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FSP Group Joins Forces with Partners at Computex 2026 to Seize AI Power Opportunities

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Showcasing Comprehensive AI Power Solutions from Data Centers to Terminal Devices

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications rapidly expand from cloud computing to edge computing, smart manufacturing, networking equipment, and AI PCs, stable and high-efficiency power supply has become the critical foundation for AI system operations. FSP Group will make a major appearance at COMPUTEX 2026 under the theme “Powering AI Together,” showcase to comprehensively demonstrate its AI power solution layout from data centers to end-user devices.

Collaborating with Global ICT Leaders

This year, FSP Group has joined forces with multiple AI and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) leaders to demonstrate application results. Partners include Advantech, AIC, ARBOR、Chenbro, CyberTAN, UNEEC, Intel, SPARKLE, Trust5 intelligence and Uniwill.

Through live system demonstrations, FSP will showcase how its power solutions are successfully integrated into AI servers, industrial PCs, and smart devices, further driving the rapid implementation of AI business applications.

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Focusing on Critical Power Infrastructure in the AI Era

This exhibition showcases FSP’s AI power solution portfolio spanning from data centers to end devices, focusing on the critical power infrastructure driving the AI era, including:

  • Data Center Power Shelf
  • Battery Backup Unit (BBU) Shelf
  • Networking Power Solutions
  • CRPS Solutions
  • Industrial PC (IPC) Power Solutions
  • USB PD Fast Charging Solutions
  • Grid Resilience Solutions
  • AI PC Power Solutions

These exhibits fully demonstrate FSP’s comprehensive technical strength from core infrastructure to terminal applications.

High-Performance Computing and Edge AI Applications

Data center solutions focus on AI servers and High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications, providing high-efficiency and reliable power support tailored for high-power, high-density, and redundancy requirements. Meanwhile, networking and edge computing applications cover diverse scenarios including PoE switches, network switches, embedded systems, and edge AI servers, aiming to meet the power demands of various AI architectures.

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“Micro Customization” as a Core Competitive Edge

FSP stated that in the face of rapid AI market development and diversified application needs, the company continues to leverage “Micro Customization” as its core competitive advantage. By providing highly flexible and reliable power solutions tailored to different application scenarios, FSP helps customers shorten development cycles and enhance system stability and market competitiveness.

Complete Layout for High-End Consumer and Retail Markets

In addition, FSP showcased a variety of products tailored for AI workstations. This impressive lineup features high-wattage power supplies such as the CANNON 3300W, the TWINS PRO 1400W ATX(PS2) redundant power supply, the high-power TWINS CRPS 3200W redundant power supply, and the 80 PLUS Titanium-certified MEGA TI 1650W White Edition. On the chassis front, FSP introduced multiple 4U Tower/Rack hybrid AI chassis, alongside the S210 chassis, specifically designed for compact performance and certified with NVIDIA SFF READY. Providing a complete solution from power supply to chassis cooling, this display fully demonstrates FSP’s comprehensive product layout in both enterprise-level applications and high-end consumer markets.

With the rapid advancement of AI applications, power supplies have evolved from backstage components to the critical core of system performance and stability. Through COMPUTEX 2026, FSP Group will further demonstrate its technical prowess and industrial layout in the AI power sector.

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Rokt Appoints mParticle Leader Sam Dozor as Chief Technology Officer

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Appointment signals Rokt mParticle’s central role in Rokt’s platform and accelerates real-time decisioning across the Transaction Moment

Rokt announced the appointment of Sam Dozor as Chief Technology Officer, reinforcing its commitment to building a unified, AI-driven software platform as the industry shifts away from fragmented SaaS solutions toward real-time execution.

Dozor brings more than 13 years of experience building mParticle into one of the leading customer data platforms, prior to its acquisition by Rokt in 2025. The mParticle CDP is now the foundation of how Rokt clients activate data, deliver real-time decisions, and help drive more value from every customer interaction.

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As software moves into the AI era, the advantage is shifting to companies that can act instantly on data. By combining mParticle’s real-time identity and audience capabilities with the Rokt Brain and scaled ecommerce network, brands can turn customer data into immediate, revenue-driving decisions across the entire Transaction Moment.

“We are in the middle of the most significant transformation in how software is built in a generation,” said Bruce Buchanan, CEO of Rokt. “AI has collapsed the cost of experimentation and compressed innovation cycles from quarters to weeks, handing a structural advantage to the companies that adapt fastest. Sam’s mandate is to make Rokt the fastest-building, most technically excellent engineering organisation in our category.”

Dozor will lead engineering across Rokt, including platform infrastructure, developer experience, and security. His mandate is to accelerate how quickly new capabilities are built and deployed, while ensuring the platform scales to meet the demands of global enterprise clients.

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His appointment also reflects Rokt’s long-term investment in providing integration and decisioning infrastructure to its clients, and at a time when many companies are consolidating or retrenching. With a best-in-class CDP at their disposal, Rokt clients can determine the next best action for customers instantly, not hours or days later.

By combining best-in-class customer data infrastructure with Rokt’s AI Brain and ecommerce network, the result is a system that doesn’t just understand your customers. It acts on that understanding in the moment that matters most.

“Rokt is building for where the industry is going, not where it’s been,” said Dozor. “Clients don’t win by having more data. They win by having the right data and using it faster and more intelligently. That’s the opportunity in front of us, and it’s what we’re focused on delivering for every client.”

Rokt’s trusted, scaled network will power more than 10 billion transactions in 2026 across thousands of leading ecommerce businesses. In 2025, Rokt saw revenues grow to more than $800 million. This news follows Rokt’s recent announcements of partnerships with PayPal, Fanatics, Ulta Beauty, Cineplex, Albertsons and Macy’s and its recent acquisitions of Canal, mParticle and Aftersell.

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Qlik Names Saugata Saha New Chief Executive Officer

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Enterprise data and AI leader to drive next phase of growth for Qlik’s global platform

Qlik Technologies, a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the appointment of Saugata Saha as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 31, 2026, based in New York City. Saha joins from S&P Global, where he most recently served as President of S&P Global Market Intelligence and Chief Enterprise Data Officer. He succeeds Mike Capone, who stepped down from his role after a successful eight-year tenure.

Saha brings significant experience building, scaling, and commercializing large enterprise data and intelligence platforms. At S&P Global, he led two data businesses — the Energy division and the Market Intelligence division — each through a period of significant transformation, accelerated revenue growth, and margin expansion. He also served as the company’s first Chief Enterprise Data Officer where he was responsible for accelerating AI adoption, driving productivity, and enhancing interoperability and distribution of the company’s data.

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As Qlik continues to help enterprises turn trusted data into business action, Saha will lead the next phase of product innovation and commercial growth. His appointment builds on Qlik’s strong foundation: the company serves over 30,000 global customers, including more than 75% of the Fortune 500. Qlik is a recognized Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader across data integration, augmented data quality, and analytics and business intelligence — the only vendor to hold that distinction across all three categories.

“Qlik has built something rare: the ability to turn fragmented data into real outcomes at scale in the AI era,” said Saugata Saha, incoming President and Chief Executive Officer of Qlik. “The defining challenge in Enterprise AI is making data trusted, connected, and adaptable enough to work across any environment. That is where Qlik is uniquely positioned to enable customers to move from pilots to real business impact. I look forward to partnering with this talented team and our customers to achieve our mission of making data work for AI and making AI work for business.”

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“We are delighted to welcome a leader of Saugata’s caliber to Qlik,” said Mike Lipps, Chairman of Qlik’s Board of Directors and an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. “He brings exactly the depth of enterprise data and platform experience that Qlik needs to accelerate its next phase of growth. We are confident he will build on the strong foundation that the company’s excellent team has established. We are also deeply grateful to Mike Capone for his outstanding contributions to Qlik over the past eight years.”

“Saugata has extensive experience in building AI-driven data and intelligence products and platforms that organizations depend on at scale,” said Seth Boro, a Managing Partner at Thoma Bravo. “He understands what it takes to innovate at scale, while supporting enterprise product adoption, which is precisely what Qlik’s next chapter of growth requires. Qlik sits at the heart of how enterprises manage and act on their data, and that role will only grow more consequential as agentic AI reshapes how businesses operate.”

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Flux Power Appoints Stuart “Stu” Jacover as Vice President of Sales, Material Handling

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Industry Veteran Brings More Than 30 Years of Dealer Network, OEM, and National Account Leadership Experience to Accelerate Growth Across North America

Flux Powera developer of advanced lithium-ion energy storage solutions and intelligent fleet management software for material handling and airport ground support equipment, announced the appointment of Stu Jacover as Vice President of Sales, Material Handling.

Jacover brings more than 30 years of sales leadership, dealer network development, and strategic business growth experience across the material handling industry. Throughout his career, he has led multi-million-dollar sales organizations, expanded OEM partnerships, and driven market share growth across North America.

In his new role, Jacover will lead Flux Power’s material handling sales strategy, dealer engagement, national account growth, and customer expansion initiatives as the company continues accelerating adoption of lithium-ion energy solutions throughout the industry.

“Stuart’s deep understanding of the material handling landscape, combined with his proven track record in dealer development and enterprise sales leadership, makes him an exceptional addition to the Flux Power team,” said Krishna Vanka, Chief Executive Officer of Flux Power. “His experience working with leading OEMs and national accounts will help strengthen our market position and support the next phase of our growth.”

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Prior to joining Flux Power, Jacover served as General Manager, National Accounts at Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas, where he managed a multi-million dollar national sales portfolio and led strategic account operations across North America. He also held senior leadership roles at Toyota Material Handling North America, Hoist Lift Truck Manufacturing, Hyster Company, and Exide Technologies.

“I’m excited to join Flux Power at such an important time in the company’s growth,” said Jacover. “Flux Power’s commitment to innovation, customer partnership, and operational excellence aligns perfectly with where the material handling industry is headed. I look forward to working with the team to help customers transition to smarter, more efficient lithium-ion solutions.”

Jacover’s background includes extensive experience in dealer channel strategy, national account development, and commercial operations. His accomplishments include negotiating major distribution agreements, expanding regional market share, and building high-performing sales organizations across the industrial and material handling sectors.

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Forrester Study Finds Zip’s AI Platform Delivers 386% ROI for the World’s Largest Enterprises

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Study of enterprises with up to $45B in revenue and 150K employees finds Zip drives 3.3% savings on all spend flowing through the platform, delivers 386% ROI, and enables enterprises to recoup their full investment in just under 6 months

Zip, the AI platform for enterprise procurement trusted by OpenAI, T-Mobile, and Discover, announced the results of a commissioned Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study found that Zip delivers 386% ROI for large enterprises, paying for itself in under 6 months, and validating that Zip delivers more value than any other platform in the category.

“Within the first five weeks, we already had around 300 requests in Zip, more than we processed in the entire prior year.” – Senior Global Director of Digital Procurement, top ten consumer goods company

Forrester interviewed decision-makers at four global enterprises spanning retail, consumer goods, and financial services – organizations with revenues ranging from $10 billion to $45 billion and workforces of up to 150,000 employees. Based on these interviews, Forrester constructed a composite organization to model the financial impact across this range of enterprises.

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Forrester’s study found that Zip delivers significant, measurable value across three core areas:

  • Cost savings and spend optimization from improved spend governance and renewal discipline: Increased spend under management and centralized orchestration enable more consistent compliance and earlier visibility, strengthening overall control of spend and delivering an average savings of 3.3% of all spend flowing through Zip.
  • Improved Cycle Time And Efficiency Through Intake And Procurement Orchestration: Simpler intake, automated routing, fewer handoffs, and audit-ready workflows driving an average 70% reduction of time spent submitting and approving requests for employees making purchase requests, reviewers, and procurement teams.
  • Reduced system administration and IT effort: No-code workflow maintenance, fewer IT change requests, and consolidation into a single orchestration layer reduce ongoing overhead. One Chief Procurement Officer in the study said, “The engineering time required to manage [our previous solution] versus Zip was probably 4 to 5X of what it is today for Zip.”

Beyond quantified benefits, the study also identified faster cycle times, improved compliance, reduced third-party risk, enhanced audit readiness, and greater process flexibility as additional advantages enterprises experienced with Zip.

“We have far and away exceeded our savings expectations,” said a VP of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at a large retail enterprise interviewed for the study. “From an ROI perspective, the business has enjoyed a 10X return on our investment.” The Senior Global Director of Digital Procurement at a top ten consumer goods company described how within the first five weeks, they already had around 300 requests in Zip’s system, more than they had processed in the entire prior year, representing $3.9 billion, or roughly 15%, of the $25 billion spend in scope. “Next year … I’ll be stunned if we don’t hit $10 billion.”

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The Forrester study caps a breakthrough year for Zip. The company was recently named a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites – the youngest company ever recognized – and has delivered over $6 billion in total customer savings. Snowflake has saved $305 million with Zip, Discover eliminated 3,000 manual approvals annually, and Canva cut procurement cycle times by 70%. With wall-to-wall deployments at hundreds of global enterprises including OpenAI, T-Mobile, Gap, Shell, and Anthropic, Zip continues to define what modern enterprise procurement looks like.

“We built procurement orchestration because legacy enterprise software left massive gaps in adoption and value realization. This study proves that thesis,” said Rujul Zaparde, Co-founder and CEO of Zip. “These are organizations that have invested in procurement technology for decades, yet were still leaving millions on the table. Now we are compounding our ability to deliver value with AI. Zip is positioned to deliver more value in the next two years than legacy procurement software has in twenty.”

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French Fashion Retailer Taps Algolia AI to Power Smarter Search and Conversational Discovery, Driving 2.3x Conversion Growth and One-Third of Digital Revenue

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Algolia, the AI Search and Retrieval platform powering more than 1.75 trillion queries each year for over 18,000 businesses worldwide, announced its partnership with Gémo, the French fashion retailer serving families online and in more than 400 stores. By implementing Algolia’s AI Search platform, including its AI Ranking that intelligently boosts popular search results based on real-time user behavior, Gémo has elevated search into a powerful, measurable driver of growth achieving a 2.3x increase in conversions and an exceptional 160x return on investment. Today, Algolia-powered search drives one-third of Gémo’s digital revenue.

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Gémo also harnesses Algolia’s Merchandising Studio and AI-based Rules functionality to give category managers control over the search experience, enabling them to independently fine-tune and optimize results, boost products, and tailor campaigns in line with seasonality, emerging trends, and evolving business priorities. Complementing this, AI Synonyms helps minimize zero-result queries, ensuring shoppers can quickly find what they’re looking for, regardless of how they phrase their search.

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Elsa Souillart, Category Manager, Gémo, said: “As we deepen our investment in ecommerce and omnichannel growth, Algolia has become core to our digital strategy, establishing a strong groundwork for next generation, AI-powered experiences and conversational discovery experiences. Beyond delivering exceptional returns, it has helped us build a more intuitive, seamless search journey for our customers, whilst equipping our teams with the tools to continuously optimize relevance and drive conversions. This was something that was once exceptionally challenging to achieve given the scale of our catalog.”

Nate Barad, Vice President of Product and Technical Marketing, said: “Guided by its ‘tailored for family life’ ethos, Gémo is focused on making everyday life for families easier. Fast, seamless AI-powered search plays a critical role in that mission, by helping busy parents find the right apparel quickly and at the right price. We’re thrilled that Algolia has helped elevate their mission, turning search into a meaningful driver of growth.”

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v4c.ai Announces Investment from Databricks Ventures

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Investment deepens alignment between Databricks and v4c as the company joins an exclusive portfolio of ecosystem leaders following breakout momentum

v4c.ai, a strategic boutique pure-play Databricks services partner, announced a Series A investment by Databricks Ventures and Tquila. The investment marks a defining milestone for v4c as the company officially joins the Databricks Ventures portfolio, reinforcing a shared commitment to the continued growth of the Databricks ecosystem.

“v4c is the type of partner that is helping shape the future of the Databricks ecosystem—deeply technical, highly aligned, and focused on customer outcomes,” said Kori O’Brien, Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships at Databricks.

Building on a breakout year, v4c has experienced exceptional growth as a Databricks services partner. The company recently surpassed 600+ Databricks certifications, supports more than 150 joint customers, and has grown to a global team of more than 400 data and AI professionals.

The investment signals the next chapter for v4c and Databricks, underscoring the company’s growing role across the broader Databricks community and a shared vision for the future of enterprise data and AI.

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“Building a world-class data and AI ecosystem takes partners who are ready to invest deeply in people, innovation, and customer success,” said Ron Gabrisko, CRO at Databricks. “v4c has become a rising star in the Databricks community. Their technical depth, customer focus, and investment in the Databricks platform are delivering huge outcomes for our joint customers. We’re excited to see the momentum build.”

“v4c is the type of partner that is helping shape the future of the Databricks ecosystem—deeply technical, highly aligned, and focused on customer outcomes,” said Kori O’Brien, Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships at Databricks. “Their continued commitment to the platform, the field, and our joint customer success has reinforced v4c’s position as a trusted and highly capable partner across the Databricks community, and we’re excited to welcome them to the Databricks Ventures portfolio.”

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For v4c, the investment reflects the continued alignment between the company and the Databricks ecosystem that has shaped v4c’s vision and trajectory since its inception.

“We built v4c around a deep belief in the Databricks vision and the future of the Lakehouse ecosystem,” said Vijay Rao, Founder at v4c. “Becoming a Databricks Ventures portfolio company is an incredibly meaningful milestone for our team and a powerful validation of the impact we’ve built alongside Databricks. For us, this represents far more than an investment; it’s a strong signal that Databricks believes in our vision, our mission, and the future we’re building together.”

Since establishing its relationship with Databricks, v4c has seen an 800% organic increase in its customer acquisition and 900% year-over-year revenue growth. Anticipated figures show the organization surpassing 700 employees by the end of Q4 2026, alongside projected 7x year-over-year revenue growth—further signaling the company’s rapid ascent as a trusted Databricks partner.

“We evaluate a significant number of companies across the data and AI landscape, and it’s rare to see a team enter an ecosystem and generate this level of velocity, traction, and execution so quickly,” said Jonathan Stypula, Partner at Tquila, which led the investment round. “v4c has entered the Databricks ecosystem with a level of focus and execution that clearly sets them apart. They’re not just participating in the market—they’re helping define it. That’s exactly the type of company we look to back.”

As enterprises continue accelerating investments in data and AI, v4c and Databricks will continue working closely together to help organizations modernize their data platforms and unlock greater value from the Databricks platform.

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Streamex Corp. Appoints Former Microsoft and PayPal Lead Product Designer Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design

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Streamex Corp. (“Streamex” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: STEX), a technology company building the tokenization ecosystem for all real-world assets beginning with commodities, today announced the appointment of Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design. Kori brings 18 years of experience scaling fintech and SaaS platforms from zero to $2B+ in assets under management and more than 200 million users, and joins Streamex at a pivotal moment in the Company’s growth trajectory.

Highlights

  • Kori brings nearly two decades of product, design, and startup leadership experience building fintech and SaaS platforms used by more than 200 million people globally and helping scale businesses beyond $2B+ in assets under management. His work sits at the intersection of product vision, behavioral psychology, growth, and world-class design execution.
  • Known for turning highly complex financial systems into intuitive, high-conviction user experiences, Kori has led transformative product redesigns and growth initiatives across some of the most recognized companies in fintech and technology, including Groundfloor, PayPal, DraftKings, Expedia, Agora, and Microsoft.
  • Kori’s work has consistently translated into measurable business outcomes. At Groundfloor ($2.5B+ AUM), he led a complete redesign of the investing platform across web and mobile that drove a 32% increase in activation rates, a 27% increase in cash deposits, and record monthly AUM growth. At High Circle Banking, his product and design leadership helped drive double-digit millions in AUM within the first 12 months. Earlier in his career, he helped scale products reaching more than 1 million downloads and millions in ARR through design-led product strategy and execution.
  • As Vice President of Product and Design, Kori will lead the evolution of the GLDY user experience and the broader Streamex ecosystem, overseeing product strategy, customer experience, visual systems, and the launch of next-generation financial products designed to redefine how investors interact with tokenized real-world assets.

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Kori joins Streamex with a reputation for building ambitious, design-first financial products that blend simplicity, trust, and performance at scale. Over the course of his career, he has led product and design initiatives across fintech, banking, investing, enterprise software, and consumer technology, helping companies accelerate growth, improve conversion, increase assets under management, and create category-defining user experiences. He is joining Streamex at a pivotal moment as the Company transitions from infrastructure buildout into platform scale and mass-market product expansion. With GLDY, Streamex’s gold-backed, yield-bearing tokenized security, continuing to expand into institutional and broader investor markets, the Company is now focused on building an experience that makes sophisticated financial infrastructure feel effortless, intuitive, and globally accessible.

At Streamex, Kori will lead a comprehensive product transformation across the GLDY ecosystem and future product suite. His responsibilities will include product strategy, customer experience, design systems, brand direction, onboarding optimization, and the development of new investor-facing financial products.

Henry McPhie, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Streamex, said:
“Kori brings a rare combination of product vision, startup intensity, and elite design execution. He understands how to take highly complex financial infrastructure and turn it into experiences that feel simple, premium, and deeply intuitive. His work has consistently driven measurable business growth, from activation and retention to AUM expansion and customer trust. As we scale GLDY and introduce the next generation of tokenized financial products, Kori will play a major role in shaping how the world experiences modern digital assets.”

Kori Handy, Vice President of Product and Design, said:
“Streamex is building one of the most exciting financial products I’ve seen in years, a regulated, yield-bearing commodity product backed by real infrastructure, real liquidity, and real utility. What excites me most is the opportunity to humanize that complexity and create an experience that feels world-class, trustworthy, and incredibly easy to use.

I’ve always believed the future belongs to companies that can take powerful technology and make it feel simple, emotional, and accessible to everyday people. That’s what we’re building here. We’re not just designing another fintech product, we’re designing the future experience of owning and interacting with real-world assets on-chain.”

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Background
Kori most recently served as Product Design Leader at Groundfloor, the award-winning real estate investing platform with more than $2.5B in AUM and over 280,000 investors. There, he led a full redesign across web and mobile platforms, modernizing the customer experience and driving significant gains in onboarding, deposits, retention, and overall investor engagement.

Prior to Groundfloor, he served as Head of Product Design at High Circle Banking, where he helped conceptualize and launch a premium banking and investing platform tailored to high-net-worth individuals. The platform scaled to double-digit millions in AUM within its first year.

Kori is also a repeat founder and operator. He founded Kepler Savings, a retirement fintech platform focused on helping hourly and contract workers build long-term wealth through payroll-linked investing experiences. The company gained early traction with enterprise brands including Taco Bell, KFC, and Wendy’s, scaled rapidly in ARR growth, and attracted backing from investors and executives associated with Salesforce, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

Earlier in his career, Kori founded Design First Apps, a product studio later acquired by a private equity firm after launching multiple globally featured applications that generated more than 2 million downloads and received over 40 Apple editorial features.

Throughout his career, Kori has become known for combining deep systems thinking with high-end product craftsmanship, helping companies bridge the gap between sophisticated financial infrastructure and human-centered user experiences.

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SalesCloser Secures Second U.S. Patent for AI-Driven Call Automation Technology

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Second Patent Strengthens Growing IP Portfolio Protecting Real-World Execution Infrastructure for Autonomous Sales Agents

SalesCloser Technologies Ltd. (“SalesCloser” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SCAI) (FSE: MJ5), a pioneer in autonomous AI sales technology, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO“) has granted the Company U.S. Patent No US12574461B1 for its “Adaptive Voicemail and IVR Detection for AI-Driven Call Automation” technology. The patent protects core capabilities that enable SalesCloser’s AI sales agents to efficiently navigate the realities of outbound calling — distinguishing in real time between voicemail systems, live human contacts, and interactive voice response (“IVR“) menus, and responding appropriately to each.

This patent is SalesCloser’s second granted U.S. patent and reinforces the Company’s strategy of protecting the execution infrastructure that allows autonomous AI sales agents to operate reliably at scale in production environments. The granted patent covers technology that analyzes audio signals during calls in real time to determine whether the call has reached a live person, a voicemail system, or an automated phone menu. Based on that determination, the system can leave a tailored voicemail message, terminate the call, or select the correct keypad inputs to progress through IVR menus and route the call toward the intended decision-maker. Voicemail detection is already live in the SalesCloser platform, with IVR navigation capabilities under active development.

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“AI-driven calling systems need to distinguish between live recipients, voicemail systems, and IVR menus in order to select the appropriate next action,” said Ali Tajskandar, CEO of SalesCloser Technologies. “Detecting voicemail, navigating IVR menus, and using every dialed minute efficiently are execution-layer problems that don’t make headlines, but they decide whether autonomous sales technology works in the real world. This patent protects the engineering work that turns a conversational AI model into a sales agent capable of delivering measurable connect rates and improved conversion for our customers.”

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With this grant, SalesCloser now holds two granted U.S. patents within its growing intellectual property portfolio, which includes additional U.S. patent applications covering fundamental challenges in conversational AI – from real-time conversational state management and autonomous human escalation to self-testing systems and advanced telephony features. Consistent with the Company’s IP strategy, each application addresses a specific technical problem that SalesCloser’s engineering team solved while building a platform capable of handling thousands of simultaneous customer conversations across voice, video, and digital channels. By deliberately protecting execution infrastructure rather than abstract concepts, the Company aims to build practical barriers to entry around the systems required to make autonomous AI sales agents work reliably in production environments.

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Xcelerate and Right Restoration Partners Announce Strategic Technology Partnership to Accelerate Growth Across National Restoration Platform

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Partnership Positions Xcelerate as the Preferred Job Management Platform for Right Restoration Partners’ Growing Portfolio of Restoration Companies, Equipping Operators with the Tools to Drive KPI-Led Performance at Scale

Xcelerate, the job management and analytics platform built exclusively for the restoration industry, and Right Restoration Partners (“RRP”), a national disaster restoration platform, today announced a strategic technology partnership. Under the agreement, Xcelerate will serve as the preferred platform across RRP’s expanding portfolio of restoration companies — delivering enterprise-grade visibility into operational performance, job-level economics, and the key performance indicators that drive profitable growth.

The partnership reflects a shared conviction that the next generation of market-leading restoration businesses will be built on data. By deploying Xcelerate across its portfolio, RRP is equipping each of its partner companies with real-time dashboards, benchmarking tools, and operational intelligence to compete at the highest level — while preserving the local brands, cultures, and leadership teams that made them great.

A Platform Built for How Restoration Companies Actually Operate

RRP evaluated multiple technology solutions before selecting Xcelerate as its preferred partner. The decision came down to Xcelerate’s deep domain expertise in the restoration vertical —purpose-built workflows, industry-specific KPI frameworks, and a platform designed by operators who have lived the challenges that restoration business owners face every day.

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“We looked at the full landscape of technology providers in the restoration space, and Xcelerate stood apart. Their platform was built by people who have actually run restoration businesses—they understand customer needs, cycle time, job costing and crew productivity at a level that generic software providers simply don’t. As we scale RRP, having a single source of truth for operational performance is foundational to how we integrate and grow each business.”
— Rob Comstock, Chief Executive Officer, Right Restoration Partners

Empowering the Industry’s Most Ambitious Growth Platform

For Xcelerate, the partnership with RRP represents a landmark alignment with one of the restoration industry’s fastest-growing and most operationally sophisticated platforms. RRP’s commitment to deploying Xcelerate across its entire portfolio—from day one of integration—validates the platform’s ability to serve multi-location, multi-brand restoration organizations at enterprise scale.

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“Right Restoration Partners is building something special in this industry—a national platform that combines the operational discipline of a world-class management team with the local expertise and customer relationships that independent restorers bring to the table. We’re proud to be the technology backbone that connects those pieces. When every branch, every project manager, and every crew is running on the same data, the results speak for themselves.”
— Melissa Petty, General Manager, Xcelerate

A Partnership Designed to Scale

RRP was founded with a clear thesis: the U.S. disaster restoration industry remains highly fragmented, and the best independent operators deserve a partner that can help them reach their full potential without losing what makes them great. RRP is executing an ambitious acquisition strategy with a focus on high-performing companies in major metropolitan markets across the country.

From day one as an RRP partner, every company gains immediate access to the operational intelligence that the industry’s best operators use to run their businesses — real-time visibility into cycle time, job margins, close rates, and revenue per lead. Rather than building that capability alone over years, RRP partner companies hit the ground running with tools, benchmarks, and a network of peers who’ve solved the same problems. The result: owners spend less time guessing and more time growing — with the full picture of their business always in front of them.

The companies have already collaborated on industry-facing initiatives, including a joint event at the 2026 Restoration Industry Association (RIA) Convention featuring a panel discussion titled “The KPI Gap: Why the Best Restoration Companies Run on Data—Not Gut Feel,” with plans for additional collaboration in the future.

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