New York – October 13, 2026 -- KNOWIDEA, the decision intelligence company, has published a research paper co-authored with Georgia Tech and developed with one of the world's largest asset managers, aimed at making AI-generated financial database queries verifiable before they inform decisions.

The paper, titled "VeriPIE: Checkable Query Plans and Evidence-Guided Selection for Text-to-SQL," describes a method that improves the accuracy of AI-written database queries. Each answer comes with evidence that a risk team can validate before acting on it.

Silent query errors return plausible but wrong numbers

Banks, asset managers and corporate finance teams are adopting AI tools that convert plain-English questions into database queries, a task known as text-to-SQL. According to the paper, the main danger is not the query that fails but the one that runs, returns a reasonable number and is wrong.

Research Triangle Park – October 13, 2026 -- IQVIA has selected four Veeva applications (CTMS, eTMF, Study Startup and Site Connect) as enterprise standards for its clinical development studies, extending a partnership that previously covered Veeva's EDC.

IQVIA and Veeva widen the clinical technology tie-up beyond EDC

IQVIA (NYSE: IQV) and Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) announced the expansion on Oct. 13, 2026. The companies say the combined offering is intended to raise trial speed and efficiency, strengthen site centricity and improve decision-making.

All Veeva clinical solutions are also available through IQVIA for sponsors that want a full Veeva technology stack.

San Jose – October 13, 2026 -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) has won a six-figure initial contract for its embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Hard IP, to be used in a programmable system-on-chip (SoC) built on a 16nm automotive process technology.

The SoC targets battery management, precision motor control and industrial robotic applications. QuickLogic expects the contract to generate license revenue over the next six months. Royalty revenue is anticipated once the customer begins production shipments.

United Kingdom – October 13, 2026 -- National Grid is running a transmission build-out that includes a seven-year, £1 billion project to rewire South London through deep underground tunnels, alongside new high-voltage links to carry offshore wind and solar power south from Scotland and the North.

Two 2GW HVDC links target Scottish and North Sea generation

EGL1 is a two-gigawatt (GW) high voltage direct current (HVDC) link between the Torness area in East Lothian, Scotland, and Hawthorn Pit in County Durham. EGL2, also rated at 2GW, will run between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Drax in North Yorkshire. Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) and Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) are intended to increase network capability to connect new offshore wind farms.

Los Angeles – October 13, 2026 -- Sizzle, Inc. has launched Rosa, a conversational video "Synth Human" that serves guests of Sheraton Universal Hotel around the clock in more than 33 languages, with no app download and no dedicated hotel hardware.

Guests scan a QR code in their arrival welcome letter to start a face-to-face video conversation on their own phones. Rosa answers questions on reservations, parking, valet, room service, dining, amenities and shuttle information. She connects guests with the appropriate hotel team when human assistance is required.

Scottsdale – October 13, 2026 -- Taylor Morrison Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Stephanie McCarty has been named the inaugural CMO of the Year by BUILDER and Zonda, selected from four finalists for an award recognizing marketing's growing influence on homebuilding.

McCarty built an in-house marketing team from scratch

McCarty joined Taylor Morrison in 2015 as vice president of corporate communications and later became the company's first chief marketing officer. She built a centralized, in-house marketing team, bringing creative talent closer to the business and its customers.

Liquid Death sweepstakes and brand platform anchor the campaign record

Taylor Morrison ran a "Killer House" sweepstakes with Liquid Death, an unconventional brand pairing for the sector. Its "Homes Built for Real Life" platform centers on everyday homeownership moments.

London – October 13, 2026 -- Mothers in the U.K., Sweden and France report having 2-2.1 children on average, against the 2.8-2.9 they say they want, according to new data from the IVI Institute Fertility Barometer. The study surveyed 24,074 women aged 19 to 49 across nine countries.

IVI Institute, formerly IVI RMA Global, released the regional findings as it consolidates its clinics under a single name. Clinics will operate as IVI Fertility, Livio and Create Fertility as members of IVI Institute.

Women start families later than planned in all three markets

81-84% of women in the three countries are already mothers or want children, and 68-70% rate motherhood as a medium-high or high priority. Among women who reported a target age, 31-41% had their first child later than desired.

MADRID – October 13, 2026 -- An estimated 6.8 million women across nine countries are experiencing infertility right now, according to the inaugural IVI Institute Fertility Barometer, which also finds that 36% of women with a target age for starting a family had their first child later than desired. IVI Institute, formerly IVI RMA Global, released the study alongside a group-wide rebrand that unites its clinic networks.

Survey of 24,074 women quantifies the gap between desired and actual family size

GfK, a NielsenIQ company, conducted the online survey of women aged 19 to 49 in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, the UAE, the U.K. and the U.S. Fieldwork ran from May 16 to July 3, 2026. The margin of error is ±0.63 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with larger margins among subgroups.

Dallas – October 13, 2026 -- Koya Medical will put its CEO and CFO in front of investors at two conferences on consecutive days, October 19 and 20, 2026, as the vascular disease device maker promotes the commercial momentum of its portfolio.

CEO Doraiswamy presents at Goldman Sachs in New York on October 19

Andy Doraiswamy, Koya's chief executive, will present on Monday, October 19, 2026, at the Goldman Sachs Healthcare Private Company Conference. The session takes place at the Goldman Sachs Client Center in New York City.

CFO Rippole takes the Bank of America stage in Boston on October 20

Damian Rippole, the company's chief financial officer, will present on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at The MedTech Conference hosted by AdvaMed. His slot is part of the Bank of America Company Presentations, held in Room 050 at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston.

Lake Orion – October 13, 2026 -- American Battery Solutions (ABS) has introduced Aventor, an 800-volt heavy-duty battery platform delivering 113 kWh of energy and 358 kW of peak discharge power, with customer samples planned for 2027 and production starting in Q1 2028.

Aventor is designed, engineered and assembled in the U.S. with domestically sourced cells, and is built to support BABA-compliant OEM programs. Initial capacity is set at 6,000 battery packs annually, or approximately 0.7 GWh.

Aventor claims 300 Wh/L volumetric density and up to 200 Wh/kg

The platform is rated at 300 Wh/L volumetric and up to 200 Wh/kg gravimetric energy density. ABS says it supports fast charging from 10% to 80% in 42 minutes or less, a metric aimed at high-utilization applications where charging time affects productivity.