Partnership Announcement

Los Angeles – – October 02, 2026 -- Green Water and Power (GWP), a national clean-energy infrastructure provider, has launched a workforce training partnership with Goodwill Southern California (Goodwill SoCal) to place candidates with little or no prior work experience into on-the-job electrical trade training.

Program targets WIOA-eligible candidates for hands-on electrical training

The initiative operates under the federal Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) and is aimed at reducing barriers to employment for job seekers entering the skilled trades. Qualified participants will receive hands-on instruction in electrical work, with a pathway to long-term employment at GWP or elsewhere in the industry.

Los Angeles – October 01, 2026 -- USC has dedicated a new Korean Air Convergence Plaza at the center of its University Park Campus engineering corridor, formalizing a partnership tied to Korean Air Chairman and CEO Walter Cho, an alumnus of USC's MBA Class of 2006.

USC names outdoor collaboration hub after Korean Air at campus dedication event

USC President Beong-Soo Kim and Walter Cho, who also serves as Chairman of Hanjin Group, led Tuesday's ceremony alongside USC Trustees and guests. The plaza sits at the junction of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School for Computing and Artificial Intelligence, bordered by three academic buildings: the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall, the Ray R. Irani Hall for Molecular and Computational Biology, and the Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.

Cleveland – September 29, 2026 -- Kurv, a Cleveland-based payments platform, has renewed its partnership with the Cleveland Browns for the 2026 NFL season, extending a multi-year marketing and community relationship between the two organizations.

Kurv secures branded visibility across weekly Browns media sessions

Under the renewal, Kurv will sponsor the backdrop used during the Browns' weekly player and coach interviews, with Kurv-branded imagery appearing Wednesday through Friday at the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus throughout the regular season.

Brooklyn, N.Y. and Spokane, Wash. – September 29, 2026 -- HEVO Inc. and Flying Pig GSE LLC have entered a strategic collaboration to bring automated wireless charging technology to electric and autonomous Ground Support Equipment (GSE) at airports.

HEVO contributes patented Rezonant wireless charging hardware to the partnership

HEVO, a New York-based Tier 1 supplier, will combine its Rezonant wireless charging hardware, power electronics, controls and Journey software platform with Flying Pig GSE's four decades of aviation operating experience and airport customer relationships. The goal is to identify applications where automated charging improves fleet utilization and supports increasingly automated airport environments.

Stamford, Conn. – – September 29, 2026 -- Tronox Holdings plc (NYSE: TROX) and JX Advanced Metals Corporation (TYO: 5016) have signed a cooperation and investment agreement to jointly fund approximately $32 million on a 50/50 basis for feasibility studies covering new rare earth processing facilities in Australia and the United States.

Companies commit $32 million to feasibility work across two continents

The funding will support a definitive feasibility study for a proposed rare earth cracking and leaching facility in Western Australia and a pre-feasibility study for a rare earth oxide refinery in the United States, alongside development of a US-based pilot plant capable of producing initial quantities of high-purity rare earth oxides.

Menlo Park, Calif. – September 25, 2026 -- PhoenixAI has become a foundational database partner for Cloudera, making its cloud database engine available on the newly launched Cloudera Anywhere Cloud Marketplace to deliver sub-second real-time analytics for agentic AI workloads.

PhoenixAI database engine enters Cloudera's private and sovereign cloud ecosystem

Enterprise customers can now deploy PhoenixAI's database engine directly within Cloudera's secure private and public cloud environments. The integration targets organizations scaling autonomous AI agents and real-time decision systems that require sub-second access to fresh enterprise data while meeting governance and data sovereignty mandates.

London – September 24, 2026 -- Constant Contact has named Chelsea FC Women captain Erin Cuthbert as a Small Business Ambassador, tapping her dual role as footballer and coffee entrepreneur to promote its marketing platform among UK small business owners.

Cuthbert runs coffee brand Ruby Alba as a solo operation alongside her football career

Cuthbert launched Ruby Alba earlier in 2026, sourcing beans from a roaster in Scotland and personally managing branding and marketing. She will now use Constant Contact's platform to grow the business while continuing to captain Chelsea FC Women.

Partnership extends existing multi-year Constant Contact-Chelsea FC Women deal

The ambassadorship builds on a broader partnership between Constant Contact and Chelsea FC Women focused on supporting female founders. Joint initiatives include The Growth Locker, an education hub offering tools and mentorship to entrepreneurs.

Washington – September 24, 2026 -- Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has joined the Rare Access Action Project (RAAP), adding a major biopharmaceutical player to a coalition working to resolve coverage and access barriers for rare disease patients.

RAAP expands coalition with BMS to tackle patient access barriers

RAAP, a coalition of patient advocates and life sciences companies, confirmed BMS's membership as part of its ongoing effort to develop policy solutions for structural access and coverage gaps affecting rare disease patients. Michael Eging, Executive Director of RAAP, said BMS brings a long history of scientific innovation and a strong commitment to patients facing serious and complex diseases.

Doha – September 23, 2026 -- OxiWear Inc. has signed an exclusive distribution partnership with Alfardan Medical with Northwestern Medicine (AMNM) to bring its wearable physiological measurement technology into Qatar, marking the U.S. company's latest push into the Middle East.

OxiWear taps AMNM's local network to enter Qatar's healthcare technology market

Under the agreement, OxiWear and AMNM will jointly handle distribution, market development, and customer engagement for OxiWear's continuous physiological measurement products across Qatar. AMNM, a multi-specialty day-care surgery center based in Lusail and operated in affiliation with Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine, provides OxiWear with an established clinical network and regional expertise in outpatient care.

Elizabeth, N.J. – September 22, 2026 -- New Jersey fast-casual chain Salad House catered a free, full-day youth basketball camp in Elizabeth as part of a growing NIL partnership with local high school standout Jayden Johnson.

Salad House delivers signature wraps to fuel young athletes at Elizabeth camp

The brand supplied platters of its Buffalo Chicken Wrap and Crispy Mutha Clucka Wrap during a lunch break at the Fred Erxleben Recreation Center, feeding campers between morning and afternoon basketball sessions. The camp offered free skill development, competition, and mentorship for local boys and girls.