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Greenwich, Conn. – – September 22, 2026 -- Hunt Scanlon Ventures, an M&A advisory firm focused on human capital markets, has completed an investment in millionways, a New York-based AI lab building what it calls a behavioral intelligence layer for artificial intelligence systems.

millionways built a proprietary Large Psychology Model to decode human behavior

The company's platform, Thorsten-4, is designed to interpret human signals, motives, communication patterns and behavior for use in AI governance, executive hiring, talent management, leadership assessment and broader enterprise settings. Thorsten-4 draws on more than a decade of proprietary psychological research and 35 million tagged words of behavioral data, according to the company, which is led by co-founders Martin Cordsmeier and Max Weidemann.

Las Vegas – September 22, 2026 -- Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS) is moving to spin off its Bitcoin mining operations into a new subsidiary, Patriot BTC, separating the business from the company's Michigan AI data center strategy.

Patriot BTC would initially hold Montana data center and mining fleet

Under the proposed structure, Hyperscale Data intends to transfer all operating assets tied to its cryptocurrency mining business to Patriot BTC. These include the company's Montana data center and related infrastructure, along with its Bitcoin miners, mining equipment and associated mining infrastructure.

Santa Clara, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- Aeonsemi, Inc. has introduced the Praxium PHY family, a line of multi-gigabit Ethernet transceivers delivering data rates up to 10 Gbps in a 6 x 6 mm QFN package for robots, autonomous vehicles and industrial machines.

Praxium cuts power to as low as 350 mW for 10 Gbps sensor links

The chips support IEEE 802.3ch standards for 10GBASE-T1, 5GBASE-T1 and 2.5GBASE-T1 operation, and use Energy-Efficient Ethernet on lower-speed uplinks to reach the 350 mW figure for asymmetric 10 Gbps connections. The family targets cameras, LiDAR, zone controllers and network backbones inside Physical AI systems where component size and power budgets are constrained.

San Francisco – September 22, 2026 -- Owl Ventures, the world's largest venture capital firm focused on education and workforce innovation, has named NBA legend Chris Paul as Venture Partner, adding a high-profile figure to a firm managing more than $2.2 billion in committed capital.

Owl Ventures backs over 100 companies reaching 700 million users worldwide

The firm operates three global offices and has made over 100 investments in companies helping people learn, prepare for work, and build skills throughout their careers. Its portfolio companies collectively reach more than 700 million users globally.

Elkhart, Ind. – September 22, 2026 -- THOR Industries reported fiscal 2026 net sales of $9.61 billion and net income attributable to THOR of $177.5 million, exceeding the high end of its guidance despite a prolonged downturn in the North American RV retail market.

Fourth-quarter net sales reached $2.31 billion as North American shipments fell sharply

THOR posted fourth-quarter net sales of $2.31 billion, net income attributable to THOR of $40.8 million and EBITDA of $130.0 million. Adjusted EBITDA came in at $131.7 million, excluding nonrecurring restructuring costs and investment gains. North American Towable RV net sales declined on a 19.7% drop in unit shipments, with fifth wheel shipments down 34.7%, while gross margin in that segment fell 280 basis points. North American Motorized net sales fell 10.4% on a 13.1% unit shipment decline, with gross margin down 600 basis points.

Cologne – – September 22, 2026 -- Smart home appliance brand CHiQ sponsored Germany's inaugural ITF Juniors Wheelchair Tournament, held September 19–20 at the Marienburger Sport-Club in Cologne. The event followed CHiQ's August backing of the Para Youth Development Day, marking the company's expansion from grassroots activities into elite youth competition sponsorship.

Tournament draws competitors from five European countries

The field included young athletes from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Both seasoned players and newcomers making their international debut competed, using the event as a springboard toward higher-level tournaments.

Holon, Israel – September 22, 2026 -- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) (TASE: CGEN) will host a virtual key opinion leader event on October 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET, presenting new detail on COM701, its anti-PVRIG antibody candidate for relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer (PSOC).

Harvard oncologist to preview MAIA-ovarian trial design and timeline

Oladapo Yeku, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, will join Compugen management to discuss the randomized MAIA-ovarian adaptive platform trial. The study evaluates COM701 as a maintenance therapy in relapsed PSOC patients, with median progression-free survival data from the interim analysis expected by Q1 2027. COM701 has already shown initial anti-tumor activity and a favorable safety and tolerability profile in Phase 1 studies as monotherapy and in combination regimens.

Boulder, Colorado – September 22, 2026 -- Edgewise Therapeutics (Nasdaq: EWTX) disclosed preclinical data showing its lead cardiac drug candidate EDG-7500 improves heart relaxation while preserving systolic function, a mechanism the company says addresses a core driver of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that current therapies do not fully target.

Edgewise screened over 7,000 candidates to isolate a first-in-class RLC modulator

The company's Chief Scientific Officer, Alan Russell, said Edgewise screened more than 7,000 pharmacologically diverse compounds targeting the Regulatory Light Chain (RLC) before selecting molecules exhibiting positive lusitropic properties without compromising systolic performance. "EDG-7500's diastolic-biased profile has the potential to address a central pathologic driver of both symptomatic obstructive and nonobstructive HCM," Russell said.

Redmond – September 22, 2026 -- SystImmune Inc. has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Investigational New Drug application for SI-B037, a bispecific antibody, marking the first time the company has built a regulatory submission entirely on New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) rather than traditional animal toxicology studies.

SystImmune replaces animal testing with human organ-on-chip models

The IND package for SI-B037 relied on human organ-on-chip systems and primary human tissue models instead of conventional animal studies to assess nonclinical safety. Dr. Jahan Khalili, Senior Vice President of Research at SystImmune, said the human-relevant models provided a more direct read on a molecule engineered to engage multiple human pathways simultaneously.

Charlotte, N.C. – September 22, 2026 -- Sealed Air Corporation has launched CRYOVAC® brand ZeroPrep hand-dispensing pouches, a pre-filled packaging format designed to eliminate squeeze bottle preparation and cleanup in restaurant back-of-house operations.

Pre-filled pouches replace rigid squeeze bottles in food service kitchens

Each ZeroPrep pouch includes an easy-open seal and a resealable spout that allows one-handed dispensing of condiments and sauces without drips. The pouches are hermetically sealed until first use, reducing contamination risk by removing the step of transferring condiments into secondary containers.

Natick, Mass. – September 22, 2026 -- Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) has agreed to acquire RealSense, the market leader in depth-sensing cameras for robotic perception and Physical AI, for approximately $500 million in cash, the company announced. The deal, financed entirely from Cognex's existing cash and investments, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 subject to customary conditions.

RealSense revenue is set to grow more than 50% to $80-90 million in 2026

RealSense, originally founded by Intel in 2014 and spun out as an independent company in 2025, is projected to generate $80 million to $90 million in revenue this year, representing growth of more than 50% over the prior year. The company's 3D perception technology serves fixed-arm robotics, autonomous mobile robots, quadrupeds and humanoids.

NEW YORK – September 22, 2026 -- Zocdoc announced a platform expansion that makes healthcare providers bookable beyond Zocdoc.com through a single connection to its Care Access Network, which already includes Amazon Health AI, Gemini, Yelp, Healthgrades, Blue Shield of California and multiple search engines.

Patients now search for care across a growing number of fragmented channels

A new national Zocdoc survey found that 69% of patients who search for a new doctor check multiple places, from AI platforms and insurance directories to search engines and review sites. More than 1 in 3 patients have switched doctors because scheduling was too difficult, while 43% would consider switching to a provider that is easier to book.

Cambridge, Massachusetts – September 22, 2026 -- Cypherpunk Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: CYPH) has appointed digital asset mining executive Amanda Fabiano to its Board of Directors, days after its newly launched Zcash mining fleet generated 3,023.13 ZEC in its first two weeks of operation.

Fabiano brings public-company mining governance from Nakamoto, TeraWulf, Galaxy and Fidelity

Fabiano currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of Nakamoto Inc., a publicly listed bitcoin-focused company, and as an independent director of TeraWulf Inc., a public bitcoin miner that has expanded into AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. She previously held senior mining and investment roles at Galaxy and Fidelity, where she helped build early institutional digital asset mining programs.

Detroit – September 22, 2026 -- Benzinga has integrated its real-time news feed directly into the home screen of Markets App: Stocks & Crypto, the trading platform operated by Kinetiq, letting users read market news and execute trades without switching tools.

Benzinga News now surfaces alongside trade commentary in the app's feed

The integration places Benzinga News next to the trade theses and commentary that Markets App users already post and read, allowing a user to see a news article about a held stock, place a trade, and share their reasoning without leaving the app.

Dallas – September 22, 2026 -- Captello has launched Event Revenue Intelligence, a platform capability that traces closed B2B revenue back to individual badge scans rather than program-wide averages, aiming to close a measurement gap that has left event budgets undefended for decades.

Trade shows drive 33% of new business but 79% of leads get no follow-up

Trade shows generate 33% of new business annually, according to research cited in the Lead Capture Playbook, yet 79% of event leads never receive follow-up, per CEIR data via 391 Advantage. An EMS25 white paper found 58% of event marketers report losing leads to inefficient capture and 47% struggle to integrate event data into CRM systems, while 73% now rank analytics and reporting as the top lead-capture priority.

San Jose, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- Echola Systems has introduced two optical test switches, the OPX4D-SM and OPX8D-SM, designed to cut equipment costs for engineers validating AI data center GPU cluster networks running at 800G and 1.6T speeds.

OptiShare switches let one test resource serve multiple devices under test

The OPX4D-SM offers a 1×4 configuration supporting four devices under test (DUTs), while the OPX8D-SM provides a 1×8 configuration for eight DUTs. Custom builds scale up to 1×32, accommodating 32 DUTs. Engineers select one DUT connection at a time for sequential, automated testing, eliminating the need to dedicate costly instruments like bit error rate testers and protocol analyzers to every device.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) intends to join Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest) as an investor in WIOCC Group, Africa's carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform operating in more than 30 African countries. The announcement followed a roundtable hosted by AFC on the sidelines of Unstoppable Africa's Global Africa Business Initiative, held alongside the UN General Assembly in New York.

The combined capital will fund expansion of WIOCC Group's terrestrial and subsea networks, data centre capacity and broader digital infrastructure platform. DFC's investment is subject to further steps before commitment and closing, including congressional notification.

Delray Beach – September 22, 2026 -- The global heat transfer fluids market is projected to expand from $5.33 billion in 2026 to $6.60 billion by 2031, a 4.4% compound annual growth rate, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.

Asia Pacific leads growth as chemical and electronics output expands

Asia Pacific is both the largest and fastest-growing regional market, expanding at a 5.1% CAGR through 2031. China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian manufacturing hubs are driving demand for process heating and temperature-control solutions across chemicals, automotive, electronics and pharmaceutical production, alongside rising investment in data centers and HVAC infrastructure.

Guangzhou – September 22, 2026 -- The 140th China Import and Export Fair, known as the Canton Fair, will run from October 15 to November 4, 2026, with more than 220,000 overseas buyers from 197 countries and regions already pre-registered, nearly 80% of them professional buyers.

Over 32,000 exhibitors mark the fair's 70th anniversary with a push toward innovation

More than 11,000 exhibitors qualify as "Specialized, Refined, Differential, and Innovative" (SRDI) firms or industry champions. Some 64% of exhibitors now apply industrial internet or artificial intelligence technologies in their operations, while new and green products account for 23.2% and 26% of all exhibits respectively, both historical highs.

Boston – – September 22, 2026 -- NWEA has released an enhanced free online tool that lets students as young as sixth grade convert their MAP Growth assessment scores into projected ACT and SAT scores and matching college admissions data.

Tool converts middle-school test scores into projected SAT and ACT results

The NWEA College Explorer allows students to enter current MAP Growth scores and see estimated performance on the ACT and SAT, then generates a list of post-secondary institutions that have historically admitted students with similar scores. The organization cited one example: a seventh grader scoring 222 on the fall MAP Growth math assessment is projected to meet the SAT math benchmark expected at most colleges and universities, but fall short of the comparable ACT math benchmark.