Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Startups

KYRO AI launches Storm Call Center to help linemen find restoration work before storms hit

When severe weather threatens the U.S. power grid, utilities can spend days preparing crews and equipment for the restoration work that may follow. For the thousands of linemen who...

Soteris comes out of stealth to find the policies costing insurers money

U.S. property and casualty insurers had a strong 2025. AM Best, the ratings agency that tracks the industry’s finances, reported that carriers paid out...

Signed by a human, built by AI, aimed at the biggest gatekeepers in insurance

Companies building the data centers behind AI are increasingly insuring them with insurance firms of their own. Such in-house insurers, known as captives, are,...

How retailers are moving AI from pilot projects into daily operations

Artificial intelligence has already made its way into retail, but testing a tool is one thing. Getting it to transform the way a business...

Dog treat startup Saint Rocco’s Treats partners with PAWS Chicago to donate 1,000 pounds of treats to needy animals

Saint Rocco’s Treats, a startup that makes handmade dog treats baked with just seven restaurant-quality ingredients, is announcing that it is serving as the...

Solvd Joins OpenAI’s Partner Network as Enterprises Shift From AI Pilots to Owned Infrastructure

Solvd, Inc., a Walnut Creek, California-based AI engineering company, has been named an OpenAI Select Partner, joining the OpenAI Partner Network that launched in...

Nisum to bring AI pilot to production insights to RetailClub 2026

Nisum will take part in RetailClub AI Festival 2026 as the retail industry looks to move artificial intelligence projects beyond experimentation and into production....

Prezent Vivo appoints Alice Choi as COO to scale AI powered life sciences communications

Prezent Vivo, an AI powered communication platform for life sciences, has appointed Alice Choi as Chief Operating Officer as the company expands its AI...

VerifAIX Raises $5M to Build an AI Trust Layer for Semiconductor Verification

VerifAIX, an AI native semiconductor verification company, has raised $5 million in seed funding as artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of the chip design...

Space Cargo Unlimited Secures Contract for In-Space Manufacturing Missions Aboard SpaceX’s Starfall Re-entry Vehicle

 In-space manufacturing is set to take a major step towards industrial scale up as Space Cargo Unlimited (Space Cargo) today announced plans to launch...

Leap Venture Studio announces Cohort 11 applications are open 

Leap Venture Studio, the world’s first petcare startup accelerator, announced today it is accepting applications for its eleventh Studio program, until October 18, 2026.  The...