Product Launch

Boise, Idaho – September 15, 2026 -- SWEAR, a digital content authenticity firm, has launched the Community Video Integrity Project, a program that lets municipalities and law enforcement agencies cryptographically verify surveillance footage from the moment it is recorded.

53% of Americans cannot reliably distinguish AI-generated video from authentic footage, Pew Research found in 2025

That erosion of trust is pushing public agencies to move beyond simply presenting video evidence toward proving its authenticity, particularly for investigations, courtroom use, and public accountability.

San Jose, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Arasan Chip Systems will test its full I3C IP portfolio at the MIPI I3C Interoperability Session in Taipei on October 19-20, 2026, alongside other industry vendors validating compliance with the sensor-control standard.

Arasan brings three I3C IP variants and software stack to Taipei testing

The company will run interoperability tests on its I3C Host IP, I3C Dual Mode IP -- which supports both host and device functions -- and I3C Device IP. Arasan will also validate its licensable proprietary I3C software stack during the session, held alongside the MIPI Member Meeting.

Old Town, Maine – September 15, 2026 -- The Wild Blueberry Association of North America (WBANA) has released a free consumer-education toolkit designed to simplify scientific terminology around plant compounds for reporters, educators, parents and caregivers ahead of the back-to-school season.

WBANA responds to rising consumer confusion over bioactive compound terminology

Colleen Craig, who leads WBANA's Health Research Committee, said the trade group observed a surge in consumer publications using bioactive compound terms when discussing wild blueberries, generating increased customer questions about phytonutrients such as anthocyanins and antioxidants. The toolkit, titled 'The ABCs of Phytonutrients: A Back-to-School Guide to Wild Blueberry Plant Power,' is positioned as a first-step communications resource for the industry.

Shenzhen – September 15, 2026 -- XtraMaker has surpassed $500,000 in Kickstarter pledges for its M1 Series desktop DTF printer, with the campaign set to close on September 13 at 8:45 AM PDT.

Super Early Bird pricing offers up to 54% off before tiers sell out

Backers who order before the deadline lock in discounted rates and qualify for exclusive final-countdown giveaways tied to the closing hours of the campaign.

M1 Series positions itself as the industry's first desktop DTF printer

The system prints designs onto PET film and transfers them onto fabric via hot-melt adhesive and heat pressing, targeting T-shirts, shoes and canvas bags. It combines printing, powdering, curing and air purification into a single compact unit, and includes G7-certified color accuracy, automatic white-ink circulation and built-in power backup.

Bellevue, Wash. – September 15, 2026 -- Summation Technologies opened general access to its AI analyst platform on September 10, offering self-serve pricing at $60 per user monthly for its Pro plan and $200 per user monthly for Max, after a year of enterprise deployments at Fanatics, Lineage, and Grid.

Self-serve access replaces year-long enterprise-only rollout

Any team can now sign up, connect data through more than 1,200 integrations, and deploy an AI analyst within minutes, according to the company. Enterprise customers retain access to dedicated deployment teams that identify high-value tasks to automate and handle custom integrations.

San Francisco – September 15, 2026 -- Abacus.AI has released a new family of open-weight large language models, Smaug, claiming 10-100x lower operating costs than frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI while improving long-running agentic loop performance by 15-20%.

San Francisco – September 15, 2026 -- OpenSpace unveiled a new AI agent platform and mobile tracking tools at its Waypoint 2026 customer event, aiming to shift construction workflows from document-based reporting to real-time visual data drawn from more than 110,000 projects.

OpenSpace introduces AI Autolocation 2.0 to track workers' live position without GPS or beacons

The company's upgraded Autolocation technology allows field teams to see their exact position on drawings and BIM models in real time, including offline, without installing bluetooth beacons or other wireless hardware. The tool powers a new mobile interface called Site Mode, which surfaces location-specific project information and opens Field Notes directly from a user's position on the jobsite.

Dallas – September 15, 2026 -- Water Wings Swim School opened its first franchised location in Cypress, Texas on September 5, marking the debut of a national expansion push that now spans 54 awarded franchise units across 16 states. The brand, part of youth enrichment platform Unleashed Brands, launched its franchise program in May 2025.

Cypress location kicks off six openings planned for 2026

The Cypress school, owned by multi-unit operators Arun and Kay Singh, is the first of six franchised Water Wings locations slated to open this year. A second location owned by Ali Robaei opens in Frisco, Texas on September 19, followed by additional schools in Arlington, TX; Billings, MT; Brighton, MI; and Marysville, WA before year-end.

Lebanon, Ind. – September 15, 2026 -- SHEIN opened a new 737,000-square-foot automated fulfillment facility in Lebanon, Indiana, expanding its statewide footprint to more than 2.5 million square feet and adding hundreds of new jobs to a workforce already exceeding 1,300 Hoosiers.

New facility deploys goods-to-person automation to boost fulfillment capacity

The Lebanon site, located roughly 1.5 miles from SHEIN's existing Indiana operations, is scheduled to begin operations this month. The facility uses a goods-to-person fulfillment system designed to strengthen SHEIN's U.S. logistics network as the company scales order volumes across its online fashion and lifestyle business.

Santa Maria, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Bonipak Produce, a fourth-generation grower, packer and shipper founded in 1932, is rolling out OneTrack's AiOn agentic AI platform across its farming, cooling and transportation operations, giving employees at every level direct access to autonomous data analysis.

Bonipak identified actionable opportunities within hours of its first AiOn conversation

During evaluation, Bonipak tested the platform on real operational data inside a sandbox environment. The company was able to identify and act on opportunities within hours of the initial exchange with the agent, prompting full deployment across the Bonipak Family of Companies.