Facilities

NEW YORK, NY, September 24, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- CMS Technology Partners, a provider of security, weapons detection and IT infrastructure solutions, is seeing growing demand from public and private schools, colleges and universities seeking to strengthen campus security through the deployment of Walk-Through Weapons Detectors.

CMS is helping educational institutions take a layered approach to security through technologies including the CEIA OPENGATE® Walk-Through Weapons Detection System and AI CameraVision Threat Detection Software.

CEIA OPENGATE provides high-throughput weapons screening for school entrances, athletic facilities, graduations and other high-traffic environments. Its portable, freestanding design allows individuals to move through with backpacks, purses and bags without routinely divesting their belongings, helping schools add security without creating unnecessary disruption or significant bottlenecks.

AI CameraVision adds another layer of protection by using artificial intelligence with a school's existing commercial security camera infrastructure to help identify potential visible weapons and other threats throughout monitored areas. This enables schools to enhance the capabilities of existing camera investments without necessarily replacing their current systems.

“Schools and universities are looking at security much more proactively and increasingly asking how technology can provide additional layers of protection without disrupting the school environment,” said Chuck Seergy, founder and CEO of CMS Technology Partners and chairman and CEO of CMS Commercial Finance. “There is no one-size-fits-all approach. With our finance arm, we’re able to work with administrators to understand their campuses, existing infrastructure, security priorities and budgets, and then determine the combination of technologies that makes the most sense.”

Making School Security Technology More Accessible

Recognizing that security investments must compete with other school and municipal budget priorities, CMS offers sales, rentals, leasing and in-house financing programs for qualifying municipalities and private schools.

The flexible model allows schools to evaluate different deployment strategies and, where appropriate, spread technology investments over time rather than funding the full cost upfront. CMS works directly with school administrators, security directors, facilities personnel and municipal officials to assess existing infrastructure and determine the appropriate technology, deployment strategy and financing structure.

“The safety of students is paramount for us at CMS Technology Partners, which is why accessibility is such an important part of the equation,” Seergy said. “We want to work with schools and universities to find solutions that address their security needs while also recognizing the realities of their budgets.”

Expanding Beyond Education

While schools and universities are a growing focus for CMS, demand for advanced threat detection and security technology is extending across other environments where large numbers of people gather.

CMS Technology Partners also works closely with major hospitals and healthcare facilities across the nation.

CMS provides these hospitals and healthcare facilities with security and IT solutions ranging from weapons detection and AI-powered camera threat detection to intrusion and fire detection, cybersecurity and broader IT infrastructure.

“At a time when schools, hospitals, businesses and public spaces are rethinking how they approach security, technology can play an increasingly important role in helping organizations identify potential threats,” Seergy said. “Our focus is on helping customers deploy practical technology that fits their individual environment rather than forcing every organization into the same security model.”

About CMS Technology Partners

CMS Technology Partners is a security, weapons detection and IT infrastructure company providing organizations with advanced technology solutions and ongoing support services. Its offerings include AI-powered threat detection, weapons detection, intrusion and fire detection, cybersecurity and IT infrastructure. CMS assesses, designs, recommends, implements and supports customized technology solutions for schools and universities, hospitals, corporations, municipalities, event venues and other organizations throughout the United States. Its security offerings include the CEIA OPENGATE weapons detection system and AI CameraVision threat detection technology, with sales, rentals, leasing and financing options available. For more information or to request a demonstration, visit CallCMS.com, email info@callcms.com or call (800) 459-1399.

Media Contact

Meredith Klein
mereditheklein@gmail.com

September 23, 2026 9:10 PM
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NINGBO, China

Geely Auto Group Introduces Ultra-Fast AI-Powered Geely Smart Charging

NINGBO, China, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Geely Auto Group today introduced Geely Smart Charging, its next-generation AI-powered charging technology, bringing AI into energy management to deliver faster charging while reducing heat, increasing safety and improving long-term battery health.

At the heart of Geely Smart Charging is Xingrui PowerMind, a smart energy AI model jointly developed by Geely Auto Group and StepFun. By coordinating the vehicle, battery, charging station, cloud, grid, and energy storage system, PowerMind allows charging to move beyond conventional power delivery.

The technology debuts alongside the Fifth-Generation Geely Smart Charging Station, which delivers peak charging power up to 2,250 kW, as well as the Next-Gen Ultra Short Blade Battery.

Key Highlights

  • AI powered charging enables Geely's fastest production-ready charging performance to date.
  • Real-world tests saw Lynk & Co 10 and Zeekr 001 charge 10% to 70% in 4 minutes 30 seconds, and 10% to 97% in 8 minutes 40 seconds.
  • AI thermal management maintains average battery temperature of 55°C and limit peak temperature to under 65°C during fast charging.  
  • Industry’s first five-point liquid cooling system eliminates bottlenecks by managing heat throughout entire charging chain.
  • Lithium-ion pulse restoration technology uses micro-pulse currents to reverse damage from fast charging, adding up to 20% more battery cycle life.
  • Next-gen Ultra Short Blade Battery cut heat during charging by 10% while increasing peak charging rate to 6C for affordable models. 

Using AI to Manage Heat Before It Becomes a Problem

Geely’s new AI-powered charging technology uses algorithms to predict battery temperatures up to 30 seconds ahead and adjust charging power dynamically, rather than reacting only after temperatures rise.

The system is designed to keep the battery’s average charging temperature below 55°C, while limiting peak temperature to below 65°C.

It is supported by an end-to-end five-point liquid-cooling system that manages heat across the entire charging chain from the charging station energy-storage battery, charging pile, charging cable, charging port, to battery pack.

From Fast Charging to Intelligent Battery Care

Geely Auto Group is also applying AI to one of the most persistent consumer concerns around ultra-fast charging: its impact on battery longevity.

Geely Smart Charging can create a charging strategy tailored to each vehicle and battery via Xingrui PowerMind adjusting peak current, cooling intensity, and charging duration in real time.

The Group has additionally developed lithium-ion pulse restoration technology, which uses micro-pulse currents to reactivate lithium ions accumulated at the negative electrodes during repeated fast charging.

By combining AI charging management with battery restoration technology, Geely is able to increase battery cycle life by 20%.

For home charging, the Group has developed a low-rate charging strategy designed to gradually fix degradation from repeated fast charging and protect battery cells over the battery's lifecycle.

Taking Ultra-Fast Charging Beyond Raw Power

The Group's approach pairs high-power charging hardware with AI-based power management that continuously adapts to the vehicle and battery.

The fifth-generation Geely Smart Charging Station supports peak charging power of 2,250 kW and introduces an AI fast charging function that aligns charging power with the battery's real-time condition.

The Shendun Golden Battery, developed for ultra-fast charging and high performance, supports a peak charging rate of 12C.

In real-world tests, the battery used in the Lynk & Co 10 and Zeekr 001 charged from 10% to 70% in 4 minutes 30 seconds, and from 10% to 97% in 8 minutes 40 seconds — Geely's fastest production-ready charging performance to date.

Geely Auto Group also introduced the Next-Gen Ultra Short Blade Battery, focused on longevity and safety while improving charging performance. It uses Geely-developed laser-welding technology for cell tabs and covers, cutting heat during charging by 10%. Its peak charging rate rises to 6C.

About Geely Auto Group

Geely Auto Group is a leading global automotive company headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Part of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Geely Auto Group develops and manufactures passenger vehicles under the Geely, Lynk & Co, and Zeekr brands. With a strong focus on technology innovation, electrification, and sustainable mobility, Geely Auto Group operates world-class R&D centers and manufacturing facilities across China, Europe, and key international markets. The Group is committed to delivering safe, high-quality, and intelligent vehicles enabled by advanced technologies such as hybrid powertrains, full-electric architectures, smart connectivity, and autonomous driving systems. As a global company, Geely Auto Group continues to expand its international presence through strategic partnerships, localized operations, and industry-leading platforms. Geely strives to create mobility solutions that are greener, smarter, and more accessible, driving forward the future of sustainable transportation. For more information, visit global.geely.com.

Media Contact

Janet Chen
media@geely.com

September 23, 2026 8:00 PM
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SINGAPORE

How Xendit Built Southeast Asia's Payments Backbone

SINGAPORE, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Most payment companies plug into someone else's rails and resell the access. Xendit, led by CEO and co-founder Moses Lo, built its own instead — its own bank connections, e-wallet integrations, and regulatory licenses, market by market, across Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Greater China. The company started at Y Combinator in 2015, with a rule to solve real problems instead of chasing trends, building from inside the region rather than as an outsider. That decade of infrastructure work now processes $47.3 billion a year across more than 15,200 merchants.

Global brands often assume a lighter-weight aggregator — reselling access to banks it doesn't own — is enough for a market this fragmented. Xendit's numbers say otherwise: its owned infrastructure touches 3% of Indonesia's GDP and 5% of the Philippines' GDP, a share resellers competing on price alone haven't matched.

Governments are Rebuilding the Rails

Southeast Asia's digital economy crossed roughly $300 billion by the end of 2025, backed by 600 million people and a combined GDP of $3 trillion. Governments across the region are racing to build their own real-time payment systems — a race Xendit has been pulled into, advising central banks on API design and fraud policy. Keeping pace with regulators who move market by market takes what Lo calls "the muscle": humility to treat each market as sovereign, curiosity to find unsolved problems, and doggedness to fix them for years, not quarters. That doggedness is what Indonesia took — Xendit's first and hardest market, three product pivots over twelve months to find a model that worked. That same muscle is already showing up outside the region — Xendit partners with large Latin American brands like Farmacias del Ahorro, an early signal of how transferable the approach could be globally.

“Southeast Asia is arguably the hardest possible proving ground — different currencies, regulators, payment rails, and consumer habits within a single region,” says Moses Lo, CEO and co-founder of Xendit.

Xendit Owns the Rails, Not Wrappers

Surviving a market that hard comes down to one decision, Lo says: own the infrastructure instead of renting it. Xendit draws that line between "processing" and "infrastructure" — processing touches a payment and passes it along someone else's pipes; infrastructure means owning them outright, with control over uptime, settlement speed, and pricing instead of inheriting someone else's limits. In Indonesia alone, Xendit routes payments through up to seven separate bank connections, so one failure doesn't take a transaction down with it. Native QR refunds in Thailand, for example — a feature Xendit says resellers can't offer — are a direct product of that ownership.

“We've actually gone bottoms-up and said: we're going to build our own bank connections, our own e-wallet integrations directly with them, get our own licenses, build into the central bank systems — market by market — instead of reselling or wrapping someone else's infrastructure,” says Lo.

Licensing Is the Barrier Xendit Removes

Xendit's merchant base now spans an individual seller and a licensed bank on the same infrastructure. Enterprise partners include Traveloka, which started with Xendit in Indonesia alone and now spans 180 countries, telco XL Smart, hospitality group Archipelago International (100+ hotel properties), and banks including BRI. The base has widened further, into education and "traditional corporate" sectors like insurance and utilities that need automation more than flexibility — a sign, Lo says, of infrastructure maturity, not just growth. That range is possible because Xendit holds direct bank and regulator relationships in each market — without them, it can't reach institutional-grade merchants. Licensing gets Xendit in the door, but trust keeps clients there, Lo says: Xendit often advises companies before they've even signed on, translating not just language but cultural context.

“Unlike a lot of our competitors, we're pretty open and transparent about the realities of what we can and can't do,” says Lo.

Xendit Is Built for What's Next

Real-time, account-to-account payments already outpace cards across most of Southeast Asia — QRIS, DuitNow, e-wallets lead — and Lo sees it as a preview of where global payments are heading, not a regional quirk. That ownership shows up in the details: Xendit runs one of the region's most complete QR and instant-transfer networks, including native refunds competitors still can't offer. Stablecoins are next, already used by enterprise clients moving hundreds of millions in volume — Xendit is a founding partner of the Open Transaction Layer, an industry protocol launched May 28, 2026, to standardize on-chain transaction coordination. AI is compressing a third trend: easier integrations are lowering switching costs, pushing small merchants toward running two or three PSPs instead of one. Lo weighs new rails against four questions: where end-user behavior is heading, what merchants want, where governments are moving, and what's good for the world.

About Xendit

Xendit is the financial technology platform built for businesses that move fast and scale globally. Rather than reselling access to someone else's rails, Xendit owns the infrastructure itself — bank connections, e-wallet integrations, and regulatory licenses in every market — delivering one unified solution for payments, disbursements, and financial services across Southeast Asia and beyond. That model removes the operational complexity that slows companies down, replacing fragmented local integrations with one intelligent infrastructure layer. Xendit serves businesses of all sizes, from high-growth startups to global enterprises, processing billions of dollars in transactions across Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Greater China, and Latin America, with more markets on its global expansion roadmap. For more information, visit xendit.co.

Media Contact

The Executive Insight on behalf of Xendit
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+1 332-242-4643

September 23, 2026 7:29 PM
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HAMBURG, Germany

Gaea Operations Enters Public-Facing Phase to Highlight Adaptable Digital Infrastructure and Distribution Systems

HAMBURG, Germany, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Gaea Operations GmbH, a bootstrapped German digital infrastructure company operating across software, distribution, and online operations, today announced a transition toward a more public-facing presence following years of building proprietary technology systems.

Founded by Stefan Himmelskamp, the Hamburg-based firm has developed its infrastructure without external capital. The company’s proprietary digital distribution networks currently generate millions of organic impressions each month, supported by high-throughput monetization systems designed to maintain performance across evolving digital markets.

Unlike traditional technology firms tied to specific service categories or agency models, Gaea Operations maintains an execution-focused operating philosophy centered on measurable performance and system adaptability.

"We don't care what the category is called. We care whether it works," said Stefan Himmelskamp, founder of Gaea Operations. "Most companies don’t have a technology problem. They have an execution problem. AI is software — make it do something useful."

Gaea Operations builds systems designed to adapt as underlying online platforms, distribution channels, and software environments shift. Rather than committing to fixed toolsets, the company integrates emerging technology — including artificial intelligence — strictly based on functional utility and verified performance.

"I don’t know what the dominant technology will be in ten years. That’s the entire point," Himmelskamp added. "AI won’t be the last big shift on the internet. The infrastructure just needs to handle whatever comes."

The transition to a public-facing model enables Gaea Operations to share its operating framework with the broader digital operations sector while continuing to expand its proprietary distribution and monetization capabilities.

About Gaea Operations

Gaea Operations GmbH is a Germany-based digital infrastructure company working across software, distribution, and digital operations. The bootstrapped brand develops proprietary distribution networks and monetization systems while maintaining an adaptable approach to emerging technologies. For more information, visit gaeaoperations.com.

September 23, 2026 3:37 PM
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates

Brain Launches the Company Memory That Makes Every AI in the Business Worth Using

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Businesses have no shortage of AI tools to choose from. The harder problem is getting those tools to understand the business they are supposed to work for.

A new ChatGPT conversation starts with limited context. A coding agent may know the repository but not the decisions made in Slack last week. An internal assistant might be connected to company documents but lack the permissions needed to distinguish what one employee should see from another.

As companies add more AI, they often end up creating more fragmented context around it.

Brain is built to solve that. It is a new AI platform that brings persistent memory, company knowledge, AI agents and governance into a single environment.

At the center of the product is a simple idea: a company should be able to build one Brain that gets more useful as the business uses it, and then make that intelligence available to both people and AI agents without giving everyone the same level of access.

That puts Brain somewhere between an AI memory layer, a company knowledge platform, and an agent operating environment.

Companies Are Already Running on It

Brain went into production at ChainGPT, ChainGPT Pad, and Normies before today's announcement, where it now serves as the shared knowledge base across every department, from engineering to finance. 

"Since we switched ChainGPT to Brain, we finally closed the knowledge gap our teams dealt with. Everyone, across every department, is always in sync and one prompt away from any information they need. No more back and forth, doc swaps, and meetings. Just one prompt," said Ilan Rakhmanov, CEO at ChainGPT.

Buyers get a system that was carrying production workloads before it ever carried a price tag.

A Brain That Compounds

Brain connects to the places where a company's knowledge already sits, starting with Google Drive and Notion, with Slack, GitHub, Box, Telegram, Confluence, Salesforce and Gmail in development. Out of those sources it builds a knowledge graph of the business: the documents, the people, the projects, and every relationship between them.

Each source added fills in another part of the picture, and every question asked sharpens what the system understands about how the company operates. Six months in, a team is working with an asset no competitor can buy or copy, because it was assembled out of their own operating history.

The economics move the same way. Loading whole documents into a context window means paying the model to re-read them on every request, so cost climbs as usage grows and accuracy drops once the window fills up. Brain retrieves the passages that answer the question. Answers come straight from the live source, and the model reads a fraction of the text to produce them, which pulls the cost of every query down. 

AI-native companies get the same memory over an API and an MCP endpoint, so a product team can ship on it in an afternoon.

Agents That Launch Already Knowing the Business

Brain builds and deploys AI agents inside the app, with the company brain behind them from the first request.

A support agent answers from documentation that is current today. Sales picks up an account with an agent that has already read the last three calls. Overnight, a research agent works through the market folder and reports what changed by the time anyone logs in. Each one runs on the same governed knowledge the humans use, which retires the context file somebody always forgets to update.

Every agent carries its own key, its own scope, and a mandate that defines what it is permitted to do. Actions that carry weight wait for a person to approve them, and an agent that needs stopping is stopped with one switch that binds on the very next request.

Enterprise buyers press hardest on this part. An agent with broad access and no mandate is a script holding production credentials, and the exposure multiplies with every one a company deploys. Brain gives each agent an identity, a limit and a record, which is what makes running twenty of them governable.

Governance That Clears Security Review

Internal AI projects die in security review far more often than they die over model quality, because nobody can prove the assistant will not surface a salary band or a sealed repository to someone who was never cleared to see it.

Brain inherits the permissions every source already carries, so a private channel stays invisible to anyone outside it and an HR folder stays invisible outside HR. Nothing is copied into a separate store and nothing is re-shared. IT keeps the access model it already maintains and spends no time rebuilding it.

Those permissions are enforced on every request, before an answer is composed. Where one section of a document is restricted, Brain holds back that section and leaves the rest usable, so nobody loses a hundred-page document over one paragraph.

Every access writes a record of who asked, which policy applied and what was withheld, with none of the content stored. An outside auditor can check that record without taking Brain's word for any of it, and that record is why Brain gets through reviews that stop general-purpose assistants at the door.

"Companies have already decided they want AI on everything they know. What stops them is that nobody can answer what happens when the model retrieves something the person asking was never cleared to see," said Jayson Burgess, CMO at Brain. "Brain is the super app for putting AI to work inside a business. Memory, agents, permissions and proof in one place, so the rollout survives contact with the compliance team."

How to Get Started

Brain is self-serve and requires no sales process. Sign up at heybrain.io, connect a source, and ask it a question. A live demo running on a demo company is available without signup at heybrain.io/demo.

Teams evaluating Brain against alternatives can find detailed comparisons against Microsoft Copilot, Glean, Notion AI, Obsidian and agent-memory frameworks at heybrain.io/compare.

About Brain

Brain is a governed, verifiable AI brain for companies. It connects the tools where company knowledge already lives, enforces each source’s permissions on every request from both people and AI agents, and records every access in a tamper-evident, content-blind ledger. Brain is built for teams whose AI rollouts are blocked in security review, including regulated industries, sensitive-data functions such as HR, finance and legal, and teams deploying autonomous agents. More at heybrain.io.

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September 23, 2026 2:56 PM
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TBILISI, Georgia

Maqro Development Publishes Turnkey Apartment Specifications and Payment Plans for Maqro City Tbilisi

TBILISI, Georgia, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Maqro Development has outlined the apartment delivery specifications and direct payment options for Maqro City Tbilisi, its residential project in Georgia’s capital. The offering comes with fully finished apartments with interest-free installment plans paid directly to the developer plus a previously announced opportunity to sign preliminary purchase agreements remotely.

According to the published specifications, apartments will be delivered move-in ready once the construction is complete. The planned finish includes laminate flooring, painted walls, installed heating systems, interior doors, and electrical wiring.

Kitchens will be ready for use, with fitted furniture and built-in appliances, including a cooktop, oven, and extractor hood. Bathrooms will be equipped with sanitary fixtures and accessories. These features are included in the Maqro City Tbilisi apartment specifications rather than being left for buyers to arrange as a separate renovation project.

The handover condition is applicable both to owners planning to live in the apartment long-term and buyers planning to rent out their units. For buyers based outside Georgia, it also defines the final works the developer is expected to complete before the apartment is handed over.

The developer offers direct payment installment plans with different structures. One published option allows for an initial payment of 10% of the apartment price, a further 40% during construction, and the remaining 50% at delivery. The apartment price, payment schedule, and contractual obligations are fully laid out in each buyer’s individual contract.

The company’s remote preliminary-contract process allows for overseas buyers to complete an earlier stage of the transaction without traveling to Georgia, which Maqro City Tbilisi announced as an option on July 10, 2026. Formal ownership registration, however, remains a separate stage of the purchase process and still requires presence in the country.

The project is spread across approximately 100,000 square metres at Noah Ramishvili Street #30 in Tbilisi’s Samgori district. According to the plan, once fully finished, it will have 17 buildings with approximately 4,000 apartments, alongside commercial and office space.

Planned shared infrastructure includes four swimming pools, three tennis courts, two basketball courts, running and cycling tracks, fitness areas, and a kindergarten. More than 45,000 square metres is allocated to recreational space within the development.

The first construction phase is scheduled for completion in June 2028 and the second in June 2029. The apartments are being sold during construction for future handover, rather than as homes available for immediate occupation. Completion, handover, and the parties’ obligations are governed by the relevant purchase agreement.

About Maqro Development

Maqro Development is a real estate development company operating in Georgia, with a portfolio of large-scale residential projects in Tbilisi, including Green Budapest and Green Diamond. The company is currently developing Maqro City Tbilisi, a mixed-use residential project combining apartments with recreational, commercial and office infrastructure. Maqro Development focuses on creating professionally planned residential environments designed for long-term urban living. For more information, visit maqro.ge.

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Nika Shinjikashvili
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September 23, 2026 12:44 PM
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WASHINGTON, DC

American Kratom Association Expresses Condolences Following Tragic Deaths of University of Mississippi Students

WASHINGTON, DC, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- The American Kratom Association extends its deepest condolences to the families, friends, classmates, and the entire University of Mississippi community following the tragic deaths of two Ole Miss students.

The loss of young lives is devastating, and the AKA joins the university community in mourning these students and supporting their families and loved ones during this extraordinarily difficult time.

The AKA also strongly supports the request by university and local law enforcement officials that the public avoid speculation about the causes of these deaths while the investigations, autopsies, and toxicological analyses are underway.

According to statements from Lafayette County Metro Narcotics, packaged products identified as kratom were found during both investigations. However, authorities have explicitly stated that they "do not have confirmed information indicating that kratom or any other substance was a contributing factor in either death." Authorities have also said there is currently no confirmed evidence establishing that the two deaths are connected, and the cases are being investigated separately.

"First and foremost, these are two tragic losses of young lives, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and the entire Ole Miss community," said Mac Haddow, Senior Fellow on Public Policy for the American Kratom Association. "The responsible course at this point is precisely what law enforcement and the university have requested: allow the investigations and toxicology testing to determine the facts before conclusions are drawn about what substances, if any, contributed to these deaths."

The AKA cautions media organizations and policymakers against assuming that the presence of a package labeled or described as "kratom" establishes either ingestion or causation — or establishes what chemical constituents were actually contained in the product.

NMS Labs, the leading forensic toxicology laboratory in America, has similarly advised law enforcement agencies and medical examiners not to leap to the conclusion that natural kratom leaf contributed to or caused a death merely because kratom is identified at a scene or detected during an initial investigation. As NMS Labs has explained, the pharmacology and rapidly changing illicit-drug supply require testing beyond routine toxicology panels, which may not detect many illicit, novel, synthetic, or chemically modified substances. Accordingly, investigators should identify the specific compounds present and interpret those findings in the context of the complete autopsy and toxicology evidence before attributing causation to natural kratom leaf.

That distinction has become increasingly important because products containing concentrated or chemically manipulated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) and other novel substances have been marketed in ways that can cause them to be confused with traditional botanical kratom products.

Federal health and law enforcement agencies have expressly recognized these distinctions. On July 1, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced temporary Schedule I action targeting concentrated and synthetic 7-OH products, describing them as an imminent threat to public safety, and separately moved to schedule three related synthetic compounds: mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16. DEA specifically stated that its 7-OH action was not intended to apply to botanical kratom products containing naturally occurring 7-OH below the specified threshold. FDA has likewise characterized concentrated 7-OH products as novel, potent opioid products while explaining that 7-OH occurs naturally only in trace amounts in kratom leaf.

"These federal actions make it more important than ever that investigators identify exactly what substances were present rather than simply applying the generic term 'kratom,'" Haddow said. "A package carrying that word does not tell investigators whether the product was traditional natural kratom leaf, a concentrated or chemically manipulated 7-OH product, a product containing pseudoindoxyl or another synthetic compound, or whether some entirely different substance was involved."

There are already unconfirmed reports circulating within the university community concerning a different synthetic opioid called cyclorphine. Those reports have not been verified by law enforcement and should not be treated as established fact. They do, however, underscore why speculation about causation is premature until comprehensive toxicological testing is completed.

The AKA urges investigators to conduct comprehensive quantitative toxicology capable of distinguishing mitragynine, 7-OH, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, MGM-16, and other novel synthetic opioids or illicit substances that may be relevant to these cases.

"The public deserves to know what actually happened," Haddow said. "If a dangerous substance contributed to these deaths, it is critically important that it be accurately identified so students, parents, public health officials, law enforcement, and policymakers receive the correct warning. Misidentifying a substance does nothing to protect the public and could divert attention from the actual threat."

The AKA will cooperate fully with Mississippi officials and will make available scientific and technical expertise regarding the analytical testing necessary to distinguish natural kratom leaf constituents from chemically manipulated 7-OH and other emerging synthetic substances.

Until those investigations and toxicology results are complete, the AKA urges the media, policymakers, and the public to respect the families involved, follow the guidance of law enforcement, and avoid assigning a cause to these tragic deaths that has not been established by scientific evidence.

About American Kratom Association (AKA)

The American Kratom Association is a consumer advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the rights of Americans to safely use natural kratom products. The AKA supports federal and state enforcement actions targeting chemically manipulated 7-OH products and advocates for the Kratom Consumer Protection Act — including product testing, labeling standards, and age restrictions — in states across the country. For more information, visit americankratom.org and learn more at kratomanswers.org.

Disclaimer

The American Kratom Association (AKA) is a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. This press release is provided for informational and public policy purposes only. Information contained herein reflects the policy analysis of the issuing party regarding federal administrative actions and does not constitute legal or medical advice. Statements made regarding natural kratom have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Readers should consult qualified medical professionals before using any botanical products.

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Mac Haddow
Senior Fellow on Public Policy
press@americankratom.org
+1 571-294-5978

September 23, 2026 12:42 PM
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ROME, Italy

inne Presents Preclinical Calcium and Kidtal Research at FAT 2026 in Rome

ROME, Italy, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- German nutrition brand inne presented preclinical research involving calcium supplementation combined with Kidtal®, its proprietary bamboo-derived ingredient, at the 8th Euro-Global Conference on Food Science and Technology (FAT 2026), held Sept. 14–16 in Rome.

Dr. Emily Zhou, Head of R&D for Asia Pacific at inne, delivered an oral presentation on the effects of calcium supplementation combined with Kidtal® on longitudinal bone growth in a calcium-deficient adolescent rat model. The presentation examined findings related to bone length, bone microstructure, growth plate development, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and calcium absorption.

The underlying study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Nutrients in June 2025 under the title “Calcium Supplement Combined with Dietary Supplement Kidtal Can Promote Longitudinal Growth of Long Bone in Calcium-Deficient Adolescent Rats.”

The findings remain preclinical and should not be interpreted as evidence of growth-related benefits in humans. inne said the results will inform further research on Kidtal®, including clinical research designed to evaluate its effects in human populations.

“Children’s growth is influenced by multiple biological, nutritional and environmental factors, which makes careful, multidisciplinary research essential,” Zhou said. “Presenting this work in Rome gave us an opportunity to exchange perspectives with researchers from different scientific backgrounds. These discussions will help inform our future research, including studies that consider the dietary patterns and nutritional needs of children in different regions.”

The presentation forms part of inne’s broader research program in children’s nutrition. Originating in Germany, the brand is expanding its research across different markets, with an emphasis on developing evidence that reflects local dietary habits, lifestyles and population characteristics.

inne plans to advance clinical research on Kidtal® to evaluate its potential effects using a broader range of clinical measures, Zhou said.

About inne

inne is a German nutrition brand developing science-based nutritional solutions for people at different stages of life, with particular expertise in children’s nutrition. Supported by a global R&D network spanning Germany, China and the United States, inne develops products across healthy growth, immune health, eye and brain nutrition, women’s health, and the microbiome. The brand works with experts from multiple disciplines and emphasizes selected ingredients, modern manufacturing standards, and formulations without preservatives or artificial flavorings. For more information, visit inne-kids.de/en.

Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding planned clinical research and future product development, which involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied. The scientific findings referenced herein are based on preclinical animal models and should not be interpreted as evidence of health or growth-related benefits in human populations; statements regarding products containing Kidtal® or calcium have not been evaluated by regulatory health authorities and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Xiaolin Zheng
xlynn.zheng@moms-garden.com

September 23, 2026 10:35 AM
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NEW YORK, NY

Smartling Named a Leader in Independent Evaluation as AI Redefines Enterprise Localization

NEW YORK, NY, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Smartling, the AI-powered translation company, today announced it has been named a Leader in "The Forrester Wave™: Localization Services, Q3 2026." In Forrester’s first evaluation of localization services, Smartling was one of four Leaders among 11 providers evaluated across 27 criteria.

As AI makes translation faster and more accessible, the enterprise challenge is increasingly what happens around the model: how multilingual content is integrated, governed, measured, and scaled. Forrester’s report describes Smartling as a “language services and technology provider” and finds that it “excels at turning fragmented enterprise localization into an automated, measurable production model.”

The evaluation notes Smartling's "superior innovation" and finds that its "strongest capabilities sit at the intersection of integrated workflows across decentralized systems, quality governance, testing, model control, linguistic asset management, and AI risk management, in which it shows greater maturity than most peers." Forrester’s profile on Smartling concludes that Smartling is “a strong fit for enterprises that want an AI-forward localization platform with deep integration, automation, and governance for quality and brand.”

“AI only creates value when it is running in production across an entire enterprise, and getting there takes more than a great model. It takes deep integration, quality governance, and deeply skilled people. What differentiates Smartling is how we bring leading AI translation technology and that expertise together to deliver tremendous customer outcomes, and to us, Forrester’s evaluation recognizes exactly that combination,” said Bryan Murphy, CEO of Smartling.

More than 1,000 global brands translate billions of words annually through Smartling’s platform.

Only two of the 11 providers evaluated received above-average customer feedback, and Smartling is one of them. Forrester interviews customers as part of this evaluation, which states that: “Customers praise Smartling’s AI experts for consistently sharing their knowledge and appreciate its agentic solutions and open architecture that work in real-world, multiprovider situations.”

The recognition builds on Smartling’s momentum. In September, Smartling was named an OpenAI Select Partner and launched a plugin bringing translation into ChatGPT, and announced its acquisition by growth investment firm Vitruvian Partners, which brings additional investment behind its product roadmap, agentic localization capabilities, and global growth.

Read "The Forrester Wave: Localization Services, Q3 2026" from Forrester Research, Inc., Sept. 23, 2026.

About Smartling

Smartling is transforming how global enterprises create, manage, and scale multilingual content in the AI era. Its LanguageAI™ platform combines AI translation, workflow automation, and quality assurance infrastructure to help organizations automate multilingual content operations at enterprise scale. Trusted by leading global brands, Smartling enables companies to move faster globally while maintaining the quality, trust, and oversight required for enterprise AI translation.

Disclaimer

Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. This report is part of a broader collection of Forrester resources, including interactive models, frameworks, tools, data, and access to analyst guidance. For more information, read about Forrester’s objectivity here.

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Brianna McGarry
Smartling
brianna@sixeastern.com

September 23, 2026 10:05 AM
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FUZHOU, China

China’s Flagship ZEEKR 9X Begins First Large-Scale Overseas Shipment, Recognized as "the Most Expensive Chinese Vehicle Overseas"

FUZHOU, China, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- ZEEKR 9X, the world’s first vehicle equipped with SEA-Super Electric Hybrid (SEP) technology, officially began its first large-scale overseas shipment to the UAE from Jiangyin Port Area of Fuzhou Port. As one of the first Chinese flagship SUVs to achieve large-scale overseas rollout, ZEEKR 9X is priced above RMB 800,000 in the UAE and close to RMB 1 million in Europe. The model is now accelerating its expansion into key markets including the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

Since its launch, ZEEKR 9X has maintained a leading position among large SUVs priced above RMB 500,000 in terms of sales performance, customer recognition, and residual value. Its successful establishment as a premium flagship SUV in China has laid a solid foundation for its global market expansion. The Mansory-customized ZEEKR 9X is priced above RMB 2.7 million overseas, making it the most expensive Chinese vehicle available in overseas markets.

According to local media reports, the Prime Minister of Qatar and members of the UAE Royal Family have experienced ZEEKR 9X during official transportation scenarios. Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving technology company, has also imported ZEEKR vehicles in large volumes despite tariffs of nearly 130% in the U.S. market. Meanwhile, ZEEKR 009 has become a leading luxury MPV in multiple international markets, while ZEEKR 7X has achieved higher pricing and sales performance than Tesla Model Y in several overseas regions, earning recognition as a premium version of Tesla.

By entering high-value markets with high-value products and winning recognition from premium customers through strong product performance, ZEEKR has demonstrated a new chapter in the high-quality global expansion of Chinese automotive brands. From January to August 2026, ZEEKR ranked first among China’s premium automotive brands in overseas exports. Backed by Geely’s nearly 30 years of automotive expertise and global resources, ZEEKR has now entered more than 60 countries and regions, with nearly 800 stores worldwide. It has become the only Chinese luxury automotive brand to achieve vehicle deliveries across all five continents, further strengthening its global presence.

About ZEEKR

ZEEKR is the global luxury electric vehicle technology brand from Geely Auto Group. Utilizing advanced software-defined architectures and cutting-edge propulsion technologies, ZEEKR is dedicated to creating a fully integrated user ecosystem with innovation at its core.

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Xu Yang
zeekr.media@zeekrlife.com

September 23, 2026 9:00 AM
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NEW YORK, NY

NextLM Brings Its AI Prospecting Agent to Google Cloud Marketplace and Gemini Enterprise, Powered by NVIDIA Nemotron

NEW YORK, NY, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- NextLM announced today that its AI Prospecting Agent is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace and natively within Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise. The collaboration with Google Cloud lets customers adopt the agent through their existing accounts and apply their Google Cloud spend commitments toward it. The agent runs on a fine-tuned NVIDIA Nemotron model, trained on NVIDIA DGX Spark systems and served on NVIDIA A100 GPUs on Google Cloud.

Traditional prospecting tools sell the same static, company-level lists to everyone. The NextLM AI Prospecting Agent takes a different approach: it identifies the individual actively researching a company’s product from behavior observed across the open web as it happens, and delivers each prospect by name with the behavioral evidence that flagged them and an honest confidence score. No black boxes. Every customer gets a private model, a customer-specific NVIDIA Nemotron fine-tune, that learns only from their own won and lost deals, so its accuracy compounds for that team alone.

“Companies don’t buy, people do,” said Chris Anzalone, founder and CEO of NextLM. “Most tools hand everyone the same static list. NextLM names the actual person researching your product, shows the behavior that proves it, and is now available directly in Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise.”

Served on Google Cloud and powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing, NextLM observes 35 billion behavioral signals a day and ties them to named individuals across a data engine spanning more than 300 million companies and 370 million professional profiles. In a paper titled “Outscoring the Frontier," NextLM benchmarked its fine-tuned NVIDIA Nemotron system, Savant, against nine general-purpose frontier language models. Running on a single owned GPU, Savant scored prospects for roughly $0.003 to $0.011 per thousand scores, more than an order of magnitude below the frontier APIs on the same job, while delivering a 2.45× lift in top-decile buyer capture. Inside Gemini Enterprise, sellers invoke the agent directly or route its output into Agent Designer workflows, keeping research and outreach in one place.

“Simplifying how enterprises procure and deploy critical technologies is a core component of accelerating digital transformation,” said Dai Vu, Managing Director, Marketplace & ISV GTM Programs at Google Cloud. “By bringing NextLM’s AI prospecting agent to Google Cloud Marketplace, NextLM is providing customers with the trusted infrastructure and streamlined access needed to optimize operations and unlock real-world business value.”  

“Enterprise buyers want to discover and deploy new AI agents through the cloud platforms they already run on,” said Jen Hoskins, Global Head of Cloud & Partnerships for Startups at NVIDIA. “NextLM, an NVIDIA Inception startup, is doing exactly that by fine-tuning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on local NVIDIA DGX Spark systems and deploying on Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise.”

The NextLM AI Prospecting Agent is available today on Google Cloud Marketplace and in Gemini Enterprise.

About NextLM

NextLM is an AI-native, agent-to-agent framework company that trains a private AI Prospecting Agent for each customer, surfacing the people actively researching their product and backing every one with observed evidence. Built entirely on Google Cloud, powered by NVIDIA® accelerated computing, and delivered natively in Gemini™ Enterprise, it serves industries where timing and relationships decide revenue, including financial services, staffing, lending, real estate, and construction. NextLM was co-founded by Chris Anzalone and Amer Ahmad in 2025 in New York, New York. Learn more at nextlm.ai.

Disclaimer

NVIDIA®, NVIDIA® Nemotron™, NVIDIA® DGX Spark™, and NVIDIA® A100™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and other countries. Google Cloud™, Gemini™, Gemini™ Enterprise, and Google Cloud Marketplace™ are trademarks of Google LLC. All other product names are the property of their respective owners.

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Amer Ahmad
Co-founder, NextLM
press@nextlm.ai
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September 23, 2026 5:40 AM
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BUCHAREST, Romania

Blackstone-Backed Super Technologies Becomes Strategic Partner of the Atlantic Council and Founding Partner of Its Power of Sports Center

BUCHAREST, Romania, September 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Super Technologies, the global entertainment technology company backed by leading institutional investors including Blackstone, has announced a strategic partnership with the Atlantic Council, joining its international community of business, government and policy leaders. Super will also become a founding partner of the Atlantic Council’s new Power of Sports Center, a groundbreaking convening and content platform that explores the role of sport in diplomacy, international cooperation, innovation and economic development.

Key highlights

  • Super Technologies, an international entertainment-technology company, joins the Atlantic Council as a strategic partner, expanding its engagement with an international community of government, business and policy leaders shaping the global agenda.
  • Super becomes a founding partner of the Atlantic Council’s new Power of Sports Center, taking a strategic role in shaping global initiatives focused on sport’s growing role in diplomacy, international cooperation, economic development and innovation.
  • The partnership brings Super’s international scale and investment footprint into a global strategic conversation, building on its presence across two continents and its backing by leading global investors, following a €1.3 billion refinancing agreement of the company in 2025 involving Blackstone and HPS Investment Partners.

The partnership marks a new step in Super’s evolution into a global technology and entertainment company with a growing international footprint. It places Super within a global forum addressing some of the key forces shaping international relations and gives the company an opportunity to contribute its experience at the intersection of sport, technology, investment and international business.

For Super, the partnership is particularly relevant at a time of growing international competition, with sport playing an expanding role as a platform for international engagement.

 As a founding partner of the Power of Sports Center, Super will take part in shaping its agenda during its formative years. The platform will convene leaders from sport, technology, and business to examine how sport can connect communities and nations, foster dialogue, and create opportunities for innovation and sustainable growth.

Super brings a strong track record of investment in sport across Central and Eastern Europe and Brazil, alongside the work of the Super Foundation in chess, inclusive sport and youth athlete development. That experience has shown how sport transcends borders, connecting businesses, communities and institutions.

“Sport is one of the few truly universal languages in the world. Our partnership with the Atlantic Council gives Super the opportunity to contribute to a broader international conversation about how sport can support dialogue, cooperation and development.

As a founding partner of the Power of Sports Center, we aim to bring our experience across sport, technology, investment and international markets to initiatives that can create meaningful and lasting impact. We are proud to join the Atlantic Council’s global community and to contribute to a platform that recognizes the strategic role sport can play in bringing people, institutions and countries closer together,” said Sacha Dragic, founder and CEO of Super Technologies.

“We are delighted to welcome Super Technologies into the Atlantic Council’s global community and to have the company join our Power of Sports Center as a founding partner. Sport is more than entertainment: it influences geopolitics, investment, technology, and global culture, bringing people together across national boundaries. Super’s international footprint and investment in sport make it a valuable partner as we explore how sport can contribute to diplomacy, innovation, economic development and international cooperation,” added Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council.

A global business with international reach

Super’s long-term growth has been supported by leading global investors. In 2019, Blackstone made a €175 million strategic minority investment in the company, supporting its international expansion and transformation into a global technology organization.

In 2025, Super completed a €1.3 billion refinancing, further strengthening its financial position and reinforcing its relationship with Blackstone and HPS Investment Partners, part of BlackRock, while providing additional capacity to accelerate the company’s international expansion.

Today, Super has commercial operations across Brazil, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Romania and Serbia, alongside technology hubs in Spain, the Netherlands, Croatia, Romania, the United Kingdom and Brazil. The company operates across multiple geographies in Europe and Latin America, combining entertainment, technology and sports expertise, while engaging with millions of customers worldwide.

Its international scale also gives Super a broader role to play in the markets in which it operates, not only as an employer and investor, but as a company able to contribute expertise, capital and international perspective to conversations around economic growth and strategic partnerships.

Through its partnership with the Atlantic Council, Super aims to build on this position by engaging with governments, public institutions, business leaders and other stakeholders around the broader role of sport in economic growth, international engagement, resilience and positive societal impact.

The Power of Sports Center provides a global setting for that engagement, allowing Super to contribute to discussions that extend beyond its traditional industry and to demonstrate the relevance of its international scale, investment capacity and market expertise to broader strategic priorities.

About Super Technologies

Super Technologies, simply known as Super, is a global technology company building the future of entertainment and fan-centric experiences. Founded in 2008, the company has evolved from a sports betting and gaming operator into a diversified technology and product organization, engaging with millions of customers across Europe and Latin America. The company employs more than 5,300 people, including over 1,300 technology and product development specialists, operating across six markets and continuing to expand through investment and acquisitions.

Super is committed to high standards of compliance, safety, and responsibility. The company is a board member of the European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA) and a member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA).

For more information, visit www.super.xyz.

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Răzvan Roșu
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September 22, 2026 5:25 PM
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SANTA CLARA, CA

PhantaField Announces 3D Chip Architecture Targeting AI Memory Bottlenecks

SANTA CLARA, CA, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- PhantaField has announced an architecture for AI processors that places layers of memory directly interlaced in the circuits that use their data, an approach intended to reduce the distance information travels within the processor, and also stack compute along with memory. The company’s Sophon architecture, introduced in June 2026, combines atomically thin semiconductor materials with vertically stacked logic and memory. The architecture addresses a data movement constraint in AI processing, where computing capacity can depend on the ability to supply processors with data at sufficient speed.

“We enable a whole new way to design the chip by 3D monolithic integration of logic and memory,” says Dr. Xuejun Sheldon Xie, PhantaField’s founder and CEO. The architecture uses two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides, or 2D TMDs, as semiconductor materials. Their active layers can be only a few atoms thick, grown under low temperature, allowing additional material layers to be incorporated above existing circuitry.

PhantaField is developing deposition equipment that uses plasma and photons to grow the materials at temperatures intended to preserve circuitry beneath them. The approach is designed to support the construction of additional computing and memory layers above an existing silicon base.

PhantaField’s modeling indicates that the proposed architecture may increase the rate at which model weights are supplied to computing circuits by 100X compared with the HBM-based reference configuration used in its analysis. The findings remain theoretical at this stage and do not yet establish how the architecture would perform in hardware or how it would compare with existing memory and packaging technologies in practical applications.

Another key property is radiation hardness. 2D TMD materials are natively radiation-hard, thus increasing the lifespan in space AI data centers. The 2T0C memory architecture is more tolerant to radiation-induced bit flips than 1T1C memory used in HBM. Given the high-density thin stack of compute and no conductive substrate under their thin-film 2D TMD transistor structure, radiation-induced secondary electrons will have less chance of damaging the chip and affecting the data. 

The projected performance remains subject to hardware validation. PhantaField’s Sophon white paper describes simulations and calculations while identifying further work involving device calibration, thermal analysis, and manufacturing qualification.

Hardware testing will determine whether the architecture can deliver the modeled performance under operating conditions and whether the manufacturing process can produce the structures consistently.

The manufacturing process is therefore part of the development effort alongside the chip architecture. The proposed materials would need to be deposited uniformly and integrated with existing circuitry across repeated production runs before the approach could support commercial processor manufacturing.

PhantaField has stated a roadmap targeting product availability in 2028, with prototype validation expected to precede commercialization.

The company has also identified thePantheon.ai as a project associated with the Sophon processor. The development of the processor and its data center could be incorporated into that project and other computing applications.

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Xuejun Sheldon Xie
info@phantafield.com

September 22, 2026 5:22 PM
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LONDON, United Kingdom

Viaro Energy Builds North Sea Portfolio to Over 60 Fields Without Taking on Debt

LONDON, United Kingdom, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Viaro Energy, an independent British energy group, has built a portfolio of working interests in more than 60 fields across the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea, expanding through a series of acquisitions while maintaining what the company describes as a debt-free balance sheet.

The company's North Sea position has been assembled over several years through targeted deals rather than organic exploration alone. Its 2020 acquisition of RockRose Energy, valued at £247 million, gave Viaro an established production portfolio along with a technical and commercial team that has underpinned subsequent growth. The company went on to add Dutch interests through Hague and London Oil, UK gas assets acquired from SSE, holdings west of Shetland from Spark Exploration, and a farm-in agreement with Hartshead Resources covering acreage in the Southern North Sea.

The resulting portfolio is weighted heavily toward natural gas, which accounts for more than 75% of Viaro's output. Annual production has reached as much as 25,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, and at its peak the company's share of UK joint-venture fields has represented up to 9% of gross UK gas production, according to the company.

Francesco Mazzagatti, founder and chief executive of Viaro Energy, said the acquisition strategy has been paired with a deliberate approach to financing.

"At Viaro, we maintain a balance between investments in mature producing assets that generate quick returns and development opportunities, which are more volatile but equally necessary for increasing the local energy supply," Mazzagatti said. "Such an approach has thus far allowed us to maintain a healthy, debt-free balance sheet and continuously pursue our growth strategy despite the associated market challenges."

The company's expansion comes as North Sea operators face pressure from declining reserves in some legacy fields, alongside political and regulatory debate in the UK over the pace of the energy transition and the future of domestic oil and gas production. Mazzagatti has argued that continued domestic production and investment in lower-carbon technologies are not mutually exclusive, and has said that reducing UK output before alternative energy sources are ready could shift both emissions and economic activity elsewhere rather than reduce them.

Viaro has also signalled interest in technologies beyond conventional oil and gas. In 2024, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Terrestrial Energy to examine the potential deployment of Integral Molten Salt Reactor technology in the UK. The initial phase of that work involves assessing siting, regulatory, economic and policy considerations to identify possible locations and commercial applications, which the company has said could include supplying power and industrial heat to facilities such as data centers. A final investment decision on the project, subject to further assessments and milestones, could come around 2030.

Earlier this year, Viaro named Graham Taylor as chief operating officer, adding what the company described as technical and commercial expertise to its leadership team as it pursues further opportunities in the UK and internationally.

Across its existing asset base, Viaro said it works with joint-venture partners to review environmental performance and identify measures to reduce the carbon intensity of production, alongside its broader technology strategy.

Mazzagatti said the company's approach reflects an attempt to balance near-term energy needs with longer-term shifts in the energy system.

"Our strategy combines what can be achieved today with the technologies that could reshape the energy market tomorrow," he said. "Energy security and decarbonisation should reinforce one another. The real test is whether a technology can be reliable, commercially viable and deployed at industrial scale."

The North Sea has been a focus of consolidation activity in recent years, as companies weigh the economics of mature basins against regulatory changes affecting UK oil and gas taxation and licensing. Viaro's growth through acquisition places it among a group of independent operators that have expanded their positions in the region even as some larger companies have scaled back or divested North Sea assets.

The company's current focus, according to Mazzagatti, includes continued development of its existing fields alongside evaluation of longer-term projects such as the proposed nuclear technology assessment with Terrestrial Energy. He said infrastructure, workforce skills and investment capacity built up over decades of North Sea operations will be relevant to whatever technologies come to underpin the UK's future energy system.

About Viaro Energy

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy group with a significant presence in the UK Continental Shelf and the Dutch North Sea. The company focuses on acquiring and developing assets to support energy security and the transition to lower-carbon solutions, and holds working interests in more than 60 fields across both regions. For more information, visit viaro.co.uk.

Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements regarding Viaro Energy’s asset portfolio, operational strategy, financial positioning, and future production or growth objectives. Forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations and estimates, which involve inherent risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. References to debt-free structures or operational financing reflect management assessments as of the date hereof. This release is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation regarding any securities or financial instruments in any jurisdiction. Neither Viaro Energy nor its affiliates assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

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September 22, 2026 5:18 PM
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL

Captain Compliance Launches Patrol: AI-Powered Scanner Detects Dark Patterns, Broken Cookie Banners, and CIPA Exposures as Privacy Litigation Tsunami Intensifies

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, September 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Captain Compliance, the South Florida privacy automation leader, today announced the official launch and subscription availability of Captain Compliance Patrol, a revolutionary AI-powered privacy risk scanner and continuous monitoring platform. Patrol delivers granular, evidence-backed detection of dark patterns, asymmetric consent flows, pre-consent tracking, Global Privacy Control (GPC) failures, and multi-state compliance gaps — directly addressing the explosive surge in digital Wiretapping Claims, California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and state privacy lawsuits.

This launch comes as wiretapping lawsuits and CIPA claims have transformed from niche threats into a full-scale litigation industry. Filings exploded from just over 200 in 2023 to nearly 4,000 in 2024, with projections remaining elevated in 2026 with over 4,000 of these requests being sent out a month now. 

High-profile settlements underscore the stakes: Aspen Dental paid out $18.7 million in a pixel-tracking class action, while other cases (including Kaiser Permanente at $46 million) show how routine website technologies can trigger massive exposure.

At this year’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit, CalPrivacy regulators signaled deep concern about the continued use of the Meta Pixel and similar tracking technologies, saying they view the practice as a significant privacy risk and one member even saying when Richart Ruddie asked about their viewpoint on it that they found it “disgusting”. Their comments reinforced the growing regulatory pressure on businesses that rely on ad-tech tools, and underscored why privacy litigation around tracking pixels, session replay software, and other third-party scripts is likely to remain active especially as judges find both for and against defendants in these cases.

Plaintiffs’ firms have supercharged this wave with legal tech and AI. Sophisticated tools now scan thousands of sites for dark patterns and tracking scripts in minutes, generating templated demand letters at industrial scale. Capital is flowing to this offensive ecosystem, including Fort Lauderdale-based The LegalTech Fund, which has deployed more than $138 million across funds to back AI platforms some that accelerate discovery, demand generation, and litigation. Businesses are left reacting — until now.

Captain Compliance Patrol software flips the script. It is the most advanced practitioner-side privacy risk scanner on the market, purpose-built to give compliance teams, cyber insurers, and law firms better visibility that plaintiffs’ tools enjoy — before a demand letter arrives and has har file exports and audits to protect against data privacy violations and claims. 

How Patrol Works: Deep, Actionable Intelligence

Patrol performs automated, high-fidelity scans that capture real user journeys, banner states, cookie and tracker behavior, and consent flows. Key capabilities include:

  • Dark pattern detection: Flags asymmetric consent paths (one-click accept vs. multi-step reject), missing or non-visible reject/decline options, and other designs that undermine meaningful choice under CCPA/CPRA §1798.135, Colorado CPA, and 18+ other state laws.
  • Pre-consent tracking and third-party cookies: Identifies trackers and cookies firing before consent (a core CIPA, GDPR, and wiretap risk vector).
  • GPC and signal compliance: Tests whether Global Privacy Control signals are honored and whether advertising/analytics are properly reduced.
  • IAB framework and consent string analysis: Checks for TCF v2, GPP, Google Consent Mode, and proper vendor signaling.
  • Multi-jurisdiction mapping: Scores findings against 20+ U.S. state privacy regimes (CCPA, CPA, CTDPA, VCDPA, etc.), delivering “Direct,” “Adjacent,” or “No findings” verdicts tied to specific statutes.
  • Forensic-grade reporting: Includes verdict (e.g., “Mixed Compliance Posture”), quantitative metrics (banner load time, cookies set, trackers pre-consent, findings count), SHA-256 integrity hash, 7+ screenshots of banner states (pre-consent, post-accept, post-reject, highlighted elements), and full HAR archives.

A recent Patrol scan, for example, returned a “Mixed Compliance Posture” verdict on a site with a cookie banner that showed an accept option in 0.1 seconds but lacked equally prominent reject paths. It flagged strong dark-pattern violations (asymmetric consent and no visible reject), 13 total cookies (8 third-party), 4 pre-consent trackers, and mapped issues to CCPA, GDPR, PIPEDA, and parallel U.S. state provisions — while noting the site properly honored GPC in testing. The report provided literal evidence links, statute citations, and visual proof ready for legal or insurance review.

Patrol’s methodology is explicitly designed to support — not replace — legal review. It acknowledges beta-stage nuances (non-standard markup, non-deterministic scripts) and treats inconclusive results as evidence gaps to be verified against raw scan data.

Complements and Supercharges the Captain Compliance Stack

Patrol is the missing proactive layer that makes Captain Compliance’s existing all-in-one privacy automation platform even more powerful. The core platform already delivers best in class:

  • Intelligent cookie consent management with pre-consent pixel and script blocking
  • Automated Data Subject Request (DSAR) and DROP Act workflows
  • Dynamic, adaptive privacy notices and cookie transparency/trust centers
  • Risk assessments, compliance reporting, and litigation-guarantee options
  • Seamless integrations with WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, WooCommerce, and Google CMP ecosystems

Patrol feeds directly into this ecosystem. Scan results highlight exact vulnerabilities that the platform’s automation can then remediate — turning detection into instant action. Together, they form a complete defensive shield: continuous visibility + automated fixes + workflow orchestration.

A Must-Have for Cyber Insurers and Law Firms

Patrol is already proving to be a powerful draw for cyber insurance underwriters and privacy law firms. Insurers use it for real-time risk scoring, underwriting accuracy, and post-policy monitoring — helping price policies more precisely and reduce claims exposure from privacy violations. Law firms deploy it for client compliance audits, pre-litigation assessments, ongoing monitoring programs, and defense preparation (knowing a client’s exact posture before plaintiffs do).

“Businesses are drowning in automated claims tied to everyday marketing tools,” said Richart Ruddie, founder of Captain Compliance. “In my earlier career protecting individuals’ digital footprints through a Reputation Management Company — and building Silicon Valley’s first consumer-grade 3D-printed eyewear company, Protos Eyewear, which caught the attention of Luxottica — I saw how small compliance gaps could explode into reputational and financial disasters. Today the mission has evolved: we’re arming businesses with the same sophisticated tools plaintiffs’ firms use, but on the defensive side.”

“Patrol is the best thing to hit the privacy world in years," continued Ruddie continued. "It gives companies, insurers, and law firms the proactive intelligence they’ve been missing. We’re making it available immediately on a subscription model with 1,500 scans per month so teams can integrate it right away — whether they’re protecting a single site or managing portfolios for clients and insureds.”

This launch follows Captain Compliance’s rapid momentum: the company has doubled in size over a couple of months while being the only domestic privacy software company that’s bootstrapped from Ruddie’s prior successful exits. 

“We built this software as an answer to the skyrocketing issue that we were able to spot as businesses came to us with their issues of drowning in claims tied to everyday marketing tools and having non-working cookie compliance tools that we’ve been able to replace with ours along with our scanning tools,” said Ruddie. “In my earlier work, before I had my previous exit my focus was on protecting individuals and their personal data privacy. Today, that mission has changed to helping businesses, from Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing e-commerce brands, reduce compliance and web tracking risk while ensuring they are able to stay ahead of evolving privacy claims. Our goal is to make robust data protection accessible, practical, and backed by top-tier customer service.”

The Defensive Infrastructure for an AI-Driven, Privacy-First World

As regulators intensify scrutiny, plaintiffs’ firms industrialize their operations with AI, and privacy expectations evolve quarterly, Captain Compliance Patrol delivers the visibility layer every organization needs. It transforms compliance from reactive firefighting into strategic advantage — reducing litigation risk, preserving customer trust, and turning privacy posture into a competitive moat.

“We’re not just building software,” Ruddie added. “We’re building the defensive infrastructure every business, insurer, and law firm will need in an AI-driven, privacy-first world. Patrol is the sharpest tool yet in that arsenal.”

Captain Compliance Patrol is now available and interested parties can go visit captaincompliance.com to request a demo.

About Captain Compliance

Captain Compliance is the leading privacy automation platform helping organizations of all sizes navigate complex global and U.S. state privacy regulations. Its all-in-one corporate solution combines intelligent consent management, pre-consent pixel and script blocking, automated DSAR (Data Subject Access Request) and data deletion workflows, dynamic privacy notices, automated risk scanning via its proprietary Patrol technology, compliance reporting, and robust litigation-backed compliance guarantees. Founded by serial entrepreneur Richart Ruddie, Captain Compliance is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with regional offices in Detroit, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Latin America, and Montreal. The platform is trusted by global enterprises, growth-stage brands, cyber insurers, and privacy law firms. For more information, visit captaincompliance.com.

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