West Palm Beach – October 13, 2026 -- SMArtX Advisory Solutions will embed its Manager Marketplace, proposal generation, trading and billing technology directly inside AdvizorStack's advisor environment under a new partnership targeting independent registered investment advisers (RIAs).

AdvizorStack's RIA network gets native access to SMArtX tools

AdvizorStack's network of independent RIAs will use the SMArtX capabilities within AdvizorStack's own platform rather than through a separate, third-party system.

AdvizorStack provides technology and operational support to help independent RIAs launch, transition and scale. It pairs hands-on consulting with a curated technology stack and has partnerships with custodians including Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Raymond James.

Menlo Park – October 13, 2026 -- Mainspring Energy has signed a sales agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) to supply up to 1.6 gigawatts (GW) of Mainspring Linear Generators through 2034, the largest linear generator procurement to date.

AEP orders first 190 MW tranche for delivery from 2027

AEP has already purchased an initial tranche of 190 megawatts (MW). Deliveries of that first batch begin in 2027, while the remaining capacity under the agreement would be supplied over the period to 2034.

AEP is one of North America's largest electric utilities.

Conshohocken – October 13, 2026 -- Suvoda has made Sofia, its AI assistant on the Suvoda Platform, available for all new clinical trials using Suvoda RTSM/IRT or Suvoda eCOA, giving sponsors, CROs and sites faster access to trial data and the ability to act on it.

Sofia first launched with a group of early adopter companies that helped shape the product. The rollout extends it to every new trial on the two Suvoda products.

Sofia executes authorized system actions, not just queries

For authorized users, Sofia can carry out system actions in a single conversation. Before acting, it summarizes what it will do and asks for confirmation. Every action is attributed to the requesting user, governed by existing roles and permissions, and recorded in a full audit trail.

Livonia, Michigan – October 13, 2026 -- Industrial intelligence company Aatmunn has secured a growth investment of up to $8 million from Santa Monica-based Memento Growth Partners (MGP), with existing investors also participating, to scale its SPANR platform.

The money will go to expanding Aatmunn's sales and marketing organization and accelerating SPANR research and development, including AI integration.

SPANR serves more than 300 enterprises and 80,000 protected workers

SPANR connects devices from different manufacturers, normalizes their data and applies AI-driven analysis so teams can act in real time. Use cases include worker safety, gas detection, asset tracking and inspections. The platform is SOC 2 Type II audited and is deployed across the United States, Canada and Europe.

Providence – October 13, 2026 -- Highbar Physical Therapy has formally introduced three acquired practices as "Highbar Practices," creating a four-brand network that serves patients at 57 locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Three regional brands join Highbar's network under their existing names

The newly introduced practices are Joint Ventures Physical Therapy in Greater Boston, Peak Physical Therapy in the Greater South Shore, and Physical Therapy U in Southeastern Massachusetts and the South Coast. Highbar Physical Therapy itself operates in Rhode Island and in Southeastern and Central Massachusetts.

Peak joined Highbar in 2024. Joint Ventures Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy U followed in 2025.

Atlanta – October 13, 2026 -- Corgi Insurance has appointed Daniel Oldham, CPCU, as Head of Underwriting for Trucking. He grew a transportation book from $10 million to $39 million at his previous employer while maintaining underwriting profitability.

Oldham grew Canopius transportation book nearly fourfold

Oldham most recently served as Vice President and Head of Transportation at Canopius Group. There, he built the transportation portfolio from $10 million to $39 million. He also developed and launched a cannabis transportation insurance program and built an admitted trucking program.

His remit at Canopius included managing reinsurance relationships and expanding transportation offerings across admitted and non-admitted markets.

Newport Beach – October 13, 2026 -- Pilates Addiction has sold more than 350 licenses across 27 states, with 40 studios open in 12 states and another 75 scheduled to launch through early 2027.

Franchisor shifts from license sales to studio openings

The brand is entering its largest wave of openings to date, just over a year into its national expansion. It is moving from rapid franchise sales to opening studios at scale, supported by systems that guide owners through real estate, training, pre-opening marketing and launch.

New locations are planned across Texas, California, Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia. Target markets include Dallas, Austin, San Francisco, Denver and Las Vegas.

CEO Sarah Luna said the 350-license milestone matters less than the next phase, adding that "this fall will set the pace for what's ahead."

Los Angeles – October 13, 2026 -- Culinary & Cannabis, the nurse-founded experience company that has hosted more than 120 events for over 2,900 guests across nine cities, is relaunching as Savor & Solace, a wellness hospitality brand built around culinary discovery, cannabis education and restorative self-care.

The new brand debuts in Los Angeles with three events at The Resort at Playa Vista: Savor & Solace Table on November 5, and The Canna Spa by Savor & Solace and Savor & Solace Sessions on November 7. All events are open to guests aged 21 and over.

Vancouver – October 13, 2026 -- GreenCore Solutions Corp. (GSC) has released gtinfetch.ai, a GTIN resolver that lets AI agents check any of 84 million barcodes in a single call, which the company describes as the largest open resolver on the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

GreenCore targets grocery agentic commerce in 20 countries

The service runs on Microsoft Azure and the Cloudflare edge and answers in milliseconds from wherever the agent sits. GSC built it for retail grocery agentic commerce transactions at scale across 20 countries.

GSC says $2 trillion of annual grocery procurement is about to move through AI agents, with every order tied to a GTIN. In its view, agentic procurement drifts without a second check. gtinfetch confirms the GTIN before the order is placed, then settles payment in the same call.

New York – October 13, 2026 -- Ensorcia Group Holdings, LLC has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Argentina Wildcats, LLC (AW), a deal that would add roughly 50,000 hectares of lithium ground in Argentina and take the company's combined holdings to approximately 67,000 hectares.

Cash deal for 100% of AW comes with contingent consideration

Ensorcia will buy all of AW's outstanding membership interests for cash, plus additional contingent consideration. The source gives no price or contingent terms. Closing remains subject to confirmatory legal review and other customary conditions.

AW holds interests in the former LEXI lithium property.

Drilling and brine testing preceded the decision

Ensorcia moved ahead after drilling and flow testing on the AW property and an evaluation of brine sample results. That evaluation included testing by International Battery Metals Ltd. (IBAT).