Digital Transformation

Compal Unveils 800VDC AI Factory Infrastructure at OCP Summit

San Jose – September 29, 2026 -- Compal Electronics (TWSE: 2324) will showcase megawatt-scale power and liquid-cooling infrastructure for NVIDIA accelerated computing at OCP Global Summit 2026, positioning rack-level integration as the next bottleneck for AI data centers.

Compal advances 800VDC power architecture to cut conversion losses at scale

The company is developing 800VDC power architecture and megawatt-class power infrastructure aimed at reducing power conversion complexity in next-generation AI data centers. The shift to higher-voltage DC systems targets the rising rack power density driven by accelerated computing deployments.

Salt Security Launches MCP Server Inventory Tool for Claude Enterprise

Palo Alto, Calif. – – September 29, 2026 -- Salt Security has launched Salt Claude Connect, an integration that gives security teams continuous, read-only visibility into Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers connected to their Claude Enterprise organization. The tool works with Claude's Compliance API to surface organization-managed MCP servers directly in a security team's Salt inventory.

Unsecured MCP servers nearly tripled in months, according to Trend Micro research

The number of MCP servers exposed on the public internet with no authentication or encryption climbed to 1,467, a near-tripling cited by Salt Security, with most hosted on major cloud providers and offering direct read access to underlying data. As enterprises scale AI adoption, MCP servers extend what AI environments can reach, and in large organizations they can be added faster than security teams can track them.

Plug and Play Selects 140 Startups for Fall 2026 Batches

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 29, 2026 -- Plug and Play has selected 140 startups from 20 countries for its Silicon Valley Fall 2026 batches, with 55% of participants based outside the United States. The startups will pitch investors and corporate partners at the Silicon Valley Summit, scheduled for Nov. 3-5, 2026.

South Korea supplies nearly a third of the international cohort

South Korea accounts for approximately 30% of companies in the batches, the largest group outside the U.S. Additional startups join from markets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America, spanning 13 programs including Agtech, Fintech, Insurtech, Health & Longevity, and Travel & Hospitality.

Appspace Unveils Context-Aware Platform, Adaptive Signage at WOW26

Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 29, 2026 -- Appspace unveiled Appspace Context, a new architecture that lets workplace software adapt in real time to an employee's role, location, schedule, and surrounding conditions, at its WOW26 conference.

Appspace links digital and physical workplace data into one context layer

The platform draws on signals from communications, content, spaces, visitor logs, signage, and connected systems that companies already generate but rarely unify. CEO Pete Schmied said workplace technology has historically been configured around expected scenarios, while actual conditions such as shifting schedules, filling spaces, and arriving visitors change constantly.

Adswerve Earns Adobe Real-Time CDP Specialization After 3-Year Track Record

Denver – September 29, 2026 -- Adswerve has secured an Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform (Real-Time CDP) specialization, a formal recognition from Adobe requiring a verified number of successful client implementations and certified team members before approval.

Three years of Adobe Customer Journey Analytics work earns formal specialization status

The designation caps three years of hands-on deployment work and follows Adswerve's history as a three-time Adobe Solutions Partner of the Year. The firm has already deployed Real-Time CDP for several enterprise clients, unifying data from web, app, CRM, and offline sources into single customer profiles activated in real time.

PBS Biotech Embeds Rockwell Automation Tech in Cell Therapy Bioreactor

Milwaukee – September 29, 2026 -- PBS Biotech has embedded Rockwell Automation technology into its MiniPRO multi-parallel bioreactor platform, a system with up to 24 independently controlled bioreactors designed to speed cell therapy process development and reduce risk during scale-up to commercial manufacturing.

Platform integrates FactoryTalk software with PlantPAx distributed control

The MiniPRO uses Rockwell's FactoryTalk software and Process Library to deliver real-time process control within an automation environment that can integrate directly into a larger PlantPAx distributed control system used to run an entire cell-therapy facility. Rockwell Automation, headquartered in Milwaukee and employing roughly 26,000 people across more than 100 countries as of fiscal year 2025, positions the collaboration as a way to standardize automation across development and GMP manufacturing stages.

Thyme Companies Names Flatiron Health Ex-CEO Starrett to Lead New Ventures

Nashville, Tenn. – – September 29, 2026 -- Thyme Companies has appointed Carolyn Starrett as executive vice president of new ventures, tasking her with identifying and scaling new businesses beyond its existing Thyme Care platform. Starrett reports directly to Executive Chairman Robin Shah, marking her second collaboration with him after their tenure together at Flatiron Health.

Starrett brings a decade of oncology data leadership from Flatiron Health

Starrett joined Flatiron Health in 2016 alongside Thyme's founders and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2021 to 2025. Under her leadership, Flatiron's real-world evidence platform expanded from roughly 400,000 to more than 5.5 million patient records. Its OncoEMR platform grew to serve more than 4,500 oncology providers nationwide, while the company extended research operations into the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.

Arity Launches Carrier-Controlled Lead Platform With AI Optimization

Las Vegas – September 29, 2026 -- Arity, a mobility data and analytics company founded by The Allstate Corporation, has introduced Arity Lead Platform, an insurance-native operating layer designed to give carriers direct control over customer acquisition spend and decisions across publishers, marketplaces, agents, and call centers.

Platform unifies fragmented acquisition systems into a single carrier-controlled layer

Insurance carriers currently invest across publishers, marketplaces, lead and call providers, agency networks, and CRM platforms that often operate independently, limiting visibility from acquisition spend through to customer outcomes. Arity Lead Platform builds on more than a decade of Arity's experience connecting insurers with publishers and marketplaces, extending that connectivity into a full operating layer with reusable connectors intended to reduce integration effort and speed partner activation.

Integrity Partners with Missouri's Sumner Insurance Services

Dallas – – September 29, 2026 -- Integrity, LLC has partnered with Sumner Insurance Services, a fourth-generation, family-owned independent marketing organization based in Sedalia, Missouri, though financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Sumner brings a 1958 legacy and nationwide client base to Integrity's network

Founded in 1958, Sumner Insurance Services originally served central Missouri clients but has since expanded to serve customers across the United States. The agency, led by CEO Caleb Sumner, has broadened its offerings beyond life and health insurance into a wealth division covering retirement planning and investments.

BioFuture 2026 Gathers 100+ Speakers to Tackle Biopharma AI, Funding, Policy

New York City – – September 29, 2026 -- Demy-Colton has released the agenda for BioFuture 2026, a two-day conference set for October 27–28 at Cure, 345 Park Avenue South, drawing more than 100 speakers and over 50 presenting companies from biopharma, investment, technology and policy sectors.

Conference agenda spans AI, oncology, biotech financing and global drug development

Speakers include representatives from Johnson & Johnson, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Schrödinger, Piper Sandler and Mizuho Securities. Sponsors backing the event include Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Russo Partners, WuXi AppTec, Blue Matter, Cure, Evotec, Ipsen, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Big4Bio, HMA Consulting, Withum and Hogan Lovells Cadwalader.