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BOSTON – October 29, 2026 -- G-P (Globalization Partners), an AI-driven global employment platform, has been named a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Awards winner in the HR & People Operations category, adding to a run of recognitions for its G-P Gia HR agent.

Inc. honors B2B providers that help companies hire, comply and scale

The annual Inc. Power Partner Awards recognize B2B companies with a track record of helping entrepreneurs and businesses build and grow. Covered areas include hiring, compliance, technology, infrastructure, fundraising and marketing.

Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc., said this year's winners have customers who act as "superfans and evangelists." She cited winners across marketing, financial services and technology.

Washington – October 29, 2026 -- Martis Capital, a private equity firm focused exclusively on middle-market healthcare, has been named to Inc.'s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list for the sixth consecutive year.

Martis is one of 14 healthcare-exclusive firms among 294 honorees

Inc. recognized 294 private equity firms, venture capital firms and lenders this year. Martis was one of only 14 healthcare-exclusive private equity firms on the list.

Inc. built the list from founder questionnaires

Inc. surveyed entrepreneurs who have sold to private equity and venture capital firms. Founders completed questionnaires on their experience partnering with private equity, venture capital and debt firms. They also shared data on how their companies performed during those partnerships.

FORT LAUDERDALE – October 22, 2026 -- Crisis communications firm Red Banyan® has been named a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Awards winner for the third consecutive year, extending a run of industry recognition it has collected over the past months.

Inc. honors B2B providers across hiring, compliance, technology and fundraising

The annual awards recognize B2B companies with a track record of helping entrepreneurs build and grow businesses. Categories of support span hiring, compliance, technology, infrastructure, fundraising and marketing. Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc., said this year's honorees have turned customers into "superfans and evangelists" across marketing, financial services and technology.

Miami – – September 18, 2026 -- Nineteen clients and three Strategic Partners of CEO Coaching International secured places on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, with Paek Management Group ranking No. 12 nationally after posting 12,520% three-year revenue growth.

Inc. 5000 honorees post median 130% growth over three years

Companies across the full 2026 Inc. 5000 list recorded a median three-year revenue growth rate of 130%, collectively adding more than 627,208 jobs to the U.S. economy over that period. The list spans sectors including AI, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, consumer products, and professional services.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - Third Reality, Inc. has assembled a multi-category smart home hardware portfolio that spans Zigbee and Matter-certified devices across lighting, sensing, access control, and automation, with compatibility across Samsung SmartThings, Hubitat, Home Assistant, and Alexa. The lineup positions the company as a single-vendor supplier for installers and system integrators operating across both legacy Zigbee mesh infrastructure and newer Matter-over-Wi-Fi deployments. All products carry a one-year warranty and receive over-the-air firmware updates through the company's app, reducing post-installation service requirements. Bulk pack configurations and accessible per-unit pricing indicate a focus on professional and volume buyers rather than single-unit consumer retail.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - V2X, Inc. (NYSE: VVX), a defense and national security services company employing approximately 16,000 professionals across 47 countries and territories, has reported approximately $4.5 billion in full-year FY2025 revenue and executed a series of strategic moves in early 2026 - including $100 million in national security contract awards, an AI deployment agreement with Google Public Sector, a new contract to advance emerging warfighter technology, and the appointment of a Chief Information Officer to drive enterprise technology strategy. Taken together, these developments signal a deliberate effort to extend V2X's operational scale while positioning the firm at the intersection of AI modernization and mission-critical defense services.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) has positioned its expanded product portfolio-spanning semiconductors, laser components, optical transceivers, and RF access network equipment-around high-performance connectivity across cable access, telecom, fiber-to-the-home, datacenter, wireless, and sensing markets. The company's featured offering, the Quantum18 amplifier family, delivers 1.8GHz HFC amplifiers paired with the QuantumLink intelligent management platform, targeting extended spectrum operation, improved signal integrity, and efficient network management for cable operators navigating DOCSIS evolution. AOI conducts in-house design and manufacturing, applying rigorous engineering standards to ensure reliable performance, efficient power operation, and scalable deployment across its product lines.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - MiTwell, Inc., an edge AI solution provider headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan, has simultaneously announced the launch of an Open Standard Module (OSM)-based edge AI ecosystem built on MediaTek Genio 520/720 chipsets and the attainment of IEC 62443-4-1 industrial cybersecurity certification from TÜV NORD Taiwan. The two developments together target hardware developers and OEMs in sectors where edge AI performance and auditable security practices are increasingly concurrent procurement requirements. MiTwell's OSM platform is designed to support AI inference workloads at the device edge while enabling migration from legacy form factors without requiring full carrier board redesign. For industrial and regulated-sector buyers, the combination of a scalable hardware ecosystem and a process-level security certification narrows the qualification burden at the point of system integration.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWD) completed the acquisition of a valve technology company on March 31, 2026, the Fort Collins, Colorado-headquartered energy controls manufacturer confirmed. The deal expands Woodward's precision energy control solutions portfolio, which serves aerospace and industrial customers with fuel, motion, and energy management components. The transaction was announced shortly after investors and analysts who participated in a recent Woodward facility tour cited "many fundamental reasons to be bullish on Woodward," reflecting growing institutional confidence in the company's strategic positioning across two capital-intensive verticals.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - Block, Inc. operates as a technology company organized around six distinct business units-Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto-with a stated mission to build technology that increases access to the global economy. The company frames this mission as economic empowerment and maintains a public newsroom at block.xyz covering corporate news, impact initiatives, and developments across its technology focus areas. Three strategic pillars are publicly identified at the corporate level: artificial intelligence, open-source development, and Bitcoin. Block also discloses a Builder Fellowship program as part of its talent and community engagement infrastructure, alongside standard investor relations and legal functions.