PORTLAND, OR, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Attorney Bracken McKey is marking 25 years of experience in law and criminal justice, reflecting on a career spent as a prosecutor in the Washington County District Attorney’s Office and sharing lessons on leadership, professional growth and decision-making developed over more than two decades.

McKey spent 25 years as a prosecutor in the Washington County District Attorney’s Office, including several years as chief deputy district attorney. During his tenure, he directed investigations for the Washington County Major Crimes Team, handled thousands of cases and tried more than 250. His work included dozens of homicide cases and hundreds of Measure 11 offenses, as well as leadership roles with the Westside Interagency Narcotics Team, Crash Analysis and Reconstruction Team, Washington County fraud team, and Conviction Integrity Unit/Brady Committee.

Looking back on that experience, McKey says one of his central professional lessons is that good judgment does not automatically follow from time spent in a profession. Experience is valuable, he says, but it is only the raw material. Judgment develops through reflection, curiosity, and the willingness to keep learning long after a career begins to feel familiar.

"I've worked alongside people who had been doing the same job for 30 years, and I've worked with people who had been doing it for five," McKey said. "Sometimes the person with less experience exercised better judgment because they were still asking questions and challenging their own assumptions."

Experience Gives You Opportunities, Not Answers

Early in a career, success often comes from mastering technical skills, understanding processes and building confidence. Those are important milestones, but McKey believes they represent only the beginning of professional development.

As responsibilities increase, problems become more complicated. The situations that matter most rarely come with complete information or obvious solutions. Instead of relying on rules alone, professionals must weigh competing priorities, evaluate uncertainty and make thoughtful decisions despite imperfect information.

"As you gain experience, you stop looking for perfect answers," McKey said. "Instead, you start asking whether you're asking the right questions. That shift changes the way you approach every decision."

Over the course of his career, McKey came to believe that experience does not automatically produce wisdom. Some professionals continue growing every year, while others spend decades repeating the same habits without becoming significantly better. The difference, he believes, is whether someone chooses to keep learning from each experience rather than simply accumulating more of them.

Curiosity Is the Habit That Keeps Professionals Growing

One of the biggest differences McKey has observed throughout his career is the role curiosity plays in long-term professional development.

Professionals who continue improving rarely believe they have everything figured out. They remain interested in understanding why outcomes occurred, how circumstances changed and what they could do differently the next time.

That curiosity helps prevent complacency.

"The biggest risk isn't making mistakes," McKey said. "The biggest risk is believing you've reached a point where there's nothing left to learn."

Rather than viewing experience as proof of expertise, he encourages professionals to view it as an expanding collection of lessons. Every project, conversation, challenge and unexpected outcome provides another opportunity to refine judgment.

The professionals who keep asking thoughtful questions often become the ones others trust to make difficult decisions.

Reflection Turns Experience Into Judgment

Many people learn from failure because mistakes naturally demand attention. McKey believes successful outcomes deserve the same level of analysis.

"People naturally review mistakes because they're uncomfortable," he said. "What often gets overlooked are the successes. If something worked, you should understand why it worked. Otherwise, you might assume it will always work the same way."

That habit of reflection separates continuous improvement from simple repetition.

Professionals who consistently review their decisions begin to recognize patterns. They notice recurring challenges, identify strengths they can build on and uncover assumptions that may no longer serve them well.

This process takes discipline because it requires honest self-evaluation rather than simply moving on to the next task.

McKey believes that reflection is where experience becomes judgment. Without it, even decades of work can become little more than routine.

Good Judgment Requires Humility

Another lesson that has become clearer to McKey over his 25-year prosecutorial career is the importance of humility.

Many people associate confidence with having the right answer. McKey believes confidence should instead come from being willing to learn, adapt and reconsider when new information becomes available.

"There is a misconception that changing your mind is a sign of weakness," he said. "I've found the opposite to be true. If the facts change or you learn something important, adapting is often the strongest decision you can make."

This willingness to adjust is especially valuable in leadership roles.

Strong leaders do not create environments where they must always appear certain. They create environments where thoughtful discussion is encouraged and people feel comfortable raising concerns or offering different perspectives.

That openness can lead to better decisions because it allows more information to reach the people responsible for making them.

Trust Is Earned Through Consistency

Professional growth is not measured only by knowledge or experience. It is also reflected in the trust a person earns over time.

McKey believes credibility develops through repeated actions rather than occasional achievements.

"People remember whether you follow through," he said. "They remember whether you prepared, whether you listened, and whether they could rely on you. Those habits build credibility much faster than trying to sound like the smartest person in the room."

Consistency becomes especially important when situations become challenging.

During periods of uncertainty, people naturally look toward professionals who remain thoughtful, prepared and dependable. Those qualities are built over years through everyday decisions that often go unnoticed at the time.

About Bracken McKey

Bracken McKey is an attorney with 25 years of experience as a prosecutor in the Washington County District Attorney’s Office, where he served as chief deputy district attorney and directed investigations for the Washington County Major Crimes Team. During his career, he handled thousands of cases and tried more than 250, including dozens of homicide cases and hundreds of Measure 11 offenses. McKey also held leadership roles with several specialized investigative teams and committees, including the Westside Interagency Narcotics Team, Crash Analysis and Reconstruction Team, Washington County fraud team, and Conviction Integrity Unit/Brady Committee.

SINGAPORE, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Kinzey Capital Management, a Singapore-based manager of discretionary multi-asset mandates, is advising private clients, family groups and corporate treasuries holding concentrated semiconductor positions to reassess them in light of Huawei Technologies' accelerated artificial intelligence chip roadmap. The firm sees the schedule, set out this week in Shanghai, as the clearest signal yet of how quickly China intends to close the gap with Nvidia, at a time when sector valuations assume American leadership will continue.

"A roadmap changes the competitive arithmetic long before it changes anybody's earnings," said David Nilson, Director of Private Clients at Kinzey Capital Management Pte. Ltd.

At the annual Huawei Connect conference, Huawei executive David Wang said the Ascend 960DT will arrive in the first quarter of 2027, three quarters ahead of plan, with the 960PR following two quarters later. Each part doubles the computing power, memory bandwidth and interconnect ports of the Ascend 950 series. The accompanying Atlas 960 SuperPoD carries 15,488 Ascend 960 processors across 220 cabinets and delivers 30 EFLOPS in FP8 precision. The Ascend 970 is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2028, and the Ascend 980 for 2029.

Nilson pointed to DeepSeek's decision to validate Ascend processors alongside Nvidia hardware in the same framework as more significant than any specification sheet, calling it "the first occasion on which a Chinese accelerator appears as a peer rather than a fallback."

Kinzey points out that commercial volumes still sit heavily with the incumbent. Nvidia shipped one million H20 chips into China over a recent full year, against 200,000 Ascend 910B units. The firm also expects that balance to shift: 910B output is climbing towards 300,000 units over the following year, and fabrication of the 910C has begun against a separate target of 100,000 units a year. In Kinzey's view, investors who treat today's market share as a fixed baseline risk overlooking how quickly domestic supply is building.

Kinzey's analysis separates the frontier gap from the deployed gap. Top-end American accelerators are still roughly five times more powerful than the best Chinese parts, and one projection widens that multiple to 17 by 2027. Huawei accounts for about 4% of Nvidia's combined AI computing output over the current cycle, and that share is expected to thin towards 2% by 2027. Meanwhile, Chinese models are adapting to domestic hardware, and Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has described the Chinese AI accelerator market as largely conceded.

"The frontier gap and the deployed gap move in opposite directions," Nilson said. "Investors with a decade ahead read that split differently from those meeting withdrawals on a schedule, and that distinction is where we start with every client."

The firm notes that the stakes behind this competition have grown sharply. Global semiconductor revenue rose 21% over the preceding full year to $870.2 billion, with close to a third coming from AI-related silicon. Nvidia alone accounted for more than 35% of industry growth over that period and passed $109.7 billion in revenue. With projections putting AI silicon above 50% of total chip sales by 2029, Kinzey sees exposure to the sector increasingly becoming exposure to a single theme.

Kinzey also notes that the semiconductor sector has returned more than 20% a year over the past five years, driven mainly by the AI build-out, and that returns now depend on where a company sits in the AI value chain rather than on the sector as a whole. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.64, more than double the 22.70 of the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF. As a result, a single heavily weighted chip holding can move an entire portfolio on its own.

The firm adds that liquidity has held up better than those valuations might suggest. During a recent pullback, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF drew $1.5 billion of inflows and the iShares Semiconductor ETF drew $5.9 billion, despite declines of 8.54% and 10.63% respectively. For Kinzey, that resilience matters less than whether a client could afford to sell into a decline if their obligations required it.

About Kinzey Capital Management

Kinzey Capital Management is a Singapore-based manager of discretionary multi-asset mandates for private individuals, companies, family groups and foundations. Equities, fixed income, pooled vehicles and cash sit inside one consolidated book. Construction begins with what the money must do, when it may be drawn upon and the spread of outcomes it can absorb; instruments follow. Corporate reserves, growth portfolios, joint and family accounts, and income and withdrawals are open-ended, continuing while the obligation behind the capital stays live. Concentrated shareholdings and second-opinion reviews are single assignments examining positions a client already owns. Reporting is framed against the remit each mandate was handed. Kinzey Capital Management Pte. Ltd. is the registered entity, carrying UEN 202105652G. For more information, visit kinzey.com.

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NEW YORK, NY, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Algomizer, a done-for-you AI search optimization service provider, today introduced the Foundational Source Framework, a proprietary methodology for improving how brands are retrieved, understood, cited, and recommended across leading generative AI platforms.

The launch pairs the methodology with two performance-based commercial models designed to connect AI visibility to defined outcomes. Under the Visibility Partnership, fees begin only after a client crosses an agreed visibility threshold. Under the Growth Partnership, Algomizer participates only in incremental customers or revenue attributed to additional business generated through improved AI visibility.

Why AI Visibility is Becoming a Business Metric

Generative AI interfaces increasingly influence how buyers research categories, compare providers, and decide which companies deserve consideration. For businesses, that creates a new operating question: not simply whether a brand appears in one answer, but whether it is represented accurately and consistently across the prompts, platforms, and moments that shape demand.

Algomizer treats that challenge as a source-system problem. The company’s framework focuses on the information environments that AI systems retrieve and reference, while measurement is performed across repeated prompt clusters rather than isolated screenshots.

What is the Algomizer Foundational Source Framework?

The Algomizer Foundational Source Framework is a proprietary three-method AI search methodology that adjusts existing authoritative sources, develops higher-quality replacement evidence, and reinforces consistent brand information across major AI platforms. It is designed for generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO).

“AI visibility becomes commercially useful when it can be built systematically, measured repeatedly and connected to business outcomes,” said Meriem Aousaji, Marketing Director of Algomizer. “The framework defines the operating work, while our partnership models define what we are accountable for delivering.”

Three Methods for Building Durable AI Visibility

1. Foundational Source Adjustment (FSA): FSA improves the clarity, accuracy, and structure of information within authoritative sources already retrieved by AI systems. Depending on the source and the authority available to modify it, the work can include correcting company and product information, strengthening entity relationships, refining structured data, and reorganizing material so important facts are easier to identify and verify. The objective is stronger factual grounding: clearer source material for questions about the company, its category, and its capabilities.
2. Foundational Source Replacement (FSR): FSR applies when existing coverage is incomplete, outdated, or insufficiently authoritative. Algomizer develops new evidence through original research, structured datasets, white papers, useful company resources, relevant media, and other independently accessible materials. The purpose is to create a stronger body of corroborating information that can supplement or supersede thin and outdated references when an AI system retrieves sources for an answer.
3. Cross-Model Reinforcement (CMR): CMR maintains coherent entity information across the surfaces available to different AI platforms. The work can include consistent question-and-answer resources, cross-platform publication, third-party corroboration, and periodic freshness cycles. Because source weighting and model behavior change, Algomizer monitors how clients are represented across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, and Google’s AI Overviews. The aim is more consistent recall, description, and recommendation across repeated tests and model updates.

Two Ways to Connect the Framework to Performance

The Visibility Partnership measures the share of a client’s agreed prompts and queries for which covered AI platforms name the brand. Algomizer’s fee begins only after the client crosses the contractually defined visibility threshold.

The Growth Partnership connects compensation to commercial outcomes. Algomizer receives an agreed share only from incremental customers or revenue attributed to additional business generated through AI visibility. Existing business is excluded, and the baseline, attribution method and measurement period are agreed before the engagement.

“A client can ask us to earn measurable visibility across AI platforms or participate only in the incremental business associated with that visibility,” Aousaji said. “In both cases, the commercial model is tied to an agreed result rather than activity alone.”

Measuring a Changing, Probabilistic Channel

Algomizer establishes a visibility baseline using clusters of prompts and queries relevant to a client’s market. A typical thematic cluster contains approximately 10 to 30 prompts tested across multiple AI platforms. Visibility measures the share of agreed questions for which the brand is named, while sentiment assesses whether the model’s description is favorable, neutral or unfavorable.

The company can also examine citation support, factual accuracy, recommendation prominence and consistency across repeated outputs. Because results can vary by model, prompt, account context, location and time, the methodology relies on repeated observations rather than treating any single answer as a permanent ranking.

Algomizer works with one partner per agreed market segment during an engagement. The company says this exclusivity prevents it from simultaneously attempting to improve competing brands for the same group of prompts and queries.

About Algomizer

Algomizer is a done-for-you AI search optimization service provider that helps organizations improve how they are represented, cited and recommended across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, and Google’s AI Overviews. Its proprietary Foundational Source Framework combines Foundational Source Adjustment, Foundational Source Replacement, and Cross-Model Reinforcement. Algomizer offers performance-based partnerships tied to agreed AI visibility or attributable incremental growth and works with one partner per agreed market segment. Learn more at algomizer.com.

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NEW YORK, NY, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Algomizer, a done-for-you AI search optimization service provider, released the 'Foundational Source Framework’, a proprietary methodology designed to improve how frequently and consistently brands are retrieved, understood, cited and recommended across leading generative AI platforms.

The framework operates across three layers: Foundational Source Adjustment (FSA), Foundational Source Replacement (FSR) and Cross-Model Reinforcement (CMR). Together, the layers address the source environment generative systems use to assemble answers, from information already being retrieved to new authoritative evidence and the consistency of entity-level information across platforms and over time.

Algomizer is coupling the framework with two performance-based commercial models. Under its Visibility Partnership, fees begin after a client exceeds an agreed visibility threshold across covered AI platforms. Under its Growth Partnership, Algomizer receives an agreed share only from incremental customers or revenue attributed to additional business generated through improved AI visibility.

What is the Algomizer Foundational Source Framework?

The Algomizer Foundational Source Framework is a three-layer AI search (GEO/AEO) methodology that improves existing authoritative sources, develops new verifiable evidence and reinforces consistent brand visibility across major AI platforms.

“Companies do not need another report showing that they are absent from AI answers,” said Meriem Aousaji, Marketing Director of Algomizer. “They need the underlying work performed across the source ecosystem, and a way to measure whether it changes visibility or creates business. The Foundational Source Framework codifies that work, while our two partnership models align our compensation with the outcome.”

A Three-Layer Framework for Generative Search

1. Foundational Source Adjustment: Foundational Source Adjustment improves the clarity, accuracy and structure of information within authoritative sources already retrieved by AI systems. Depending on the source and the surrounding authority to modify it, the work can include correcting company and product information, strengthening entity relationships, refining structured data and reorganizing material so that important facts are easier to identify and verify. The intended output is stronger factual grounding: the model has access to clearer source material when answering questions about the company, its category and its capabilities.
2. Foundational Source Replacement: Foundational Source Replacement addresses situations in which existing coverage is incomplete, outdated or insufficiently authoritative. Algomizer develops new evidence through original research, structured datasets, whitepapers, useful company resources, relevant media and other independently accessible materials.The objective is not to overwhelm the web with repeated claims. It is to establish a stronger body of corroborating information that can compete with thin or outdated references when AI systems retrieve sources for an answer.
3. Cross-Model Reinforcement: Cross-Model Reinforcement focuses on maintaining coherent entity information across the surfaces available to different AI platforms. The work can include consistent question-and-answer resources, cross-platform publication, third-party corroboration and periodic freshness cycles.

Because model behavior and source weighting change, Algomizer monitors how the client is represented across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot and Google’s AI Overviews. The intended result is more consistent recall, description and recommendation across repeated tests and model updates.

Measuring Visibility as a Pattern

Algomizer establishes a visibility baseline using clusters of prompts and queries relevant to the client’s market. A typical thematic cluster can contain approximately 10 to 30 prompts, tested across multiple AI platforms.

The company evaluates both visibility and sentiment. Visibility measures the share of agreed questions for which the brand is named, while sentiment assesses whether the model’s description is favorable, neutral or unfavorable. Algomizer can also examine citation support, factual accuracy, recommendation prominence and consistency across repeated outputs.

The methodology treats AI visibility as probabilistic rather than as a permanent ranking. Results may vary by model, prompt, account context, location and time. Algomizer therefore uses defined prompt sets and repeated observations rather than individual screenshots.

Two Performance-based Partnerships

The Visibility Partnership measures the share of a client’s agreed prompts and queries for which covered AI platforms name the brand. Algomizer’s fee begins only after the client crosses the contractually defined visibility threshold.

The Growth Partnership connects compensation to commercial outcomes. Algomizer receives an agreed share of incremental customers or revenue attributed to additional business generated through AI visibility. The client’s existing business is excluded, and the baseline, attribution method and measurement period are agreed before the engagement.

“The framework is the operating system; the partnership model defines the outcome we are accountable for,” said Aousaji. “A client can ask us to earn measurable visibility across AI platforms or participate only in the incremental business associated with that visibility.”

Algomizer works with one partner per agreed market segment during an engagement. The company says this exclusivity prevents it from simultaneously attempting to improve competing brands for the same group of prompts and queries.

About Algomizer

Algomizer is a done-for-you AI search optimization service provider that helps organizations improve how they are represented, cited and recommended across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, and Google’s AI Overviews. Its proprietary Foundational Source Framework combines Foundational Source Adjustment, Foundational Source Replacement, and Cross-Model Reinforcement. Algomizer offers performance-based partnerships tied to agreed AI visibility or attributable incremental growth and works with one partner per agreed market segment. Learn more at algomizer.com.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- BNW Developments has formally unveiled its new core positioning statement, "Curators of Fine Living," marking a strategic transition from conventional real estate construction toward experience-focused property development.

The new framework redefines residential luxury away from traditional metrics — such as scale, raw materials, and basic amenity packages — in favor of intuitive design, anticipatory hospitality, privacy, and long-term architectural relevance across the company's master-planned developments in Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah.

From Property Development to Experience Curation 

Under the new positioning, BNW Developments approaches real estate creation by establishing the intended living experience before determining architectural, interior, and operational parameters. This model positions the developer as a curator that brings together global brand partnerships, specialized architecture, and operational expertise into a single cohesive ecosystem.

"Curators of Fine Living" serves as the foundational principle for BNW's expanding portfolio, which currently exceeds AED 32 billion ($8.7 billion USD) in gross development value (GDV).

Strategic Global Brand Collaborations 

A central pillar of BNW's curated approach is the integration of international lifestyle and hospitality brands into its developments:

• Tonino Lamborghini Residences (Ras Al Khaimah): The first-ever Tonino Lamborghini residential project in Ras Al Khaimah, bringing Italian craftsmanship and impressive personality to living spaces.
• Taj Wellington Mews (Al Marjan Island): A residential partnership bringing a legacy of Indian hospitality and personalized service protocols to service.
• RAK Central: An integrated development in partnership with Radisson Hotel Group, incorporating Radisson Blu Hotels and Residences to deliver benchmarked hospitality, operational expertise, and a contemporary understanding of integrated living.

“Our ambition is to create distinct worlds, each with its own personality. That is why our global collaborations matter. A branded residence should never be about placing a celebrated name above an entrance. A logo cannot manufacture luxury. The partnership must change the experience,” said Dr. (CA) Ankur Aggarwal, chairman and founder of BNW Developments.

“Every BNW development begins with the same ambition: a complete expression of fine living,” Aggarwal added. “These brands add distinct layers of character to a larger whole, beyond defining parts of the experience. That, to me, is curation.”

Why the UAE Is the Canvas

The announcement comes as the United Arab Emirates continues to attract global capital, institutional investment, and high-net-worth individuals seeking modern residential infrastructure. BNW's dual footprint in Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah aligns with broader national initiatives focused on economic diversification, tourism growth, and sustainable urban development.

“It is no longer enough for developers to respond to demand today; we must understand where culture, capital, and lifestyle are moving tomorrow. Our presence in Ras Al Khaimah and Dubai reflects that conviction,” said Aggarwal. 

Beyond physical structures, BNW's long-term vision positions the firm as a convergent platform for architecture, hospitality, global brands, investment intelligence, and cultural experiences, ensuring that future projects prioritize distinct character and regional context over conventional development approaches.

About BNW Developments

BNW Developments is a premier UAE-based real estate developer with a gross development value exceeding AED 32 billion, led by chairman and founder Dr. (CA) Ankur Aggarwal and managing director and co-founder Dr. Vivek Anand Oberoi. Backed by a team of more than 500 professionals, BNW blends design intelligence with an investor-first strategy to deliver ultra-luxury developments that balance legacy, returns, and long-term value. Serving high-net-worth individuals, global investors, and leading financial institutions, BNW continues to set new benchmarks in quality, sustainability, and sophistication across the region. For more information, visit bnw.ae.

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UZBEKISTAN, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- This year, ICTWeek Uzbekistan, under the theme "Land of Startups," brought together more than 30,000 visitors, thousands of startups, hundreds of VCs and investors, and more than 3,000 international guests, including speakers, experts, and partners.

During the event, the government presented data showing a startup ecosystem worth $4.3 billion, 300,000 IT specialists, and an incentive regime built to attract foreign founders and funds.

The Ministry of Digital Technologies opened its pitch with this valuation. According to dealroom.co data presented by the ministry, the ecosystem was worth just $790 million in 2022.

The same source ranks Uzbekistan No. 1 in the world for growth in venture capital investment, with an increase of 544.5%. Most U.S. investors have paid little attention to Central Asia. The ministry's message to them was direct: a country of 39.5 million people has built the perfect infrastructure for venture capital. 

A Valuation Curve Investors Can Read

The growth has been steady, not a one-year spike. Dealroom.co puts the ecosystem at $1.2 billion in 2023, $1.7 billion in 2024, and $3.9 billion in 2025. Uzbek startups have raised more than $400 million since 2020. More than 20 venture funds now operate in the country, with over $200 million in combined capital.

Two companies reached unicorn status in the past two years, according to the ministry's dealroom.co figures: Uzum and TBC Bank. Their success shows investors that startups in this market can reach scale.

Independent rankings reflect this too. StartupBlink's Global Startup Ecosystem Index Report moved Uzbekistan from 115th place in 2022 to 79th in 2026, a 36-place gain. It also called Uzbekistan the world's fastest-growing startup ecosystem and the No. 1 startup hub in Central Asia, and named it Country of the Year. Startup Genome separately named Tashkent the Startup Capital of Central Asia for 2026.

At the city level, StartupBlink ranks Tashkent 229th worldwide, ahead of Almaty (291st) and Astana (332nd) in neighboring Kazakhstan. Samarkand (814th) and Fergana (863rd) also make the global list, which suggests activity is spreading beyond the capital.

Where the Deals Are

Startup Genome names three sectors driving Tashkent's ecosystem: fintech and e-commerce, artificial intelligence and logistics, and education technology. U.S. funds already know these categories well, so newcomers face a shorter learning curve.

Top accelerators are feeding the pipeline. According to the ministry, two Uzbek startups have gone through Y Combinator, more than 100 through Plug and Play, 10 through Alchemist, and five through 500 Global. Foreign investors can therefore start with companies that have already been vetted by an outside program.

The state is also funding the earliest stage. A $50 million Digital Startups program supports new ventures. Three national competitions offer $11 million in combined prizes across 110 winners: the President Tech Award ($5 million), the President AI Award ($1 million) and Land of Startups ($5 million).

The next major project is the Future Technologies Valley, a $200 million initiative developed with the Asian Development Bank. It aims to produce 500 new startups with a combined valuation of $100 million. The valley will have computing power of 200 GPUs, six laboratories, and 3,000 high-tech jobs.

Talent and Compute at Scale

A fast-growing workforce sits behind the deal flow. Uzbekistan now has 300,000 IT specialists, up from 64,300 in 2017. University enrollment rose from 297,700 students to 1.9 million over the same period.

National training programs are adding more. One Million Uzbek Coders, a government initiative that teaches programming skills, has reached 1.7 million young people. The Five Million AI Leaders program has covered 1.3 million. Uzbekistan ranked first in Coursera's Global Skills Report 2024 and received an Outstanding Achievement Award in 2025. At the 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics, hosted in Tashkent, the national team won one silver and three bronze medals.

The compute is arriving too. The first NVIDIA B200-based supercomputer went live in July 2025 with 64 petaflops (FP4). A much larger system is coming online in two phases: the first (2,304 petaflops) launched in March 2026, and the second (4,608 petaflops) is due in December 2026. Twenty universities now host AI laboratories.

Green AI data center projects involving DATAVOLT and LinkWise are valued at $7 billion. On the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index, Uzbekistan climbed 25 places, from 87th to 62nd.

The Pitch to American Capital

For U.S. investors, the most telling figure may be where Uzbek tech revenue already goes. North America buys 54% of the exports from the companies IT Park companies — the government-backed technology park whose resident companies receive the country's tech incentives. Resident companies' exports grew from $600,000 in 2017 to more than $1.1 billion. 

IT Park now has more than 4,000 resident companies, up from 147 in 2017. Foreign firms account for more than 1,170 of them; in 2017 there were four. Residents employ more than 56,000 people, and IT Park runs international offices in the U.S., Germany, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and China.

The incentive package is aimed squarely at foreign founders. Residents pay zero percent in taxes. The IT Visa, a residence permit for tech professionals, is valid for up to three years. The “Zero Risk” program offers free office space for the same period, equipment, and compensation of up to 15% of salaries.

Enterprise Uzbekistan adds legal safeguards Western investors will recognize: a framework based on English common law, investment protection, free movement of capital, and a regulatory sandbox. 

Investors and founders can explore IT Park residency, the IT Visa, and the Digital Startups program directly through IT Park Uzbekistan.  

In just a few years, Uzbekistan has grown from a relatively small startup ecosystem into a market that is increasingly visible on the global tech map. Rising investment has gone hand in hand with the growth of venture funds, international accelerator programs, IT education, and computing infrastructure. ICTWeek Uzbekistan 2026 showed that the country's next stage will depend less on the number of new startups and more on their ability to expand into international markets and attract global capital.

Uzbekistan now has more than 2,000 active startups, and the number keeps growing. Their profiles are available at startupbase.uz/en.

For more details, visit www.outsource.gov.uz/en.

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OXFORD, MS, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- The American Kratom Association (AKA) is asking every news organization covering the deaths of two University of Mississippi students to correct the record: the products reportedly purchased by both students, identified in newly released law-enforcement records as “Smax” Pseudo-DHM tablets, are not natural kratom and should not be described as “kratom.”

Publicly available marketing describes that product as a high-potency MGM-15 product. The Drug Enforcement Administration has placed MGM-15 and MGM-16 in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, and the Department of Health and Human Services has stated that these compounds do not occur naturally in the kratom plant. They are synthetic derivatives or chemically manipulated forms of 7-OH.

Early public statements characterized the recovered products simply as “kratom.” National and local outlets understandably repeated that description. The record now shows the information available to investigators was far more specific. Continuing to call a Schedule I synthetic opioid product “kratom” misinforms the public, leaves Ole Miss students and parents without the precise warning they needed, and falsely associates a natural botanical used safely for centuries with a manufactured product that is nothing of the kind.

The official toxicology findings have not been released. AKA is not asserting what caused either death; it is asking that the product be identified accurately while the scientific process runs its course.

Press Conference Details

What:

Press conference addressing how law enforcement messaging and initial media coverage misinformed the public regarding products in the University of Mississippi student death investigations; explaining the critical chemical and legal distinctions between safe, natural botanical kratom leaf and synthetic compounds sold under the kratom name; and outlining why accurate product identification and sound science — rather than sensationalized reactions — must guide public safety policies.

Who:

• Mac Haddow, Senior Fellow on Public Policy, American Kratom Association
• Mississippi natural kratom consumers sharing personal experiences and discussing the real-world impacts of ambiguous public health warnings.

When:

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
10:00 a.m. Central Time

Where:

Lafayette County Sheriff Building
711 Jackson Avenue East
Oxford, MS 38655

Online Livestream:

• AKA YouTube Live (youtube.com/@americankratomassociation)
• Members of the media unable to attend in person may submit questions prior via the email below

RSVP / Media

• Mac Haddow, press@americankratom.org, +1 571-294-5978
• Speakers will be available for one-on-one interviews following the program.

Background for Reporters: Natural Kratom Is Not “Synthetic Kratom”

Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a tree native to Southeast Asia. For centuries, people there have consumed its leaves directly, brewed them as a tea, or concentrated that tea into an extract. Natural kratom leaf has a long record of use and is under active federal study for its harm-reduction potential in opioid and alcohol use disorders: the National Institutes of Health has funded research into kratom’s principal alkaloid, mitragynine, as a potential treatment for opioid use disorder, and Purdue University researchers are studying kratom alkaloids for alcohol use disorder.

In the last several years, bad actors have begun synthesizing novel opioid compounds — including chemically manipulated 7-OH and, now, MGM-15 and MGM-16 — and deliberately packaging and selling them under the kratom name. These products do not share natural kratom’s alkaloid profile, its pharmacology, or its safety history. Federal regulators at FDA, HHS, DOJ, and DEA have recognized that distinction. Public warnings that erase it are dangerous to public health, because they warn people about the wrong thing.

AKA’s position is that a product may be called “kratom,” “natural kratom,” or a “product containing kratom” only if it meets all of the following:

• It contains no synthetic or semi-synthetic compounds of any kind;
• It retains the alkaloid profile found in the natural leaf, with no concentration or enrichment of any minor alkaloid; and
• Its alkaloid profile contains at least 100 parts mitragynine to 1 part 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MP), combined.

A product that fails any one of these tests is not kratom, whatever its label says, and should not be reported as kratom.

What AKA Is Asking of the Media

• Identify the product by name — “Smax” Pseudo-DHM tablets, marketed as an MGM-15 product — rather than the generic term “kratom.”
• Where prior coverage described the products as “kratom,” update or correct that coverage.
• Distinguish natural kratom leaf from synthetic and chemically manipulated products sold under the kratom name.
• Wait for the toxicology findings before reporting any substance as the cause of either death.

About American Kratom Association (AKA)

The American Kratom Association is a consumer advocacy organization committed to protecting access to safe, natural kratom leaf products and advancing science-based consumer protection standards. AKA supports age restrictions, accurate labeling, contaminant testing, good manufacturing practices, and strong enforcement against adulterated, mislabeled, synthetic, semi-synthetic, concentrated, fortified, or chemically manipulated products falsely marketed as kratom.

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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LONDON, United Kingdom, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Felix Nikolas Prehn, an economist and former investment banker, has launched The Prehn Institute to continue and broaden the research and financial education work previously developed under Goat Academy. The institute publishes research on financial markets and provides instruction on how they work. It does not provide financial advice.

Research, programs, and educational resources previously offered under the Goat Academy name are now administered by The Prehn Institute. The organization retains the full faculty assembled under Goat Academy, including former professionals from Wall Street and the City of London. The Prehn Institute's research and financial education work includes structured instruction focused on financial markets, market cycles and macroeconomic principles. Its educational materials also address stocks, gold, silver, the U.S. dollar and Federal Reserve policy.

Felix Nikolas Prehn, founder of The Prehn Institute, said: “The Prehn Institute is the next step for everything we built at Goat Academy. The faculty and the programmes carry forward, and the new name reflects a broader commitment to independent research alongside the education we have always provided. The Prehn Institute offers scholarships, publishes academic research, and is establishing a charitable foundation.”

The institute also publishes financial-market research and related economic work. Its first published paper, "The Hidden Regressive Tax: Monetary Expansion, Asset Prices and the Asset-Poor in the United States, 2000 to 2026," was written by Felix Nikolas Prehn and is available through Zenodo and SSRN. He has also submitted two academic research papers to journals as part of his continuing work on economic and financial-market topics.

The transition brings the research, programs, and educational resources developed under Goat Academy under The Prehn Institute name while retaining the same founder and faculty. The institute operates as an online school with a structured curriculum and provides frameworks for understanding financial markets, market cycles, macroeconomic signals, and asset dynamics. Its instruction remains educational in nature and does not provide financial advice, trading signals, or stock picks.

The Prehn Institute's educational and research activities continue alongside Felix Nikolas Prehn's public financial education work. He has also appeared alongside Jim Rogers, Tom Bilyeu and other figures in finance and business. These activities form part of the broader body of educational and research work now associated with The Prehn Institute.

The institute's work also includes the ongoing development of financial-market education and research under a single institutional name. Its faculty brings professional backgrounds from Wall Street and the City of London, while the curriculum focuses on understanding how financial markets operate through macroeconomic principles and market-cycle analysis. The Prehn Institute continues the educational foundation established under Goat Academy while placing greater emphasis on research alongside its existing instructional work.

About The Prehn Institute

The Prehn Institute is an independent institution focused on the study of financial markets and the public education of how they work. It publishes research papers, briefings and a podcast, and offers a single programme of instruction developed by Felix Nikolas Prehn and taught by its faculty. The Institute does not manage money or provide investment advice, and its faculty includes former hedge fund managers, institutional traders and market makers. Learn more at prehninstitute.com.

Disclaimer

This press release is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Content related to financial markets, asset dynamics, and macroeconomic principles reflects educational frameworks and research, not specific recommendations to buy or sell securities or assets. Readers should consult with a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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HONG KONG, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- What happens when the underlying patterns of classical Chinese medicine meet artificial intelligence? The “Patterns · New Intelligence” Global Launch Conference for a New Pattern-Reasoning AI Paradigm in Classical Chinese Medicine was held on September 24 at the Xixi Creative Industry Park in Hangzhou, China. The event was jointly organized by Zhejiangsheng Qi-Mai Health Institute, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Ningbo Institute of Digital Twin (Eastern Institute of Technology), and Hong Kong Robotics Group Holding Limited. At the event, the organizers officially unveiled the Xinhu · Qi-Mai Medical Large Model (Prome-QiMai) and the Qi-Mai AI Proactive Health Management Agent.

The newly released system draws on the classical Chinese medicine principle of “syndrome differentiation to identify causes” to establish a computable framework for pattern reasoning. It incorporates a closed-loop architecture of “five-dimensional diagnosis + intervention + feedback + closed-loop validation,” with the aim of addressing industry challenges associated with the black-box nature of conventional probabilistic AI and its difficulty in aligning with the diagnostic reasoning of traditional Chinese medicine.

According to the organizers, the pattern-reasoning AI is built on the systematic principles of classical Chinese medicine. It is designed to interpret patterns related to life and health, trace problems to their underlying causes, and generate closed-loop intervention plans. Rather than functioning merely as a data-fitting tool, the organizers position it as foundational AI infrastructure intended to support proactive health management at scale and the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine, using contemporary technology to revitalize the knowledge and practices of traditional medicine.

The implementation of the initiative is supported by close collaboration among three principal partners spanning research, technology, and industry, with clearly defined roles across the development and deployment chain.

Zhejiangsheng Qi-Mai Health Institute serves as the core provider of theoretical and content expertise. Drawing on sustained research into classical Chinese medicine, the Institute carries forward foundational concepts including holistic medicine, the unity of humanity and nature, and syndrome differentiation to identify causes. It has developed a systematic theoretical framework for pattern reasoning in classical Chinese medicine, together with a computable reasoning framework that provides the traditional-medicine foundation and knowledge core for the Qi-Mai Medical Large Model and the AI Proactive Health Management Agent.

Ningbo Institute of Digital Twin (Eastern Institute of Technology) provides the project’s core technical support. Leveraging an independently controlled technology architecture, core algorithms, high-precision sensing technologies, and multimodal AI capabilities, the Institute seeks to advance AI from “seeing phenomena” to “understanding patterns.” It is also leading the preparation of the white paper on pattern-reasoning AI for classical Chinese medicine, intended to provide academic and technical support for the standardized, regulated, and scientifically grounded development of AI applications in traditional Chinese medicine.

Hong Kong Robotics Group Holding Limited is responsible for end-to-end industrial implementation and scenario operations. Building on AI-enabled health assessment technologies, wellness and eldercare robotics hardware, and full-stack robotics operations capabilities, the company is developing an integrated, full-cycle AI proactive health management service system. The initiative is intended to connect the broader industrial value chain and make traditional Chinese medicine technologies more accessible for routine and home-based use.

The event also marked the formal launch of work on the white paper on pattern-reasoning AI for classical Chinese medicine. Through on-site case comparisons and visual demonstrations of AI reasoning pathways, the organizers presented the system’s reasoning process. Participants also signed the Pattern AI Safeguards Declaration, which states that AI is not intended to replace clinical physicians and is to be used only as a health-support and companion tool.

Disclaimer

The Xinhu · Qi-Mai Medical Large Model and associated AI proactive health tools are designed solely as wellness support and companion systems; they are not certified medical devices, do not provide clinical diagnoses or medical advice, and are not intended to replace the professional judgment of licensed physicians. Additionally, this press release contains forward-looking statements regarding planned technology deployment, white paper development, and commercial robotics adoption, all of which are based on current organizational expectations and subject to operational, regulatory, and technological risks that could cause actual results to differ materially.

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WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- The American Kratom Association (AKA) today sharply criticized the delay in publicly identifying the specific products reportedly purchased by two University of Mississippi students before their deaths, saying the failure to disclose that information deprived Ole Miss students and parents of potentially critical public-safety information while allowing the products to be broadly characterized as “kratom.”

Newly released law-enforcement records reported by WMC/WSMV news outlets identify the products reportedly purchased by both students as “Smax” Pseudo-DHM tablets.

Publicly available marketing for that product describes it as a high-potency MGM-15 product. The Drug Enforcement Administration has placed MGM-15 and MGM-16 in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. DOJ describes them as highly potent opioid compounds presenting an imminent hazard to public safety.

“If law enforcement knew the specific product involved, Ole Miss students should have been warned what product they needed to be concerned about,” said Mac Haddow, Senior Fellow on Public Policy with the American Kratom Association. “Instead, the public was broadly warned about ‘kratom’ when the product was not kratom at all.”

“This was not merely a communications problem,” Haddow continued. “It was a public-safety problem. If there was reason to believe a particular product sold in local smoke shops presented a potential danger, students needed the name and description of that product immediately — not the broad generic term ‘kratom.’”

The AKA also expressed serious concern that initial statements characterizing the recovered products simply as “kratom” predictably led national and local media organizations to report these tragedies as involving kratom products without knowing their actual formulation.

“The media relied upon what law enforcement told them,” Haddow said. “When the Sheriff’s Office characterized these products as kratom without identifying what they actually were, reporters understandably repeated that description. We now know the information available to investigators was substantially more specific. The public should have received that information.”

The Department of Health and Human Services has stated that MGM-15 and MGM-16 do not naturally occur in the kratom plant. HHS identifies MGM-15 and MGM-16 as synthetic derivatives or chemically manipulated forms of 7-OH.

Federal authorities have separately distinguished natural botanical kratom containing trace levels of naturally occurring 7-OH from the enhanced, chemically manipulated, and synthetic products that have been the subject of federal scheduling actions.

“These products are not natural kratom leaf,” Haddow said. “Calling a highly formulated MGM-15 product simply ‘kratom’ erases the very chemical and pharmacological distinction that FDA, HHS, DOJ, and DEA have recognized.”

The Delay Obscured the Product Students Actually Needed to Avoid

AKA believes the most troubling issue raised by the newly released records is what Ole Miss students were told — and what they were not told — while the investigation was underway.

Students were warned about “kratom.” But the public was not initially told that investigators were dealing with a specifically identifiable commercial product reportedly marketed as Smax Pseudo-DHM.

That distinction could have mattered to students who had purchased the same product or knew others who had.

“Imagine being an Ole Miss student with a package of Smax Pseudo-DHM tablets sitting in your apartment while authorities are publicly warning you about ‘kratom,’” Haddow said. “Would that student necessarily understand that the warning was directed at the product in his or her possession? That is exactly why specificity matters in a public-health warning.”

“If investigators believed there was sufficient concern to issue an urgent warning, then students deserved the most precise warning the available evidence permitted.”

Toxicology Still Must Determine Causation

AKA emphasized that identification of the products reportedly purchased by the students does not establish what caused either death.

The official toxicology findings have not yet been publicly released.

Investigators must determine what each student actually consumed, what substances and concentrations were present, whether other drugs were involved, and what role each substance may have played.

“We criticized premature conclusions when natural kratom was being blamed, and we are not going to commit the same error now,” Haddow said. “Identification of these products is enormously important, but toxicology still has to determine causation.”

“If the evidence ultimately establishes that MGM-15, another manufactured opioid, natural kratom, another illicit substance, or some combination contributed to either death, then the public should be told exactly that.”

Students and Families Deserved a Precise Warning

“This entire episode demonstrates why words matter in public health,” Haddow said.

“If authorities know the name of a specific product that may present a danger to college students, identify the product. Show students the package. Tell parents what investigators are examining. Don’t substitute the name of a plant for the identity of a manufactured product.”

“The families of these two young men deserve the truth. Ole Miss students deserve an accurate warning. The media deserves accurate information. And natural kratom consumers should not be falsely associated with chemically manipulated or synthetic opioid products simply because someone chose to market those products under the kratom umbrella.”

“These products are not natural kratom leaf. The public should have been told that from the beginning.”

About American Kratom Association (AKA)

The American Kratom Association is a consumer advocacy organization committed to protecting access to safe, natural kratom leaf products and advancing science-based consumer protection standards. AKA supports age restrictions, accurate labeling, contaminant testing, good manufacturing practices, and strong enforcement against adulterated, mislabeled, synthetic, semi-synthetic, concentrated, fortified, or chemically manipulated products falsely marketed as kratom.

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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Senior Fellow on Public Policy
press@americankratom.org
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DELRAY BEACH, FL, September 28, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- SendtoWin, the B2B outbound company ranked No. 254 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, today announced the public launch of SendTech, a deliverability-first email infrastructure platform built for sales teams, software companies, and AI agents.

SendTech gives companies one place to purchase or connect domains and mailboxes, automatically warm sending accounts, monitor inbox health, manage deliverability, and connect that infrastructure to the outbound sequencer or sales platform of their choice.

The launch turns years of infrastructure and deliverability experience from SendtoWin's managed outbound business into a standalone software platform. SendtoWin has helped more than 500 companies generate over $2.6 billion in pipeline and $380 million in revenue through B2B outbound campaigns.

"We built SendTech because deliverability has become one of the most important parts of outbound," said Martin Aguinis, co-founder of SendtoWin. "Companies can have incredible targeting, great copy, and increasingly powerful AI agents, but none of that matters if the email never reaches the inbox. We wanted to take everything we have learned managing outbound infrastructure at scale and make it available as a product that any team or developer can use."

Built Around Deliverability

The growth of AI-powered sales tools has made it easier than ever to generate messaging and automate outbound workflows. At the same time, email providers have become increasingly sophisticated in how they evaluate sender reputation, domain health, engagement patterns, and sending behavior.

SendTech was built to manage the infrastructure layer underneath those outbound systems.

Companies can purchase new domains and mailboxes directly through SendTech or connect existing Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 accounts. Mailboxes can then be placed into automated warmup pools designed to establish and maintain sender reputation.

SendTech continuously monitors infrastructure health rather than treating warmup as a one-time process. Its automated spam rescue system checks accounts every two hours for warmup emails that have landed in spam and moves qualifying messages back to the inbox. The platform also monitors SPF, DKIM, DMARC, blacklists, bounces, and mailbox health.

Customers can then connect those mailboxes to the sequencer or outbound platform they already use.

"Most sales technology focuses on who to contact, what to say, and how many emails to send," Aguinis said. "SendTech focuses on the infrastructure underneath all of that: the domains, mailboxes, reputation, warmup, and health that determine whether those messages actually reach the inbox."

Infrastructure for Sales Teams, Software Platforms, and AI Agents

SendTech is also designed for software companies and the growing category of AI agents performing sales and go-to-market tasks.

Through the SendTech API, developers can provision domains and mailboxes, manage warmup, and access inbox health data programmatically. This allows companies to incorporate email infrastructure directly into their own software products and automated workflows.

An MCP server is also planned, giving compatible AI agents another way to interact directly with SendTech's infrastructure.

For example, an AI agent could eventually provision outbound domains, create mailboxes, warm those accounts, check their health, and prepare infrastructure for campaigns using SendTech.

"AI is rapidly changing who or what is actually operating the sales stack," said Samuel Shandler, co-founder of SendtoWin. "As agents become capable of doing more outbound work autonomously, they still need reliable email infrastructure underneath them. Our goal is for SendTech to become that infrastructure layer."

From Internal Infrastructure to Self-Service Platform

SendTech grew out of SendtoWin's experience managing end-to-end outbound programs across dozens of B2B industries.

SendtoWin works with hundreds of companies ranging from high-growth startups to globally recognized brands 

The company has generated more than $2.6 billion in pipeline and $380 million in revenue for clients through outbound programs spanning targeting, copywriting, email and LinkedIn outreach, sequencing, and deliverability infrastructure.

That experience increasingly pointed to email infrastructure as a distinct problem companies needed to solve regardless of which sales engagement platform they used.

SendTech was created to make that infrastructure available independently.

"SendtoWin will continue to run fully managed outbound programs for companies that want us to handle everything for them," Aguinis said. "SendTech opens up the technology underneath that work to a much broader market. Whether you're a sales team managing outbound yourself, a software platform serving thousands of users, or an engineer building AI sales agents, you can now access that infrastructure directly."

At public launch, SendTech reports more than 550 organizations active on the platform, with infrastructure operating across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

SendTech is available now at sendtowin.com/sendtech.

About SendtoWin

SendtoWin is a B2B outbound company that helps businesses build pipeline through email and LinkedIn campaigns. Founded by leaders with backgrounds at Google and Databricks, SendtoWin combines outbound strategy, targeting, copywriting, sequencing and deliverability infrastructure to run end-to-end sales programs for companies across more than 60 industries. They offer both a fully managed done-for-you service and a self-serve platform. SendtoWin has generated more than $2.6 billion in pipeline for its clients. To learn more, visit sendtowin.com.

About SendTech

SendTech is a deliverability-first email infrastructure platform built by SendtoWin. The platform enables companies to purchase or connect domains and mailboxes, automate email warmup, monitor inbox health, manage deliverability, and integrate email infrastructure into their own software through an API. SendTech supports Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 and is designed for sales teams, developers, software platforms, and AI agents. Learn more at sendtowin.com/sendtech.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, September 28, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute today unveiled five startups selected from 1,321 applications across 90 countries for the third FII Innovators Pitch.

Hailing from Argentina, India, Poland, and the United States, they will present technologies in healthcare, robotics, mobility, and manufacturing to global investors on October 29, 2026, during FII10 Investment Day in Riyadh.

The FII Innovators Pitch brings together founders, investors, and strategic partners to accelerate the commercialization and global scaling of breakthrough solutions.

The five selected companies are:

1. APOLO Biotech (Argentina) 

• Focus: AI-driven RNA technology advancing the future of sustainable agriculture
• Overview: APOLO Biotech develops RNA-based, GMO-free crop protection solutions that activate plants’ natural defenses against fungi, viruses, and other pests. Its technology aims to reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides while improving crop resilience and productivity.

2. iSono Health Inc. (United States)

• Focus: The world's first AI-driven portable and automated 3D breast ultrasound scanner
• Overview: iSono Health has developed ATUSA, a portable and wearable system that automatically captures 3D images of the entire breast in approximately two minutes per breast. By combining automated ultrasound, 3D imaging, and artificial intelligence, the platform aims to make breast imaging faster, more standardized, and accessible at the point of care.

3. Nevomo (Poland)

• Focus: Next-gen MagRail technology with AI-powered freight logistics 
• Overview: Nevomo develops magnetic propulsion technology designed to upgrade existing rail infrastructure. Its MagRail system can equip conventional tracks and railcars with electromagnetic propulsion and automation, creating a pathway toward faster, higher-capacity, and lower-emission rail transport without requiring entirely new railway networks.

4. Astrek Innovations Limited (India)

• Focus: Robotic exoskeleton that makes rehabilitation accessible
• Overview: Astrek Innovations develops affordable and modular robotic exoskeletons for rehabilitation and mobility. Its flagship Unik Exo supports people with lower-limb disabilities as they stand, walk, and undertake rehabilitation, combining motion sensors, artificial intelligence, and data-driven therapy tools.

5. Argon Mechatronics (United States)

• Focus: AI-powered humanoid robots for advanced manufacturing and automation
• Overview: Argon Mechatronics develops flexible industrial robotics with interchangeable toolheads. Its modular platform combines precision robotics, computer vision, and physical AI, allowing one robot to perform several manufacturing processes, including 3D printing, CNC machining, laser processing, and pick-and-place operations.

HRH Princess Dr. Maha Bint Mishari Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, CEO of FII Institute, said, “Innovation becomes meaningful when it creates lasting value for society. These entrepreneurs are tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges through science, technology, and ingenuity. Through the FII Innovators Pitch, we are creating pathways that connect innovation with investment, partnerships, and global networks capable of accelerating impact at scale."

Held in partnership with MIT Solve, the third edition of FII Innovators Pitch supports entrepreneurs harnessing emerging technologies to address critical challenges across healthcare, sustainability, education, artificial intelligence, and robotics. The initiative forms part of FII Institute’s commitment to identifying technologies with transformative societal impact.

Hala Hanna, Executive Director at MIT Solve, said, “We’re thrilled to continue to work with FII Institute to identify and support innovators who are leveraging AI and technology to transform the way we live, creating more opportunity and prosperity for all.”

FII10 Week will run from October 26 to 29, 2026, at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh. Under the theme “The Power of Legacy,” leaders and investors will explore how today’s decisions can benefit future generations. Investment Day will close the program with pitches, roadshows, matchmaking, and workshops.

About FII Institute

The FII Institute is a global nonprofit foundation with an investment arm and one agenda: Impact on Humanity. Through its THINK, XCHANGE, and ACT pillars, the Institute fosters great ideas, empowers innovators, and invests in scalable solutions across critical sectors, including AI and robotics, sustainability, healthcare, and education. For more information, visit fii-institute.org.

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PARIS, France, September 28, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Ember Origin, an AI company founded by Joffroy Louchart, today announced that its platform, available at ember.do, has surpassed 1,000 sign-ups within two weeks of its commercial launch in June 2026. The platform is designed to help early-stage founders and small businesses assess their project, identify priorities and automate tasks through a team of specialized AI agents.

Ember Origin is aimed at early-stage founders, bootstrapped entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises. Founders can share a business plan, pitch deck or specific business challenge. The platform analyzes the strength of the project, identifies blind spots, prioritizes next steps and assigns dedicated agents to tasks that can be automated.

Multi-model orchestration

Rather than relying on a single AI model, Ember Origin combines its own technology stack with an orchestration layer that brings together several large language models and purpose-built agents, selected according to the context, task and business objective. The platform is model-agnostic and adapts as the AI landscape evolves.

Example use cases

• Investor preparation: By analyzing a founder's business model and metrics, the platform can flag gaps, such as an undefined Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), before the founder approaches investors.
• Prospecting: The "Find Clients" feature identifies leads based on buying signals, such as recent funding rounds, relevant hires or public statements, rather than producing a static contact list.

Market context 

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 34.7% of U.S. businesses founded in 2013 were still operating ten years later. In France, Insee data indicates that in certain sectors, one in three companies ceases operations within five years. CB Insights' analysis of more than 400 funded startups that have shut down since 2023 identifies poor product-market fit, poor timing and unsustainable unit economics as recurring causes. 

"Entrepreneurship remains under-equipped when it comes to trajectory," said Louchart. "A general-purpose AI answers a question. Ember Origin follows the evolution of a project over time."

Ember Origin's approach is built on four principles: entrepreneurial experience, specialization in entrepreneurship, tracking of a project's trajectory over time, and coordinated multi-agent orchestration. The company plans to continue developing the platform based on how entrepreneurs use it.

About Ember Origin

Ember Origin is an AI company that develops an entrepreneurial intelligence platform for founders and their teams. Founded in 2025 by Joffroy Louchart and based in Paris, the company combines proprietary technology with a multi-model orchestration layer and specialized AI agents to support founders' decisions and automate business tasks. Learn more at ember.do.

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SEOUL, South Korea, September 27, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Global Affairs Lab, an international affairs research institute, has released two casual games, "Silicon Road Dash" and "Security Threat: Ransom Run," that turn issues related to U.S.-South Korea economic ties, industrial cooperation and the business environment into interactive experiences.

The games were developed as an investment by South Korean companies in the United States expands and bilateral industrial cooperation deepens. Global Affairs Lab said the goal is to make related issues more accessible to general audiences, and that the games visualize key industries and business environment factors rather than draw conclusions about specific policies.

'Silicon Road Dash'

"Silicon Road Dash" is a runner-style game set in the United States. Players move through a course featuring elements representing major industries and South Korean companies, such as SK hynix and Hanwha.

The game reflects growing cooperation in semiconductors, shipbuilding, the defense industry and advanced manufacturing, along with rising interest in supply chains and U.S. production.

'Security Threat: Ransom Run'

"Security Threat: Ransom Run" is a split-screen runner featuring Seoul and New York side by side. South Korean and U.S. scores appear at the top as characters on both sides run simultaneously.

Players avoid falling obstacles that represent, in simplified form, business environment factors such as taxes, costs, and regulations, reflecting growing attention to U.S. business conditions as South Korean investment expands.

"The bilateral economic relationship is expanding beyond trade into investment, manufacturing, supply chains, and the broader business environment," said Minjung Lee, a game developer at Global Affairs Lab. "These games are designed to help users engage with those issues more intuitively through brief gameplay."

"The goal is not to evaluate specific policies or present conclusions, but to raise awareness and understanding of key issues shaping U.S.-South Korea economic ties," Lee added.

Both games feature simple controls and can be played without prior knowledge of the issues. They are available at www.globaf.org/game.

About Global Affairs Lab

Founded to advance public understanding of U.S.-Korea relations and Northeast Asian geopolitics, Global Affairs Lab conducts research and produces public-facing content, including interactive tools, on cross-border economic and security issues. For more information, visit www.globaf.org.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, September 27, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- More than 5,000 products will be on display in the hunting weapons, ammunition and accessories zone at the Saudi International Falcons and Hunting Exhibition 2026, with the number of participating hunting and shooting firearms companies up 37.5% from last year.

The exhibition, organized by the National Center for Falcons, will run from Oct. 1 to 10 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham, north of the Saudi capital.

The zone, the first and only of its kind in Saudi Arabia, brings together local and international companies and hunting and shooting enthusiasts in a dedicated, organized setting.

Eleven hunting and shooting firearms companies will participate, up from eight last year, alongside four airgun companies and nine suppliers of equipment, tools and accessories.

Products on display will include firearms, ammunition and supplies for hunting and sport shooting, as well as airguns and accessories. The range also includes safe storage and training equipment, safety equipment and personal protective gear, and firearm cleaning and maintenance tools.

More than 181 international brands will be represented, showcasing products and equipment from global companies and offering opportunities for local and international businesses to connect with hunting and shooting enthusiasts.

The range of participants reflects the breadth of the hunting and shooting market, bringing local firearms and ammunition retailers together with international companies and brands specializing in accessories and supplies. Visitors will be able to explore a variety of products, services and equipment.

Held under the theme “An Experience for Everyone,” the wider exhibition covers falconry, hunting, outdoor recreation and adventure. It brings together exhibitors, brands, specialists and visitors from Saudi Arabia and abroad, combining heritage, business and entertainment.

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WASHINGTON, DC, September 27, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- The American Kratom Association (AKA) is calling on Lafayette County Sheriff Joey East to immediately identify the specific products publicly described as “packaged kratom” recovered during investigations into the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. The AKA also requests independent testing of the recovered products, separate from the toxicology conducted in connection with the autopsies.

The request seeks product names, manufacturers, labeling, available lot numbers, and packaging photographs, along with clarification about whether investigators recovered product contents, empty packaging, or both.

“These families deserve answers grounded in evidence, and the Ole Miss community deserves clear information,” said Mac Haddow, Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the American Kratom Association. “A package labeled ‘kratom’ does not establish what was inside it, whether it was consumed, or whether it contributed to a death. Once authorities publicly identified those packages, explaining those limitations and establishing their contents became critically important.”

Authorities acknowledged that no substance had been confirmed as contributing to either death. Nevertheless, the disclosure prompted widespread coverage associating the deaths with “kratom” before the recovered products’ composition had been publicly established.

The AKA is asking investigators to determine whether the products contained natural kratom leaf, concentrated formulations, chemically enhanced 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), synthetic derivatives, or other undisclosed substances.

Federal agencies have expressly distinguished these product categories.FDA, HHS, and DEA have differentiated natural kratom leaf containing naturally occurring trace amounts of 7-OH from concentrated and synthetic 7-OH products and related synthetic compounds. Their explanation of the targeted federal actions, detailed in the FDA’s public health focus on 7-OH products, underscores why the products recovered in these investigations must be accurately characterized.

“This distinction is essential to understanding what investigators actually found,” Haddow said. “Referring broadly to ‘kratom’ without identifying the product or explaining that its contents remain unverified risks leaving the public with a conclusion the evidence has not established.”

The AKA’s request calls for:

• Immediate product identification, including brand names, manufacturers or distributors, dosage forms, labeled ingredients, and available lot numbers.
• Direct laboratory testing of recovered contents to identify relevant alkaloids, synthetic derivatives, and other potential adulterants.
• Comparison of laboratory findings with labeling claims, followed by investigation of any evidence of deliberate adulteration or deceptive labeling.
• Clarification concerning cychlorphine, including whether testing capable of detecting that synthetic opioid has been requested, whether results are pending, and whether any verified evidence establishes its presence in either case.
• A public update distinguishing confirmed findings from unresolved questions, including whether any evidence establishes consumption or a contribution to either death.

Concerns about altered products marketed as kratom are longstanding. In 2016, Lydecker and colleagues found substantially elevated 7-OH concentrations in commercial products and concluded that the findings strongly suggested adulteration. That research reinforces the importance of testing product contents rather than relying on labels; it does not establish what was present in these cases.

The association emphasized that product testing and post-mortem toxicology answer different questions. Testing recovered material can establish its composition. Determining whether a substance contributed to a death requires interpretation of toxicology alongside the complete medical and investigative evidence.

“We are not asking investigators to blame or rule out any substance prematurely,” Haddow said. “It remains possible that neither natural kratom nor synthetic 7-OH contributed to these deaths. We are asking for precise information, comprehensive testing, and a clear explanation of what the evidence supports.”

The AKA requests prompt acknowledgment and release of available product information. If particular details cannot be disclosed during the investigation, the association asks authorities to explain that limitation and release the remaining information.

“The families deserve the truth, and consumers deserve accurate information,” Haddow said. “Neither is served when an undefined product label becomes a substitute for verified findings.”

About American Kratom Association (AKA)

The American Kratom Association is a consumer advocacy organization committed to protecting access to safe, natural kratom leaf products and advancing science-based consumer protection standards. AKA supports age restrictions, accurate labeling, contaminant testing, good manufacturing practices, and strong enforcement against adulterated, mislabeled, synthetic, semi-synthetic, concentrated, fortified, or chemically manipulated products falsely marketed as kratom.

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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Senior Fellow on Public Policy
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WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- The American Kratom Association strongly supports Connor's End Gas Station Heroin Act and calls on Congress to move swiftly to remove dangerous synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16 products from the marketplace. The legislation was introduced September 24 by Sen. Bernie Moreno (S. 5383) in the Senate and Rep. Lance Gooden (H.R. 10272) in the House.

The AKA warns that these products threaten to fuel the next wave of the opioid epidemic. Their sale in gas stations and smoke shops — including products masquerading as natural kratom leaf, cat's claw, coffee, and akuamma tree alkaloids — demands an urgent response focused on preventing overdoses and saving lives.

"Congress cannot wait for more families to lose someone they love," said Mac Haddow, Senior Fellow on Public Policy for the American Kratom Association. "Dangerous synthetic opioids are being sold in everyday retail settings where consumers can mistake availability for safety. We need Connor's End Gas Station Heroin Act to help get these products out of gas stations and smoke shops and stop an emerging crisis from claiming more lives."

Reports of fatal overdoses linked to these synthetic products continue to mount. Those deaths underscore the urgency of removing dangerous products and preventing further loss of life.

The AKA is calling for decisive action against synthetic and chemically manipulated opioid products, including synthetic or enhanced 7-OH and the related compounds mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16. Manufacturers and distributors must not be permitted to misrepresent or obscure what they are selling or the risks consumers face.

"Natural kratom leaf must not become a marketing disguise for powerful synthetic opioid products," Haddow said. "The priority is getting these dangerous products off the shelves before another family receives a devastating phone call. Congress must act with the urgency that preventable deaths demand."

Natural kratom leaf consumers have been victimized by the deliberately deceptive marketing tactics of synthetic manufacturers who market their deadly opioids as nothing more than natural kratom. Public health experts and legislative sponsors note that isolated synthetic compounds function as potent mu-opioid receptor agonists. According to public health reports, these highly concentrated products pose severe risks of dependency, addiction, and fatal overdose to consumers.

The AKA urges Congress to pair swift action against these products with strong, enforceable regulations that include independent testing, manufacturing standards, accurate ingredient labeling, and product traceability. Regulators must have clear authority to recall and remove noncompliant products, backed by meaningful penalties for manufacturers and distributors that deliberately adulterate products or mislead consumers.

"Removing today's dangerous products is only part of the job," Haddow said. "Congress must also stop companies from introducing the next chemically manipulated product under deceptive labeling. Congress must draw a clear line, give regulators the tools to enforce it, and establish meaningful accountability for companies that cross it."

The AKA urges congressional leaders and the committees of jurisdiction to advance the legislation without delay and enact comprehensive consumer protections for the natural kratom marketplace. On behalf of the more than 24 million Americans who consume natural kratom leaf, the AKA thanks Sen. Moreno and Rep. Gooden for their leadership and encourages swift passage.

About the Legislation’s Namesake

Connor Neeleman, son of David and Eva Neeleman, died of a 7-OH overdose at the age of 26 after taking a highly concentrated synthetic 7-OH product deceptively marketed as kratom at a vape shop in Texas. Following his death, his parents began publicly advocating for stricter regulations on 7-OH and synthetic kratom products.

About American Kratom Association (AKA)

The American Kratom Association is a consumer advocacy organization committed to protecting access to safe, natural kratom leaf products and advancing science-based consumer protection standards. AKA supports age restrictions, accurate labeling, contaminant testing, good manufacturing practices, and strong enforcement against adulterated, mislabeled, synthetic, semi-synthetic, concentrated, fortified, or chemically manipulated products falsely marketed as kratom.

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

WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- As America faces a growing aging crisis that is placing unprecedented demands on families, caregivers, and the health care system, the National PACE Association (NPA) today applauded the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral PACE Access Improvement Act. The legislation would expand access to the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a proven, comprehensive model of care that helps older adults with complex needs remain healthy, independent, and living in their homes and communities while receiving the full spectrum of health care and long-term services and supports they need.

The legislation is being led by U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI6) and John Moolenaar (R-MI2). The U.S. Senate companion, led by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), will be introduced in November.

“The PACE Access Improvement Act recognizes a simple reality: more older adults want to remain healthy and independent in their homes and communities, but too many still lack access to the comprehensive care that can help make that possible,” said Shawn Bloom, President and CEO of NPA. “As our nation's population ages, policymakers must invest in solutions that help older adults remain healthy, independent, and connected to their communities. PACE has consistently demonstrated its ability to deliver high-quality, person-centered care that improves outcomes, supports family caregivers, and enables older adults to age with dignity in their homes and communities. We are grateful to Reps. Dingell and Moolenaar for their leadership in advancing this important legislation."

“The PACE model has been successful in helping seniors and Americans with disabilities age and live with dignity. As the third-largest PACE state, Michigan’s PACE providers deliver critical long-term services for individuals wishing to remain in their homes. But too many Americans continue to sit on waitlists to receive home and community-based services,” said U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI6). “We must do more to ensure Americans have the option to live independently in the comfort of their own homes. With this bipartisan bill, we can put these long-term supports in reach for those who need them the most.”

“Michigan seniors should have more choices when it comes to receiving the care they need, including the option to receive home care. This is especially true in rural communities where long-term care options can be limited,” said U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI2). “This bipartisan legislation expands access to the PACE program, cuts unnecessary red tape, and gives more seniors the opportunity to receive high-quality care closer to home. I am proud to support this commonsense bill and will continue working to strengthen care for seniors across our state.”

PACE is a comprehensive care model serving older adults who qualify for nursing home-level care but wish to remain in their communities. Despite its proven success in improving health outcomes and reducing unnecessary institutional care, millions of eligible Americans remain unable to access the program because of regulatory and geographic barriers.

The PACE Access Improvement Act would modernize the program by:

• Expanding PACE nationwide
• Allowing eligible individuals to enroll in PACE at any time
• Streamlining PACE application and approval processes
• Improving awareness of local PACE organizations for prospective PACE participants

According to industry estimates, approximately 96 percent of Americans who could benefit from PACE currently do not have access to the program.

“PACE works, but access has not kept in step with the need,” said Bloom. “Today, far too many older adults who could benefit from this proven model simply do not have a PACE program available to them. The PACE Access Improvement Act would help close that gap by removing barriers to growth, expanding availability, and making it easier for eligible individuals and their families to access PACE. NPA urges Congress to advance the legislation and expand access to PACE for older adults and their families across the country.”

About National PACE Association

The National PACE Association (NPA) works to advance the efforts of PACE programs, which coordinate and provide preventive, primary, acute and long-term care services so older individuals can continue living in the community. The PACE model of care is centered on the belief that it is better for the well-being of seniors with chronic care needs and their families to be served in the community whenever possible. For more information, visit NPAonline.org and follow @TweetNPA on X.

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Mandy Frohlich
National PACE Association
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NEW YORK, NY, September 25, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Warp today introduced Warp Agent, a new way to automate the operational side of HR work, marking the launch of Warp 2.0. Warp Agent handles employee onboarding, tax compliance, and benefits without needing to be asked, and can answer employee questions about pay and policy.

People and HR teams spend their time on everything from building culture and setting talent strategy to dealing with tax agencies, tracking filings, enrolling benefits and answering repetitive PTO questions. Warp built Warp Agent to take the operational work off their plates.

“Much of the work HR teams are tasked with is procedural, repetitive, and high volume,” said Ayush Sharma, founder and CEO of Warp. “We’re rebuilding the technical foundation of HR work to automate that work and give people teams more time to spend on their people.”

In HR software, most AI sits on top of systems designed for a world where humans did the work themselves. Warp was built from the ground up for AI, so Warp Agent can take action itself. It understands the business and its employees, can act with the same permissions as the person it is acting for, can run without being prompted, and keeps a record of what it did.

Warp Agent includes:

• Routines that run work automatically: Routines are jobs Warp Agent owns and runs automatically, either on a set schedule or when triggered by a specific event. For instance, when an offer is signed, it can register the company in a new state, set up payroll, enroll benefits and a 401(k), order a laptop, create Google and Slack accounts, and send a first-day message. It can also resolve tax notices and check payroll variances.
• Custom workflows in plain language: Companies can create their own Routines, such as sending every new hire a 30-day check-in and summarizing it for their manager.
• Full employee context and permissions: Warp Agent understands each employee’s role, location, compensation, benefits and other relevant context, and can only access or change what the person it acts for can.
• Human oversight: When a task requires a person, Warp Agent brings in a company employee or Warp specialist, with a record of every action and why it was taken. 
• Trust, security and governance: Every action has an identity, scope, written rationale and rollback. Money movement has hard limits the agent cannot change, and companies set whether the agent recommends, acts only after human approval, or acts on its own.

Warp Agent is rolling out today through early access. Existing Warp customers can turn on Warp Agent from the Early Access tab in settings. Admins with questions about setup can book time with their account manager, and companies not yet using Warp can request a demo.

About Warp

Warp is the AI-native employee management platform. More than 1,000 companies rely on Warp’s AI agents to automate payroll, HR, tax compliance, benefits, and IT. Warp has raised $85 million from Battery Ventures, Peak XV, Sapphire, Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Homebrew, and the founders of Shopify, Dropbox, Replit, and Cruise. Founded in 2023, the company is based in New York City.

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NEW YORK, NY, September 25, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- USLege, the AI-powered legislative tracking platform for government affairs and policy professionals powering Capitol Confidential Pro, today announced NYC Council Legislative Tracking, extending its platform to cover New York City Council legislation with the same precision, alerts, and searchability it already applies to state legislatures nationwide.

For years, tracking a single City Council introduction has meant manually cross-referencing its Council page, a committee agenda PDF, a sponsor's memo, and hours of hearing video, then repeating that process every time something moves. Teams good enough to do it well have had to become creative geniuses just to keep up. That is no longer the job.

USLege now gives teams one searchable record of an introduction's full life: introduced text, the Council's own summary, sponsor and co-sponsor detail, committee assignments, and a complete action history from introduction through committee, hearing, and vote status, with alerts the moment something changes. The coverage runs three Council sessions deep, back to 2022: 7,412 pieces of legislation and 1,467 hours of hearing video, all searchable to the second. An introduction's earlier life under a different Int. number, and the fight that shaped it, stays visible rather than disappearing into an archive no one checks.

The platform also indexes the spoken record. Hearing video is transcribed and searchable to the second, so teams can find the exact moment an issue was raised and jump straight to it, instead of scrubbing through hours of footage. Committee agendas are parsed automatically, so a question like "what's on the Housing and Buildings agenda this week" returns the actual legislation, summarized, with a flag on anything already being tracked.

None of this requires a second login or a second tool. NYC Council legislation runs through the same Tracks, Radar alerts, policy tags, and AI assistant that teams already use for state activity, so New York practitioners can follow Albany and City Hall side by side for the first time in one system. NYC Council Legislation Tracking is USLege's first of its kind, full build of city-level legislative intelligence that is going to set a precedent for precision tracking. 

"Government relations professionals have spent years working around bad data infrastructure," said Eric Davis, co-founder and CEO of USLege. "Their expertise should go to strategy and relationships, not to reconstructing legislative history from portals, PDFs, and hearing video. We built NYC Council Legislation Tracking so that work isn't necessary anymore."

NYC Council Legislation Tracking is available today. Government affairs teams can see it in action on the New York City Council tracking page.

New York readers may recognize USLege from the inaugural Best in Government Affairs Awards, held earlier this month in Albany in partnership with Capitol Confidential Pro, Hearst, and the Times Union, which honored 46 of the state's top government affairs professionals and raised over $1,000 for the Regional Food Bank of Northeast New York. Excitement is building for the program to return in 2027.

About USLege

USLege is an AI-powered legislative tracking platform transforming how government affairs professionals track, analyze, and act on policy at the local, state, and federal levels across the U.S. Built for the fragmented and fast-moving world of government relations, USLege unifies legislative CRM, live government video, and real-time bill tracking, powered by a customizable AI agent that delivers instant alerts, stakeholder-specific insights, and tailored content that matters.

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Jess McDonald
Head of Marketing, USLege
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