Digital Transformation

Toronto – September 26, 2026 -- Jobber has launched two new integrations, a Plugin in ChatGPT and a Connector for Claude, that let home and commercial service businesses pull their Jobber account data directly into leading AI chat platforms.

New MCP integrations connect Jobber data to ChatGPT and Claude

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations allow service pros to ask ChatGPT or Claude questions about clients, properties, jobs, quotes, invoices, requests, and visits, with answers grounded in their actual Jobber account. Users can also dictate or paste call and job notes into the AI tools, which then update the corresponding client, property, and request records inside Jobber.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 26, 2026 -- The Shadow AI Risk & Governance Market is set to expand from USD 1.39 billion in 2026 to USD 8.64 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 35.6%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The 2025 baseline stood at USD 1.02 billion, underscoring rapid acceleration as enterprises confront AI tools deployed outside centrally managed IT environments.

Unauthorized AI usage forces enterprises toward auditable governance systems

Corporate compliance teams are shifting from written AI policies to platforms that generate traceable evidence of risk assessments, approvals, and monitoring outcomes. This demand is pushing vendors to automate evidence collection and maintain audit trails across AI applications, rather than relying on manual documentation.

Hong Kong – September 26, 2026 -- Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) was named Multi-Asset Trading System of the Year at the FOW Asia Pacific Awards 2026, marking the platform's fourth consecutive year of recognition in the region and its first win in the multi-asset category.

TT platform processed more than 3 billion derivatives transactions in 2025

The award, presented at a ceremony in Hong Kong, was decided by a panel of independent industry experts assessing performance and innovation across Asia's derivatives sector. TT's platform remains the most widely used globally for futures and options on futures while expanding into fixed income, foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading.

Burlington, Vt. – September 26, 2026 -- nuHarbor has launched a new Managed Extended Detection and Response (mXDR) offering built on Splunk, targeting state and local government agencies that operate fragmented security stacks across dozens of separately procured tools.

State agencies inherit decades of disconnected security purchases

Most state governments lack a uniform security architecture, with individual agencies procuring their own SIEM, EDR, and identity tools on independent budgets and timelines. This creates visibility gaps between systems that were never designed to interoperate, according to nuHarbor.

Bengaluru – September 25, 2026 -- Keystone, a global advisory firm, has launched Keystone India with Bengaluru as its first hub in the country, planning to hire talent and expand its workforce over the next two years to serve multinational clients navigating India's regulatory complexity and AI disruption.

Bengaluru team to serve Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Goldman Sachs and Amgen

The new Bengaluru office will support global technology, manufacturing and financial services companies including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Goldman Sachs and Amgen, along with India's largest law firms, as they navigate market structure, litigation exposure and platform risk. Keystone CEO Jeff Marowits said the launch reflects the firm's long-term commitment to India as a strategically important growth market, with substantial investments in talent planned over the next two years.

Singapore – September 25, 2026 -- Brightray Veridian Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Brightray Science Inc., has signed a Prefabricated Module Sales Framework Agreement with a Macao-based developer for a planned 40MW artificial intelligence data center in Coloane, Macao, with delivery targeted for the third quarter of 2027.

Framework agreement covers 40MW AI data center at Coloane site

Tokyo – September 25, 2026 -- Cellid Inc. has entered a business partnership with Megane Top Co., Ltd. to jointly develop and commercialize augmented reality (AR) glasses under Megane Top's own brand, the companies announced.

Preorders open October 23 via crowdfunding platform GREEN FUNDING

The two firms will begin accepting preorders for the jointly developed AR glasses through the GREEN FUNDING crowdfunding platform starting October 23, 2026. Following the campaign, the product will be distributed through Megane Top's nationwide retail network, including its "Megane Ichiba" chain.

New York – September 25, 2026 -- Texture has released CommonGrid, an open, Wikipedia-style database that maps every U.S. electric utility, grid operator, power plant, and major grid asset into a single searchable model.

Texture builds a single registry from data once scattered across hundreds of sources

CommonGrid aggregates U.S. investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, municipal utilities, and federal power agencies alongside ISOs, RTOs, and balancing authorities into one connected graph. The dataset covers solar, wind, nuclear, gas, and hydro plants above 1 MW, transmission lines from 69 kV to 765 kV, every public EV charging station with network and plug-standard details, wholesale pricing nodes across seven ISOs/RTOs, substations normalized from OpenStreetMap at 69 kV and above, and utility programs, rebates, and tariff structures.

Cambridge, Mass. – September 25, 2026 -- Zifo has been named runner-up in the 2026 CDISC AI Innovation Challenge for TLFGenix, its AI-driven pipeline for generating clinical trial tables, figures, and listings, marking the company's second consecutive year of recognition in the competition.

Zifo's TLFGenix converts statistical analysis plans into traceable clinical outputs

TLFGenix was recognized under Use Case 3: AI-Driven Tables, Figures, and Listings Generation, one of three use cases in the global competition. The system uses six specialized agents to digitize Statistical Analysis Plans into a structured logical model, profile ADaM datasets, generate an ARS-aligned analysis specification, produce R driver scripts, execute them in a network-isolated sandbox, and check schema and output consistency. Statisticians approve the analysis specification before code generation and sign off on each individual output.

London – – September 25, 2026 -- Nscale Limited has closed a $3.36 billion convertible loan note financing led by Third Point, with NVIDIA committing an additional $1 billion tranche expected to fund in mid-November 2026.

Nscale secures $2.36 billion at initial closing, with NVIDIA's $1 billion tranche to follow

The financing structure splits into two tranches: a $2.36 billion initial close and a subsequent $1 billion commitment from NVIDIA. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as placement agent for the round.