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Marius Silvasan, the chief executive of AI-driven fintech firm eCapital, has been honored as the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 Florida award winner. Selected from a pool of nearly 35 candidates, Silvasan joins a legacy of leaders recognized for reshaping industry standards through rapid scaling and digital innovation.
Drayage provider Gulf Winds International has launched an AI-driven Smart Dispatching platform in Seabrook, Texas, aiming to replace manual, reactive coordination with real-time network optimization. The tool continuously calculates driver and chassis availability to boost asset utilization and minimize empty miles across the company’s U.S. port operations.
Project owners are increasingly prioritizing schedule and cost reliability over traditional speed as market volatility reshapes the construction landscape. According to the Q2 2026 Market Conditions Report from DPR Construction, the most successful projects now hinge on integrating builders and suppliers into the planning process long before breaking ground.
Eric Smith joins Seabrook-based Gulf Winds International as Vice President of Business Development, tasked with expanding the drayage and domestic transportation firm’s Mid-Market reach. Bringing a decade of logistics experience to the role, Smith will oversee efforts to align sales, operations, and pricing for sustainable network scaling.
Florida homeowners facing an intractable insurance crisis now have a new option that shifts the focus from simple coverage to structural fortification. Stand is launching an open market program that uses aerospace-grade physics modeling to identify vulnerabilities, coordinate home improvements, and directly lower premiums for those who harden their properties against hurricanes.
Federal agencies are currently trapped in a cycle of fragmented AI experimentation, struggling to transition from small-scale pilots to enterprise-wide mission readiness. To address this, leaders from the FBI, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and the House of Representatives convened to integrate structured frameworks into their digital modernization strategies.
Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. George Kamel has opened South Florida Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery, a new practice serving patients in Hollywood and Boynton Beach. Bringing academic training from Harvard and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Kamel focuses on creating natural, proportionate results through individualized surgical planning.
Seventeen hundred backpacks delivered to students and weekly five-hundred-dollar prizes for local heroes mark the latest expansion of Jeffcoat Injury and Car Accident Lawyers’ philanthropic footprint. The Columbia-based firm is scaling its community initiatives across South Carolina, embedding staff volunteerism directly into its standard quarterly operations.
Drawing on a decade of logistics experience and a disciplined background as a U.S. Army veteran, Eric Smith has been named Vice President of Business Development at Gulf Winds International. He joins the Seabrook-based transport provider to oversee strategic growth across its Mid-Market division.
Mountain View-based Kaleidescape has launched the Strato K, a flagship movie player capable of native 8K playback. Beyond high-resolution support, the device debuts a proprietary 4K Cinematic format, designed to deliver higher bitrates and full 4:4:4 chroma subsampling for a more immersive visual experience than standard 4K.
Irvine-based NileBuilt, Corp. is seeking a full acquisition of its business to accelerate the rollout of its Generation-2 composite construction technology. The company has recruited industry veterans Gerald Howard and Thomas Grable as strategic advisors to guide the transition as it attempts to move the housing market away from wood-framed construction.
The computer scientist whose ImageNet research fueled the deep learning revolution is shifting her focus toward spatial intelligence. Dr. Fei-Fei Li, cofounder of World Labs, has launched a MasterClass series aiming to move public discourse beyond large language models and toward the physical integration of AI in daily life.
Security teams are drowning in internal alerts while missing the external context needed to stop automated attacks. Censys is attempting to bridge this gap by integrating its global Internet Map directly into enterprise security workflows, allowing companies to enrich every alert with real-time data on the infrastructure behind emerging threats.
Users who maintained an account on the my.deltadentalcoversme.com portal between January 23, 2021, and January 23, 2025, may be entitled to cash payments following a class action settlement in Feeler v. Wyssta Services, Inc. involving allegations of unauthorized digital tracking.
Spanning 140 acres in Southern California, the new San Bernardino Sustainability Park broke ground this week to address the region’s growing need for organic waste management. The facility, slated for a late 2026 opening, aims to process hundreds of thousands of tons of material annually to meet state diversion mandates.
A delegation from CoMira Diagnostics visited Salt Lake City this week to inspect the automated manufacturing technology destined for a new joint venture in Saudi Arabia. The visit, which included state officials and trade representatives, marks a critical step in transferring advanced PCR production capabilities to the Kingdom.
As summer heat intensifies, the habit of charging e-bikes, scooters, and power tools in home garages is creating a hidden fire risk. Mercury Insurance warns that lithium-ion batteries—often overlooked as mundane household items—can enter a state of thermal runaway, sparking fast-moving flames that are notoriously difficult to extinguish.
Witnessing the surge of phishing scams targeting his own family, Oak Park high school graduate Andrew Tolbert turned a personal concern into a career path. Now, the aspiring security analyst has been named the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship from Optiv’s Black Employee Network to support his studies at Purdue University.
PostgreSQL databases often balloon with historical data, forcing engineers to choose between expensive storage or complex, proprietary archiving solutions. Alexandria-based pgEdge is addressing this with ColdFront, a new open-source tiering tool that moves older data to cost-effective object storage while keeping it fully readable and writable via standard SQL.
Fifty life-sized YOYO figures are set to descend upon New York City this month as MINISO transforms Vanderbilt Hall into an immersive art installation. Running from June 20 to July 12, the exhibition marks the first time the company has brought its proprietary IP into a North American public space.
Artificial intelligence is shifting from a peripheral tool to a primary driver of medical efficiency, as virtual healthcare assistants begin to handle everything from patient triage to complex clinical documentation. A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan suggests these platforms are becoming essential to solving systemic workforce shortages.
As the tailwind from rising interest rates begins to fade, property and casualty insurers are shifting their focus toward complex asset classes to maintain growth. A new report from Conning suggests that in an increasingly competitive underwriting landscape, the ability to execute sophisticated investment strategies has become the industry's next primary differentiator.
Still Bright, Inc. is moving its operations from a Newark incubator to a 15,000-square-foot facility at the Northeast Science and Technology (NEST) Center in Kenilworth, New Jersey. The move marks a shift from laboratory proof-of-concept to pilot-scale manufacturing for the company’s proprietary copper-extraction technology.
Allegheny General Hospital has finalized a $19 million renovation of its cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs, centralizing patient care areas on a single floor. The expansion aims to streamline navigation for families and clinicians while providing the infrastructure necessary for emerging cardiac procedures like pulsed field ablation.
St. Louis-based FLEX Payment Solutions is rolling out a bank-to-bank payment tool designed to bypass traditional card networks. By allowing direct account-to-account transactions, the company aims to reduce processing costs and friction for merchants operating in highly regulated sectors like cannabis and consumer finance.
Investors who held Calix stock between January 28 and April 21, 2026, face a July 27 deadline to seek lead plaintiff status in a federal class action lawsuit. The litigation targets alleged misrepresentations regarding the company’s supply chain vulnerabilities and their subsequent impact on profit margins.
Wisconsin homeowners face a distinct challenge when selecting flooring: balancing the aesthetic appeal of hardwood against the state’s humid summers and wet winters. Tim Buehler of Monroe’s Buehler Interiors outlines the critical performance differences between luxury vinyl plank and laminate to help navigate these environmental demands.
A rare window for fractional ownership has opened at the Courtyard Apartments in Garland, Texas, as NAS Investment Solutions re-releases a limited block of equity. The offering, originally fully subscribed, became available after several planned transactions failed to close within the required funding windows for the Dallas-area multifamily property.
After exposing massive inefficiencies in U.S. drug pricing, data analyst Eric Pachman has been awarded an O'Shaughnessy Fellowship to scale his research startup, Data 4 The People. The grant will fuel his mission to provide high-level analytical infrastructure to local journalists, community advocates, and nonprofits.
Attackers are shifting their focus from human targets to autonomous AI agents, deploying prompt injection as the modern equivalent of phishing. According to the AI Threat Report 2026, these digital entities—now integrated into CRMs, source code, and email systems—are being hijacked through manipulated documents and malicious tool outputs.