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BGL Closes Sale-Leaseback of Forms+Surfaces' 480,000-SF Portfolio

Cleveland – September 30, 2026 -- Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) has closed a sale-leaseback transaction covering the five-property, approximately 480,000-square-foot industrial portfolio of Forms+Surfaces, Inc. (F+S), with an institutional net lease buyer acquiring the properties located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Phoenix, Arizona. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Portfolio spans two manufacturing hubs supporting F+S's core product lines

The five properties back F+S's two primary business units: architectural products manufactured in Phoenix and site products produced in Pittsburgh. The combined facilities support a product range that includes elevator interiors, wall and column systems, security bollards, pedestrian lighting, and outdoor site furniture designed for airports, healthcare facilities, universities, and commercial developments.

TrustEngine Appoints Brandon Durham as VP of Adoption, Partnerships

Washington – September 30, 2026 -- TrustEngine has named Brandon Durham as its first Vice President of Adoption and Partnerships, tasking the 20-year mortgage technology veteran with driving daily use of its MortgageCoach platform among loan officers.

Durham will manage integrations across ICE Encompass, Cotality SmartFees, Lodestar and Optimal Blue

The newly created role puts Durham in charge of TrustEngine's partnerships across the mortgage technology stack. These integrations pull pricing, fees, borrower data and loan details directly into MortgageCoach, aiming to reduce friction for loan officers during borrower conversations.

Gong Launches Mission Callisto, Adds Third-Party Data Enrichment to Revenue AI

San Francisco – September 30, 2026 -- Gong has launched Mission Callisto, a product suite anchored by Gong Enrich, a new capability that pulls third-party account and contact data directly into its Revenue Graph platform used by more than 5,000 organizations.

Gong Enrich connects to ten data partners to fix fragmented CRM records

The tool lets customers pull data from providers including Apollo, Findymail, Firmable, Kernel, LeadIQ, Lusha, RocketReach, Wiza, ZeroBounce, and ZoomInfo, searched in a customer-defined priority order. Remaining gaps are filled using Gong Credits. Sales reps can complete missing contact details with a single click, or automate enrichment at scale through Custom Agents triggered by specific conditions.

LateralCare's Revenue Alai AI Platform Launches on Microsoft Marketplace

Dallas – September 30, 2026 -- LateralCare has made its flagship revenue cycle management platform, revenue alai, available on Microsoft Marketplace, giving healthcare organizations worldwide direct access to deploy the Agentic AI solution within existing Azure environments.

Microsoft Marketplace listing enables direct deployment within Azure ecosystems

Customers can now discover and deploy revenue alai through Microsoft Marketplace, the unified platform for cloud solutions, AI apps, and agents. The listing allows streamlined management and integration across Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft products, reducing procurement friction for healthcare systems already operating on Microsoft infrastructure.

86% of Advertisers Threaten to Cut Retail Media Spend Over Slow Data

NEW YORK – September 30, 2026 -- Eighty-six percent of advertisers say slow audience fulfillment could cause them to cut spending or abandon a retail media network partner, according to GrowthLoop's 2026 Commerce Media Investment Index. The study, conducted with Ascend2, surveyed nearly 300 U.S. and Canadian marketing professionals involved in retail media network (RMN) or commerce media network (CMN) advertising decisions.

Advertisers will pay more for faster data delivery

Eighty-five percent of respondents say they would pay a premium for same-day audience fulfillment, while 92% would increase spend with faster activation. Ninety-four percent said they would likely spend more with partners offering self-service audience-building tools. Advertisers reporting the strongest ROI are five times more likely than others to receive custom audiences the same day.

ProgenyHealth Names Melanie Bella to Board, Alec DiDonato as COO

UNITED STATES – September 30, 2026 -- ProgenyHealth has appointed Melanie Bella to its Board of Managers and named Alec DiDonato as Chief Operating Officer, moves the maternity and NICU care management company says will support its national expansion.

Bella brings 25 years of Medicaid policy experience to the board

Bella, an Executive Advisor with Cressey & Company, previously chaired the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). She served as Executive Vice President of Policy and Duals Strategy at Cityblock Health, a value-based provider focused on Medicaid and dual-eligible populations, and was the first Director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She also served as Medicaid Director for the state of Indiana and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree from DePauw University.

Kin Insurance Opens Digital Platform to Meta's Muse AI Shopping Agent

Chicago – – September 30, 2026 -- Kin Insurance said it will allow consumers using Meta's Muse AI agent and other AI shopping agents to obtain home insurance quotes directly through its digital platform, breaking from insurers and marketplaces that are moving to block AI agent access.

Kin opens its platform while rivals erect barriers

Kin Founder and CEO Sean Harper said the company will not block Muse, arguing that AI agents represent a shopping channel poised to grow as significantly as the web itself. Harper said many home insurers still lack online quoting capabilities, a gap that limits their ability to capture traffic from AI-driven shopping tools.

WOW! Names Christopher Sikora Chief Commercial Officer

Englewood, Colo. – September 30, 2026 -- WideOpenWest (WOW!) has appointed Christopher Sikora as chief commercial officer, consolidating brand, marketing, sales, product, pricing and call center operations under a single newly expanded role reporting directly to CEO Frank van der Post.

WOW! Centralizes Commercial Functions Under New Executive Hire

The restructured position places digital, sales and customer experience operations under one leader as the fiber-broadband provider pursues what van der Post described as an ambitious transformation plan targeting market and revenue growth.

Querit Launches Code Search Vertical for AI Coding Agents

Singapore – – September 30, 2026 -- Querit has launched a dedicated Code Search capability for its Querit Search API, letting developers switch from general web search to programming-focused retrieval by setting a single parameter, Vertical=Code.

Internal tests show 81% of returned results are directly adoptable by coding agents

In internal, programming-focused evaluations covering tasks such as function generation, autocomplete, and debugging, 81% of results returned by the Querit Search API were directly adoptable by coding agents, as scored by an LLM-as-a-judge under identical token budgets for intent and constraint satisfaction.

LIU, NY Islanders Launch New College Hockey Tournament at UBS Arena

Belmont Park, N.Y. – September 30, 2026 -- Long Island University, the New York Islanders and UBS Arena will launch the Empire State Holiday Invitational, a four-team NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament set for December 28-29, 2026, at the Islanders' home arena in Belmont Park. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 2 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.

Four Division I programs will compete over two days at UBS Arena

The inaugural tournament features LIU, Army West Point, Ferris State University and St. Lawrence University. Play opens December 28 with St. Lawrence facing Ferris State at 3 p.m., followed by LIU against Army West Point at 7 p.m. All four teams return to the ice on December 29 for a second day of competition.

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