Events

San Francisco – September 22, 2026 -- Snorkel AI has raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation to expand its agentic data factory, which supplies training and evaluation data behind frontier AI lab systems.

Insight Partners and S32 co-lead funding round with multiple new backers

The round was co-led by Insight Partners and S32, with significant participation from existing investor Addition. New investors include March Capital, Blumberg Capital, Allegis Capital, Frontline, Standard, and Third Point Ventures, alongside existing backers Greylock, Lightspeed, GV, Factory, Prosperity7, Walden Catalyst, and Wells Fargo.

Mexico City – September 22, 2026 -- Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: LABB) has filed a Notice of Rights with the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores declaring a cash dividend of $0.20 Mexican pesos per common share, totaling $200,000,000.00 pesos based on shares currently outstanding.

Board authorizes 17th dividend under shareholder mandate

The payment marks the company's seventeenth dividend distribution and was approved by Genomma Lab's Board of Directors under powers delegated at the Annual General Shareholders Meeting held on April 24, 2025. The per-share amount is calculated against the total number of LABB shares outstanding on the Mexican Stock Exchange.

Jackson, Wyo. – September 22, 2026 -- Ward | Blake Architects has been named to Forbes' America's Best-in-State Residential Architects 2026, marking the Jackson, Wyoming firm's second consecutive year on the national list during its 30th anniversary.

Forbes reassesses every firm annually, including prior honorees

For its 2026 architecture lists, Forbes reevaluated all practices, including firms recognized the previous year, rather than automatically renewing past selections. Firms were judged by Forbes editors and an advisory board of architecture and design authorities using a submitted residence and each practice's broader portfolio. The Forbes Architecture System of Evaluation weighs quality of work, environmental and cultural responsiveness, sustainability, siting, local context, architectural form, materials and craft. Forbes states there is no fee to participate.

Las Vegas – September 22, 2026 -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) outlined its artificial intelligence strategy at GroceryShop 2026, disclosing a phased approach that moves from assisted to fully autonomous AI use across customer and operational functions.

Kroger structures AI deployment into three governed stages

Yael Cosset, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, said the company's AI roadmap progresses through assisted, augmented and autonomous stages, with the level of automation determined by risk, repeatability and the need for human judgment. "The goal is not autonomy everywhere," Cosset said, adding that governance remains central regardless of which stage a given use case occupies.

Arlington, Va. – September 22, 2026 -- Info-Tech Research Group has named Google Vault, Bloomberg Vault, and Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving as Champions in its 2026 Data Archiving Data Quadrant Report, with Google Vault topping the category at an 8.9 Composite Score.

Google Vault scores 8.9 on quality features, leading the Champion tier

Bloomberg Vault followed with an 8.6 Composite Score, earning top marks for granularity, while Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving posted an 8.5 score, recognized for ease of data integration. The rankings draw on verified end-user feedback collected through Info-Tech's SoftwareReviews platform rather than analyst opinion or vendor input.

Uniondale, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- Marquis Who's Who has recognized Nerrissa Williams, manager of release and application operations at The Walt Disney Company, for leadership in enterprise technology delivery spanning more than two decades.

Williams led a December 2023 SAP release that unlocked two Disney initiatives worth $170 million combined

The release served as a critical dependency for two enterprise projects valued at approximately $100 million and $70 million respectively. Its successful execution drew visibility across Disney's technology leadership and demonstrated the operational stakes tied to disciplined release management at a company coordinating rollouts across SAP, Workday, Coupa and Informatica.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- The New York International Auto Show's 2026 Visitor Impact Report found that 92% of attendees who said they planned to buy a vehicle within 12 months actually did so, underscoring the event's direct influence on automotive sales conversion. The 127th edition of the show, North America's oldest auto exhibition since 1900, will run March 26–April 4, 2027, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, with Media & Industry Days set for March 23–25.

Show attendance drives measurable purchase intent among visitors

According to the 2026 report, 80% of visitors said the show influenced their next vehicle decision, while 38% indicated plans to purchase or lease within 12 months. Among those 12-month intenders, 42% added one or more brands to their consideration list after attending.

Daytona Beach – September 22, 2026 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University secured eight top-five rankings and 11 top-10 honors in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, published Sept. 22, reinforcing its position as a primary talent pipeline for aerospace, defense and aviation employers.

Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses both rank No. 2 in their regions

The Daytona Beach, Florida campus and the Prescott, Arizona campus each earned the No. 2 Overall Rank among regional colleges in the South and West, respectively, according to the rankings. Daytona Beach also took No. 1 in the Top Private Colleges list and No. 3 in Most Innovative Schools, while ranking No. 2 for veteran-focused programs.

Malaga, Spain – September 22, 2026 -- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Lightera announced that the Snap-BeamTM Connector has won the Fibre Infrastructure Innovation Award at the ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards 2026, recognizing advances in optical connectivity for co-packaged optics (CPO) systems used in AI and data-center networks.

Snap-Beam Connector enables compact, detachable optical links for photonic integrated circuits

The Snap-Beam Connector provides detachable optical connectivity between photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and optical fibers within CPO systems. It combines expanded-beam optical coupling, magnet-based automatic connection, and reflow compatibility to deliver high-density optical interconnections with low insertion loss.

Boston – – September 22, 2026 -- Fulcra Dynamics has launched universal agent-to-agent communication that lets users on Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes and OpenClaw coordinate tasks directly, bypassing the closed multiplayer model built by rival app Instinct.

Fulcra opens agent communication across any AI harness, ending platform lock-in

Instinct's multiplayer feature currently limits agent-to-agent communication to users who adopt its own agent. Fulcra Dynamics said this approach creates unnecessary lock-in and security risk, and built its system instead as a neutral backend that any compatible agent harness can plug into for peer and group coordination.

Malaga – – September 22, 2026 -- Lightera confirmed its Multicore Fiber (MCF) technology is part of the OIF multi-vendor interoperability demonstration at ECOC 2026, running on stand 2126 in Malaga, Spain.

Lightera's MCF cuts fiber count by 75% versus conventional single-mode fiber

The company is supporting both a 500-meter and a 50-kilometer MCF demonstration using its 4-core, 125 μm clad diameter fiber, built with 40 μm pitch and ITU-T G.657.A2-compliant cores. According to Lightera, the design reduces fiber count by 75% compared to conventional single-mode fiber (SMF) and cuts weight and space requirements by up to four times.

West Chester, Pa. – September 22, 2026 -- Track Rabbit has launched a new feature allowing event organizers to run registration and member management through its platform while collecting payment via cash, Venmo, PayPal, a personal card reader, or any other method of their choosing.

Grassroots organizers gain full platform access without merchant processing setup

The feature targets informal automotive gatherings such as cars-and-coffee meetups, club cruise-ins, local track days, and car shows, where organizers often collect a cash gate fee or a Venmo request rather than running transactions through a formal payment processor. Riders and drivers still complete registration and manage their information through Track Rabbit; only the payment step moves outside the platform.

Mobile, Ala. – September 22, 2026 -- AltaPointe Health has completed a $15 million expansion at BayPointe Hospital, adding 34 adult psychiatric beds and raising total capacity from 104 to 138 beds, the organization announced at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Monday.

Mobile County funded $6 million of the project through American Rescue Plan Act allocations

The Mobile County Commission contributed $6 million in federal pandemic-relief funding toward the $15 million total cost, according to AltaPointe Health. Commission President Connie Hudson and Commissioner Merceria Ludgood attended the ceremony alongside state lawmakers and AltaPointe board members.

San Ramon, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- MediKarma, Inc. reported that its proprietary health score achieved a 90.6% correlation with actual claims costs within an 8 million-patient cohort, as the company positions its JackTM and JillTM AI infrastructure as the clinical backbone for direct-to-patient healthcare offerings.

MediKarma's health score correlates at 90.6% with real claims costs across a high-risk patient cohort

The company drew the 8 million-patient cohort from a de-identified population of 65 million patients, selecting individuals based on a minimum claims threshold and membership in the highest-cost disease categories. MediKarma says the correlation demonstrates the value of building patient engagement on an organized, longitudinal clinical picture spanning multiple providers rather than fragmented records.

Milwaukee – September 22, 2026 -- More than 90% of patients carrying a documented penicillin allergy in their electronic medical records can safely take the drug after clinical evaluation, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), which is marking National Penicillin Allergy Day on September 28 with a push for wider adoption of allergy "de-labeling" protocols.

Inaccurate allergy labels block access to first-line infection treatment

Penicillin remains the most effective therapy for many bacterial infections, yet patients with unverified allergy labels are routinely steered toward alternative antibiotics. The AAAAI states that removing inaccurate labels through evaluation improves patient outcomes, lowers healthcare costs and supports efforts against antimicrobial resistance.

Sheridan, Wyoming – – September 22, 2026 -- The global lateral flow assay market is set to expand from $11.04 billion in 2026 to $16.37 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 8.2%, according to a new study by Wissen Research.

Trenton – September 22, 2026 -- New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed bipartisan legislation (A5016/S4218) creating an Employee Ownership Transition Program and a revolving loan fund at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) to finance conversions of businesses into employee-owned firms.

NJEDA revives a financing model that returned ninefold on its original loan

The new Employee Ownership Revolving Loan Fund reactivates a mechanism NJEDA first used 50 years ago to finance the employee buyout of the Okonite Company in Passaic County. That original loan was fully repaid and revolved nine times over; Okonite remains 100% employee-owned today and has distributed more than $300 million in ESOP payouts to workers. The fund can draw capital from state appropriations, federal sources including U.S. Economic Development Administration grants, and philanthropic capital.

Columbus, Ohio – September 22, 2026 -- Industrial robot installations have topped 500,000 units for four consecutive years, and MES Inc., a global manufacturing sourcing and supply chain partner to Fortune 500 OEMs, says structural aluminum components will now determine how fast robotics makers can move from prototypes to volume production.

Global robot installations hit 542,000 units in 2024, doubling the 2014 total

According to the International Federation of Robotics' World Robotics 2025 report, roughly 542,000 industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2024, more than twice the figure from a decade earlier. The global operating fleet reached about 4.66 million units in 2024, up 9% year-over-year, with annual installations holding above 500,000 units for four straight years.

Carrollton, Ga. – September 22, 2026 -- 121G has added AI Process Anomaly Monitoring to its 10Bridge data acquisition and interoperability platform, giving healthcare organizations automated detection of irregular file and data processing behavior before it disrupts operations.

New tool flags data deviations before they cause integration failures

The capability continuously monitors jobs processed through 10Bridge, automatically identifying transactions, files, or data that fall outside typical processing patterns. When an anomaly surfaces, the system alerts designated users so they can investigate and resolve issues preemptively, rather than after a failure disrupts downstream systems.

Bozeman – – September 22, 2026 -- REAL Shows Network (RSN) has added Life Montana Style, a locally hosted 30-minute real estate and lifestyle series covering Bozeman, Montana, and the surrounding region, to its national television lineup.

Local real estate leader Laura Sacchi hosts new 30-minute series

The series is produced by RSN's Emmy-nominated, Telly Award-winning production team and hosted by local real estate leader Laura Sacchi. Each episode highlights notable neighborhoods and distinctive properties throughout the Bozeman area, celebrates local businesses, nonprofits and community organizations, and spotlights people and stories shaping everyday life in the region.