Digital Transformation

New York – September 19, 2026 -- Footprint, a builder of AI systems for financial-crime compliance, has closed a $25 million Series B round led by QED Investors, with participation from MUFG, Commerce Ventures, LightBank and Alumni Ventures.

Funding doubles engineering and sales headcount as Footprint opens San Francisco office

Existing investors Index Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, BoxGroup, Operator Partners and Animal Capital also joined the round. The capital will double Footprint's engineering and sales teams and fund a new San Francisco office to support West Coast expansion of its agentic AI infrastructure for enterprise financial institutions.

Amsterdam – September 19, 2026 -- Spatial intelligence firm XGRIDS is demonstrating a live pipeline that converts physical film sets into navigable 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) environments inside Unreal Engine at IBC 2026, RAI Amsterdam, cutting the reconstruction time traditionally required for virtual production.

XGRIDS Moves Spatial Scans Directly Into Unreal Engine for Virtual Production

Using spatial scanners such as Lixel K2 and spatial cameras including PortalCam, XGRIDS captures site data and processes it locally through its Lixel CyberColor (LCC) software. The resulting 3DGS environments are imported into Unreal Engine via the XGRIDS LCC Plugin for UE, allowing production teams to use a photorealistic, navigable scene for camera blocking, XR and in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) rather than a single-use visualization.

New York – September 19, 2026 -- CAEVES Technology, Inc. has appointed Kirk Ryan, a two-decade infrastructure veteran, as Director of AI Innovation on its Advisory Board, tasking him with extending the company's AI Data Platform beyond Microsoft Copilot to additional AI assistant ecosystems.

Ryan brings NetApp and consultancy pedigree to CAEVES' AI buildout

Ryan previously served as Global Principal Technologist at NetApp and is Managing Director of KDBL, a UK-based AI consultancy. He is known for commentary on enterprise AI, retrieval-augmented generation, search, and the Model Context Protocol.

Washington, D.C. – September 19, 2026 -- Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) has named LG Electronics USA the Official TV, Commercial Display and Appliance Partner of the reimagined Capital One Arena, a multi-year partnership that will outfit the Washington, D.C. venue with LG's Direct View LED display technology.

LG-powered 'Visibowl' replaces concourse walls with 500 feet of digital displays

The centerpiece of the deal is the Visibowl, a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award finalist that swaps traditional concourse walls for more than 500 feet of immersive digital displays, keeping fans connected to live action as they move through the arena. LG will also supply new exterior LED displays, interior LED and television screens, and digital displays across the arena's new business and conference center.

Greene, N.Y. – September 19, 2026 -- The Raymond Corporation is marking the 75th anniversary of the patent behind its Reach-Fork® Truck, the invention credited with establishing the narrow-aisle warehousing concept as an industry standard.

Patent granted in 1951 created narrow-aisle material handling category

On Aug. 14, 1951, Raymond founder George Raymond Sr. and engineer Christian D. Gibson were granted a U.S. patent for a power-driven narrow-aisle material handling truck. The design allowed operators to maneuver in aisles less than 7 feet wide and stack pallets multiple tiers high, letting warehouses increase storage density without expanding their physical footprint.

Walnut, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- ERAYAK Power Solution Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RAYA) is broadening its branded U.S. distribution across Amazon, Walmart Marketplace and direct-to-consumer channels while mapping a product roadmap that scales from portable power stations to 30 kW-class hybrid home energy systems.

ERAYAK deploys a three-channel U.S. retail structure to grow consumer reach

The company sells ERAYAK-branded power products through Amazon, maintains live listings on Walmart's U.S. Marketplace using both Walmart Fulfillment Services and seller-fulfilled capabilities, and operates its own direct-to-consumer e-commerce channel. ERAYAK says this multi-channel approach is intended to diversify customer acquisition and build a stronger North American consumer brand foundation.

San Diego – September 19, 2026 -- A new AI Patient Journey Study from Luth Research finds that roughly 80 percent of patients who use AI for health information pair it with other sources, forming a group the firm labels "hybrid researchers." The study tracked more than 1,500 consumers digitally and surveyed over 500 patients to map movement between AI tools, search engines, and health information sites.

AI speeds initial queries but trusted sites close the decision loop

Patients turn to AI first for speed and plain-language answers: 47 percent use it to explore a doctor's explanation more deeply, and 44 percent say asking AI is easier than asking their physician. When preparing for an appointment or making a treatment decision, reliance shifts to established health information sites trusted for clinical accuracy, which are used by 6 in 10 AI users as a companion source.

Richmond – September 19, 2026 -- Alps Dx has named 26-year diagnostics industry veteran Pam Lacock as vice president of sales and opened a new 2,030-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing hub in Richmond, Virginia, as the company shifts from product development toward broader commercialization of its oral fluid testing platform.

West Palm Beach, Fla. – – September 19, 2026 -- UpRight Science has assembled a five-member advisory board to accelerate adoption of its FDA-cleared balance measurement software, timed to Falls Prevention Awareness Week running Sept. 21-25.

Falls remain the top injury cause for older Americans, with 14 million reporting incidents annually

More than 14 million U.S. adults aged 65 and older, roughly one in four, report a fall each year, according to figures cited by the company. UpRight Science positions its technology as a way to make balance measurable and trackable as a clinical biomarker rather than a subjective assessment.

East Lansing, Mich. – September 19, 2026 -- Reseda Group has launched Bolt, a Banking-as-a-Service platform that connects fintech companies directly to MSU Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) as the Financial Institution of Record, with cash management provider TAPP Engine signed as the platform's first fintech partner.

Bolt links fintechs to MSUFCU through API and SDK infrastructure

The platform, developed by Reseda Group and shaped by MSUFCU's fintech deployment experience, provides APIs, SDKs and software tools supporting account opening, payments, debit card issuance, external account connectivity and embedded finance. Financial institutions can use Bolt to accelerate fintech partnerships and expand digital banking capabilities, while fintechs avoid the regulatory burden of becoming licensed institutions themselves.