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LateralCare's Revenue Alai AI Platform Launches on Microsoft Marketplace

Dallas – September 30, 2026 -- LateralCare has made its flagship revenue cycle management platform, revenue alai, available on Microsoft Marketplace, giving healthcare organizations worldwide direct access to deploy the Agentic AI solution within existing Azure environments.

Microsoft Marketplace listing enables direct deployment within Azure ecosystems

Customers can now discover and deploy revenue alai through Microsoft Marketplace, the unified platform for cloud solutions, AI apps, and agents. The listing allows streamlined management and integration across Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft products, reducing procurement friction for healthcare systems already operating on Microsoft infrastructure.

86% of Advertisers Threaten to Cut Retail Media Spend Over Slow Data

NEW YORK – September 30, 2026 -- Eighty-six percent of advertisers say slow audience fulfillment could cause them to cut spending or abandon a retail media network partner, according to GrowthLoop's 2026 Commerce Media Investment Index. The study, conducted with Ascend2, surveyed nearly 300 U.S. and Canadian marketing professionals involved in retail media network (RMN) or commerce media network (CMN) advertising decisions.

Advertisers will pay more for faster data delivery

Eighty-five percent of respondents say they would pay a premium for same-day audience fulfillment, while 92% would increase spend with faster activation. Ninety-four percent said they would likely spend more with partners offering self-service audience-building tools. Advertisers reporting the strongest ROI are five times more likely than others to receive custom audiences the same day.

ProgenyHealth Names Melanie Bella to Board, Alec DiDonato as COO

UNITED STATES – September 30, 2026 -- ProgenyHealth has appointed Melanie Bella to its Board of Managers and named Alec DiDonato as Chief Operating Officer, moves the maternity and NICU care management company says will support its national expansion.

Bella brings 25 years of Medicaid policy experience to the board

Bella, an Executive Advisor with Cressey & Company, previously chaired the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). She served as Executive Vice President of Policy and Duals Strategy at Cityblock Health, a value-based provider focused on Medicaid and dual-eligible populations, and was the first Director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She also served as Medicaid Director for the state of Indiana and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree from DePauw University.

Kin Insurance Opens Digital Platform to Meta's Muse AI Shopping Agent

Chicago – – September 30, 2026 -- Kin Insurance said it will allow consumers using Meta's Muse AI agent and other AI shopping agents to obtain home insurance quotes directly through its digital platform, breaking from insurers and marketplaces that are moving to block AI agent access.

Kin opens its platform while rivals erect barriers

Kin Founder and CEO Sean Harper said the company will not block Muse, arguing that AI agents represent a shopping channel poised to grow as significantly as the web itself. Harper said many home insurers still lack online quoting capabilities, a gap that limits their ability to capture traffic from AI-driven shopping tools.

WOW! Names Christopher Sikora Chief Commercial Officer

Englewood, Colo. – September 30, 2026 -- WideOpenWest (WOW!) has appointed Christopher Sikora as chief commercial officer, consolidating brand, marketing, sales, product, pricing and call center operations under a single newly expanded role reporting directly to CEO Frank van der Post.

WOW! Centralizes Commercial Functions Under New Executive Hire

The restructured position places digital, sales and customer experience operations under one leader as the fiber-broadband provider pursues what van der Post described as an ambitious transformation plan targeting market and revenue growth.

Querit Launches Code Search Vertical for AI Coding Agents

Singapore – – September 30, 2026 -- Querit has launched a dedicated Code Search capability for its Querit Search API, letting developers switch from general web search to programming-focused retrieval by setting a single parameter, Vertical=Code.

Internal tests show 81% of returned results are directly adoptable by coding agents

In internal, programming-focused evaluations covering tasks such as function generation, autocomplete, and debugging, 81% of results returned by the Querit Search API were directly adoptable by coding agents, as scored by an LLM-as-a-judge under identical token budgets for intent and constraint satisfaction.

LIU, NY Islanders Launch New College Hockey Tournament at UBS Arena

Belmont Park, N.Y. – September 30, 2026 -- Long Island University, the New York Islanders and UBS Arena will launch the Empire State Holiday Invitational, a four-team NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament set for December 28-29, 2026, at the Islanders' home arena in Belmont Park. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 2 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.

Four Division I programs will compete over two days at UBS Arena

The inaugural tournament features LIU, Army West Point, Ferris State University and St. Lawrence University. Play opens December 28 with St. Lawrence facing Ferris State at 3 p.m., followed by LIU against Army West Point at 7 p.m. All four teams return to the ice on December 29 for a second day of competition.

Forum Health Names Elizabeth Campbell CFO and Development Officer

Lisle, Ill. – – September 30, 2026 -- Forum Health, LLC has appointed Elizabeth Campbell as Chief Financial and Development Officer, a newly created role tasked with leading fundraising and acquisitions as the functional medicine network pursues rapid expansion.

Campbell joins after building and selling a 88-clinic orthodontic platform

Campbell co-founded myOrthos, LLC in 2019 and served as CEO, completing 37 acquisitions to build a platform of 88 clinics across 14 states before its 2025 sale to Smile Doctors, a portfolio company of TH Lee. She brings more than 20 years of experience spanning The Boston Consulting Group, private equity roles at SV Life Sciences Advisors and LLR Partners, and healthcare operating leadership.

Construction Input Prices Up 8.4% as Sectors Compete for Labor

Santa Clara, Calif. – September 30, 2026 -- The producer price index for new nonresidential construction inputs climbed 8.4% year over year through May 2026, the steepest annual increase since the pandemic period, according to DPR Construction's latest Market Conditions Report.

Cross-sector demand strains shared labor and supply pools

DPR Construction, a self-performing contractor, finds that investment across digital infrastructure, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, transportation and energy is pulling from the same pools of electricians, mechanical trades, commissioning specialists and field leaders. Projects that appear unrelated on paper are increasingly tied together through overlapping resource demands, the report states.

Transmart Targets North America With Ultra-Thin Core Tech for AI Data Centers

Foshan – September 30, 2026 -- Transmart Industrial Limited is expanding its push into North America, betting that ultra-thin nanocrystalline ribbon technology will capture demand from AI data centers and power grid upgrades as U.S. electricity consumption enters its strongest four-year growth streak since 2000.

Transmart manufactures nanocrystalline ribbon at 12 to 14 micrometers, a thickness achieved by only a small number of manufacturers worldwide

The thinner ribbon reduces eddy-current losses at high switching frequencies, letting engineers design transformers, inductors and filters that run cooler while shrinking in size and weight for a given power rating. Transmart's self-developed, patented production lines cover precision slitting, automatic winding, vacuum annealing and multi-wire cutting, giving the company direct control over ribbon dimensions, magnetic properties and core geometry.

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