Partnership

Dallas – October 21, 2026 -- Business Jet, a private aviation company based at Dallas Love Field, has become an authorized Starlink dealer and installer. The move lets it sell and fit SpaceX's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet on private aircraft.

Supplemental type certificates cover seven large-cabin models today

Business Jet currently offers supplemental type certificates (STCs) for the Gulfstream G450, G550, G650, G650ER and GV. It also offers them for the Bombardier Global 6000, Express and XRS.

Customers can schedule installations through Lina Sabbah, the company's Director of Aircraft Solutions and Acquisitions.

Additional STCs are expected by year-end, with Falcon models due in 2025

Starlink is expected to keep expanding its certifications and the list of supported aircraft. Business Jet expects STCs for further models by the end of the year:

New York – October 20, 2026 -- MoonPay, a crypto payments and stablecoin infrastructure company, is pursuing a strategic collaboration with Dunamu to build global financial infrastructure on digital assets, with stablecoin payments, corporate treasury management and Dunamu's GIWA blockchain as the three focus areas.

MoonPay and Dunamu target stablecoin cross-border payments and fund transfers

The two companies will jointly identify business opportunities in stablecoin-based global payments and fund movement. Drawing on both companies' technology and infrastructure, they will review cases in which digital assets can be used for cross-border payments and fund transfers. They will also examine the business potential of new financial service models.

Costa Mesa – October 20, 2026 -- Tepia Co., Inc., a custom software developer with more than 13 years of engineering experience, has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network, giving the California firm a formal channel to deploy OpenAI models in client mobile, web, and backend systems.

OpenAI Partner Network targets enterprise adoption of frontier models

The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It combines partners' industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships with resources, enablement, and support. The aim is to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and convert them into measurable impact.

Athens, Tennessee – October 19, 2026 -- DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, Inc. (DMAT) has donated about three acres to the Athens-McMinn Family YMCA for a new early learning center, backed by a $2.5 million federal grant.

YMCA targets 2027 groundbreaking and 2028 completion

The two organizations have finalized the land transfer. The YMCA expects to break ground in early 2027, with construction due to finish by early 2028. The center will house a preschool and childcare services open to families across the community.

The parcel lies southwest of DENSO's Athens campus, close to Interstate 75 and other large employers.

Parsippany-Troy Hills, N.J. – October 19, 2026 -- Navigator Group Purchasing has named Experience Fresh its preferred marketing services provider, giving senior living members preferred pricing and priority access to a marketing program that claims a 3X return on ad spend.

The agreement extends Navigator's cost-reduction model into occupancy growth. Navigator has spent more than 30 years helping senior living operators cut costs, improve operations and optimize purchasing. Experience Fresh adds occupancy growth, census development, brand strategy and demand generation.

Teaneck, N.J. – October 19, 2026 -- Cognizant and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership with a new Gemini Frontier Capability Group backed by more than 18,000 dedicated Cognizant associates, a joint investment aimed at moving enterprise agentic AI from pilot to production.

The group builds on Cognizant's dedicated Gemini practice, launched in April 2026. It pairs Google's AI platform with Cognizant's domain, industry and engineering expertise.

Group targets four engineering areas first

The group will initially focus on legacy modernization, developer experience, autonomous business process agentification and frontier cyber defense. It uses Gemini, Google Cloud's AI platform for building, governing and deploying agents.

Mexico – October 19, 2026 -- AIC Hotel Group has appointed Alliance Connection to lead public relations, influencer marketing, content collaborations, executive thought leadership and resort launch campaigns in the North American trade and consumer markets, extending a relationship that began 16 years ago when AIC became the agency's first client.

Agency to support launches and rebrandings across the AIC portfolio

Alliance Connection will run integrated campaigns designed to build anticipation, consideration and conversion among North American travelers. The mandate covers several portfolio milestones:

Las Vegas – October 19, 2026 -- Coinbase will integrate Thunes' Direct Global Network for fiat payouts, while Thunes will run its stablecoin infrastructure on Coinbase's stablecoin solutions, the companies announced at Money20/20 USA.

Coinbase customers gain direct access to local clearing systems

Under the agreement, Coinbase will add Thunes' network to its platform. This gives it direct payout access to local clearing systems and alternative payment methods. Thunes will provide real-time last-mile delivery to mobile wallets and bank accounts, so Coinbase customers can send funds to more countries and currencies. The companies say this includes regions with limited banking infrastructure.

Thunes says its network operates in over 140 countries and more than 90 currencies.

Newbury Township, Ohio – October 19, 2026 -- Kinetico Incorporated has launched a partnership with national nonprofit Rebuilding Together, starting with a San Antonio home upgrade for a retired police officer and his wife that included a full year of paid water bills.

The project is the first of several planned under "Kinetico Connections Community Impact," the company's new corporate social responsibility initiative. The program combines employee volunteer service with water treatment products for residents and families across the country.

Kinetico installs softener, filtration and reverse osmosis system in San Antonio home

Kinetico employees worked on home improvements, landscaping and painting. Through Kinetico of San Antonio, the home also received upgrades to its water infrastructure and treatment systems:

San Diego – October 19, 2026 -- Wildfire Systems and Badge have partnered to push personalized merchant offers from Wildfire's network of more than 50,000 merchant programs into Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet, with no new infrastructure or merchant relationships required from clients.

Wildfire clients extend rewards programs into three native wallets

Wildfire clients can now carry their existing rewards programs into the three wallets through Badge's technology. Badge clients, in turn, gain access to Wildfire's merchant offers. Consumers who add a rewards pass will see personalized cashback and savings in their wallet.

Badge keeps passes current as offers change, using dynamic updates, push notifications and location-aware reminders. Wildfire's merchant partners gain an additional channel to reach shoppers and drive sales.