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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Series B led by Mercato Partners accelerates Formic’s expansion into general-purpose robotics, built on 750,000+ hours of live production....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chapter, the leading provider of unbiased Medicare guidance for seniors, announced today that it has acquired Ridgeway, an applied AI startup founded by Hamza Mostafa. Mr. Mostafa and members of Ridgeway’s engineering team will join Chapter to build AI products that serve the needs of retirees. “Hamza and his team are exceptional, and we need the very best engineers to keep building the very best products for seniors,” said Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz, CEO and Co-Founder of...

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultra Security is coming out of stealth. Backed by $10 million in seed funding, Ultra has built an agentic security platform built for real-time visibility and guardrails so autonomous agents run securely. Investors include Ludlow Ventures, Hidden Capital, Entrée Capital, Detroit Venture Partners, firedrop, and FDVC, along with angels from the broader security and SaaS communities. Ultra sits between AI agents and the MCP servers and connectors they call. Every tool ca...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hephaestus exits stealth with CiRi Ventures-led funding to develop rare-earth-free high-temperature superconductors and lower-cost fusion power....

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanosecond OCS specifications released enabling native photon routing for up to 40× better network energy efficiency and 75% less optical transceivers...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Daversa has been named a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Award winner, marking its second consecutive year earning recognition among the nation's leading B2B companies supporting entrepreneurs and high-growth businesses. The annual Inc. Power Partner Awards honor organizations with a proven track record of helping companies navigate the complexities of building and scaling a business. The recognition celebrates partners whose expertise, commitment, and measurable impact have...

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wonder Studios, the entertainment company building new pathways for filmmakers in the AI era, today announced an agreement with Foundation Distribution, a distribution agent that negotiates placement across connected-TV platforms, to bring work from exceptional indie filmmakers who have built their audiences online to TV screens. It is a first-of-its-kind deal that will see AI-native content from emerging filmmakers streamed globally across major TV streaming...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RAD Intel, an AI-driven marketing technology holding company, today released Think Again, the October 2026 edition of RADAR, its editorial publication and generative engine optimization (GEO) content engine. The coverage examines how human judgment shapes marketing decisions when AI gives teams more information and more possible directions to consider. As those options multiply, marketing decision intelligence helps teams evaluate them by combining audience research,...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lumina Markets launches a prediction market app for U.S. customers, with event contracts on elections, the economy, technology, and world events....

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cofactor Genomics today announced publication of its OncoPrism®-NSCLC clinical validation study in npj Precision Oncology, a peer-reviewed Nature Portfolio journal. The study represents the latest results from Cofactor’s multisite PREDAPT clinical trial and extends the clinical validation of the multidimensional RNA biomarker underlying OncoPrism-HNSCC—a clinically validated, Medicare-covered test for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma—to a...