Digital Transformation

Alpharetta, Ga. – October 01, 2026 -- Mynd.ai, Inc. (NYSE American: MYND) said its subsidiary Promethean has launched an AI Companion for its Explain Everything app, using on-device artificial intelligence through Apple Intelligence to let educators convert classroom content into teaching materials within seconds.

AI Companion generates lesson materials directly on compatible Apple devices

Available now on devices running iPadOS 27 or iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence enabled, the tool lets teachers select text, images or drawings on an Explain Everything page and generate lesson plans, quizzes, vocabulary lists and suggested activities. Output appears directly within the Explain Everything canvas, eliminating the need to switch between platforms.

Las Vegas – October 01, 2026 -- bolttech and Bold Penguin have entered a global strategic partnership to build a combined commercial and personal lines insurance distribution offering spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Two AI-enabled platforms merge complementary distribution networks

bolttech, an insurtech operating in 39 countries across four continents, will integrate its personal and commercial lines protection services, AI-enabled workflows and global distribution expertise with Bold Penguin's commercial-lines digital exchange and carrier network. Bold Penguin brings its DeX ai data and AI services platform along with an integrated commercial carrier network exclusively focused on commercial insurance.

Los Angeles – October 01, 2026 -- CometAPI now routes access to more than 500 AI models through a single OpenAI-compatible API key, serving over 10,000 active developers with average response times under 400 milliseconds and a 99.9% uptime target.

Platform consolidates fragmented model access into one credential

As AI teams increasingly rely on multiple large language models, image generators, video systems and audio tools, each provider typically requires separate registrations, SDKs, billing dashboards and authentication methods. CometAPI CEO Lee Sonic said he built the platform after becoming frustrated with these fragmented integration requirements while testing different AI models as a developer. The company positions itself not as a simple API aggregator but as an infrastructure layer that absorbs model complexity rather than passing it to application developers.

Miami – October 01, 2026 -- OutRival, creator of AI-powered Digital Workers, has appointed Shaun Sjolin as Chief Customer Officer to oversee customer relationships from onboarding through the full customer lifecycle.

Sjolin brings enterprise contact center expertise from NICE to OutRival's growth strategy

Sjolin joins from NICE, a global contact center software provider, where he served as Vice President of Customer Success managing large enterprise accounts across travel, hospitality, retail, healthcare, insurance, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. His prior roles include leading enterprise customer journeys at SAP, IBM, and Aon Hewitt.

Brisbane – October 01, 2026 -- Datamine has launched Expenditure Watch 2.0, a redesigned web-based platform that gives mining and exploration companies centralized visibility into expenditure compliance across tenement portfolios.

Platform moves beyond single-jurisdiction desktop tool to support multiple regulatory environments

Originally built to address expenditure reporting requirements in Western Australia, Expenditure Watch 2.0 has been rearchitected as a web-based system capable of supporting different jurisdictions and operating environments. The new release adds multi-user access, centralized data management and portfolio-wide visibility of expenditure commitments for companies managing mineral title obligations across multiple sites.

Pune, India – – October 01, 2026 -- The global battery electrolyte market is projected to grow from $12.22 billion in 2025 to $50.98 billion by 2034, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 17.2%, according to a new analysis by Maximize Market Research.

EV battery deployment jumped nearly 30% in 2025

Global EV battery deployment reached 1.2 TWh in 2025, up almost 30% from 2024, with electric vehicles accounting for more than 70% of total battery deployment worldwide. The surge is driving higher consumption of liquid electrolytes, lithium salts, solvents and additives across passenger vehicles, electric two-wheelers and commercial EVs.

San Francisco – October 01, 2026 -- Corgi Insurance has launched Golden by Corgi, a dedicated sports and entertainment insurance platform offering more than 20 lines of coverage for teams, leagues, federations, National Governing Bodies, tournaments, and athletic facilities.

Golden operates through Corgi's surplus lines carrier to build customized programs for complex coverage needs

The platform unites underwriting, claims, and risk management under a single system, issuing certificates of insurance within minutes and handling claims in-house.

Former professional athletes lead Golden's push into sports-specific underwriting

Co-Founders Peter Akman and Mike T. Brown, both former founders and professional athletes, designed the platform around the operational realities of sports organizations. "We built Golden to give each organization the flexibility to build coverage around how it actually operates," said Akman.

Tinton Falls, N.J. – October 01, 2026 -- Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) has achieved the AWS Data Competency in the Relational Database category, a designation confirming its technical proficiency in delivering cyber-resilient data protection for relational database workloads on Amazon Web Services.

Commvault secures Amazon RDS and Aurora environments with automated recovery tools

The designation validates Commvault's ability to protect, recover, and manage business-critical data across Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) environments. Delivered via SaaS, software, or appliance, Commvault's solutions protect Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora through automated backups, point-in-time recovery, and immutable, air-gapped storage, reducing operational complexity for enterprises running critical workloads on AWS.

Houston – October 01, 2026 -- Financial Software Solutions (FSS) has released the FSS Intelligence Engine, an AI-powered tool designed to automate document review for bankruptcy trustees and fiduciaries. The technology targets one of the most time-intensive steps in case preparation: reviewing and analyzing multiple documents including ECF emails, bank statements, tax returns, and document checklists.

New engine extracts and prioritizes case data the moment paperwork arrives

The system automatically reads, analyzes, extracts, matches, and prioritizes information as soon as documents are uploaded, operating without manual intervention. FSS states the goal is to give trustees faster access to critical information and help move cases forward more efficiently.

Costa Mujeres – October 01, 2026 -- Seguritech will exhibit at booth #21 during the 19th NENA 9-1-1 International Congress for Emergency Call Centers, running October 7-9 in Costa Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Seguritech targets Latin American emergency centers with integrated AI and robotics tools

The company will demonstrate AI-powered analytics that process incoming emergency data and prioritize the most urgent events for call-takers and supervisors. Its computer-aided dispatch (CAD) platform merges dispatch operations, field personnel, video intelligence, and sensor networks into a single operating picture for unfolding incidents.