Mountain View – – October 14, 2026 -- Level AI has appointed Shane Abeyratne, Senior Vice President of Global Business & Finance Services at Cardinal Health, as the second member of its CX Advisory Board, which launched in August.

Board convenes Fortune 500 leaders to set AI frameworks for contact centers

The CX Advisory Board brings together senior technology and customer experience executives from Fortune 500 companies. Its remit is to develop shared frameworks for how AI is deployed, measured and governed in enterprise customer operations.

Level AI said the Board will add members over the coming months. It is prioritizing executives responsible for large-scale customer contact operations.

Lubbock – – October 14, 2026 -- SIMFLO, the Texas-based pump maker, has been selected to supply high-efficiency vertical turbine pump bowl assemblies across all four key regions of El Salvador for municipal well construction and scheduled water system maintenance.

SIMFLO equipment will serve El Salvador's Western, Central, Eastern and San Salvador Metropolitan regions

The equipment is being distributed across Zona Occidental, the Central region, Zona Oriental and the San Salvador Metropolitan area. It will support municipal water services in various departments. The source does not disclose the contract value or the number of units.

SIMFLO supplied 1800 RPM models with stainless steel impellers for 10- to 14-inch wells

To meet specific well requirements, SIMFLO provided 1800 RPM vertical turbine models fitted with stainless steel impellers and conical strainers. The assemblies are engineered for well diameters of 10 to 14 inches.

Woodbridge – October 14, 2026 -- P2 Science, Inc. has appointed Brian Freedman, a marketer with more than 15 years of experience, as Vice President, Marketing and Communications as the green chemistry company scales commercialization of its sustainable ingredient portfolio.

Freedman takes charge of brand, product marketing and communications across three business lines

Freedman will lead brand strategy, product marketing, go-to-market planning and corporate communications across P2 Science's personal care, flavor and fragrance, and performance materials businesses. The company is also deepening its relationships with customers in the beauty and consumer products industries.

Washington – October 14, 2026 -- The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) and America Business Forum (ABF) will convene more than 200 CEOs, investors and top executives in Miami on December 15 for the inaugural CEO Forum of the Americas, an invitation-only event.

The organizers say the forum is meant to link policy priorities with investment opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The agenda covers practical pathways for more investment, integration and growth across the region.

Forum agenda targets supply chains, critical minerals and AI

Talks will center on three areas that the organizers describe as critical to the hemisphere's economic future.

St. Paul – October 14, 2026 -- 3M and Discovery Education named 8th grader Raji Doshi of Farmington, Connecticut, the winner of the 2026 3M Young Scientist Challenge, awarding her a $25,000 cash prize and the title of "America's Top Young Scientist." Doshi, who attends Stanford Online High School, won with a natural algae-and-aragonite system designed to counter ocean acidification.

Doshi beat nine other finalists in final events at 3M headquarters

Doshi competed through the summer against nine other finalists, ages 11 to 14. She secured the win during final Challenge events at 3M global headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Oct. 12 and 13, 2026.

Chicago – October 14, 2026 -- Rothschild Wealth Partners and Singularity Financial Partners have launched Rothschild Financial Partners, a newly registered investment adviser owned by its partners, with client assets across three partner firms expected to reach approximately $750 million by year end.

The firm has no private-equity capital. Its owners are Rothschild Wealth Partners, Singularity Financial Partners and the advisors who join. Three partner firms have joined since September 2026, and more are expected by year end. Each will be introduced in the coming weeks.

San Jose – October 14, 2026 -- xFusion is showing a 155 kW liquid-cooled rack, cold plates rated above 4,000 watts per chip and a prototype 800V high-voltage DC power supply for up to 1.2 MW at the 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, which runs October 12–15 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center (Booth A33).

The company is targeting power density, which it describes as the main constraint on AI data center scaling. Single-chip power consumption is trending toward 3,000 watts and beyond, while rack-level density is moving from hundreds of kilowatts toward the megawatt class.

Greenwich – October 14, 2026 -- WIN, a fertility and family support benefit company, has appointed three senior leaders to newly created roles as its supported population grows from more than 500,000 to nearly one million families over two years.

Claudio Stefan joins as Chief Growth Officer, Stacey Zeltner as Chief People Officer, and Dr. Michael Meighu as Vice President of Artificial Intelligence. The company says the hires will help it scale employer and health plan partnerships, build the organization to support that growth, and apply emerging technology to benefits delivery.

WIN reports 900 employer clients covering 9.5 million lives

The employer base has grown 20% in two years. WIN also expanded from 55 to 124 countries, a 125% increase.

Dallas – October 14, 2026 -- HighLevel, the AI-powered operating system for businesses, agencies and founders, has appointed Grubhub founder and former CEO Matt Maloney to its Board of Directors, adding a leader who spent 17 years scaling a technology marketplace.

Maloney led Grubhub from startup through its merger with Seamless and its multibillion-dollar acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway.com in 2021. He brings more than 20 years of experience building and scaling technology-enabled businesses.

HighLevel's three founders back Maloney's operating record

HighLevel's founding triumvirate of Shaun Clark, Varun Vairavan and Robin Alex said in a joint statement that Maloney's founder instinct and operating experience will be valuable as the company builds its technology and ecosystem. Maloney said he sees the same opportunity at HighLevel that Grubhub offered independent restaurants, but on a broader scale.

San Francisco – October 14, 2026 -- Mesh, a crypto payments network, has launched Link Chat, an AI-powered feature in Mesh Link that lets users start financial actions with a natural-language request such as "Deposit 50 USDC into my account." The capability is live and rolling out to partners.

Mesh plans to extend Link Chat across its product stack, including payments and additional transaction types.

Forrester data shows 31% of consumers use conversational AI for finance questions

Nearly one in three consumers (31%) across the United States, United Kingdom and Canada regularly use conversational AI to ask personal-finance questions and compare financial products, according to Forrester. Nearly a quarter (24%) of those users do so through tools outside their bank's app.

Completing a financial action still requires the right accounts, assets and payment rails to work together behind the scenes, the company said.