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Family-Owned Cannabis Retailer Purple Lotus Doubles Delivery Radius In Bay Area With New Oakland Warehouse

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Purple Lotus , one of the best-selling family-owned legacy cannabis dispensaries in the world, announced the opening of a new Oakland warehouse and the expansion of its self-run cannabis delivery service to more than 2 million new residents in over 15 communities, effectively doubling the companys delivery radius throughout the Bay Area.

Key Points: 
  • Purple Lotus , one of the best-selling family-owned legacy cannabis dispensaries in the world, announced the opening of a new Oakland warehouse and the expansion of its self-run cannabis delivery service to more than 2 million new residents in over 15 communities, effectively doubling the companys delivery radius throughout the Bay Area.
  • Fitted with state-of-the-art security and inventory control, the addition of this Oakland delivery depot provides Purple Lotus ample room to scale operations and grow its existing delivery footprint, which includes San Jose, East Bay and the Peninsula.
  • Purple Lotus launched its self-run cannabis delivery service in 2019 and became one of the go-to delivery brands for Bay Area customers thanks to its white-glove customer service and robust product selection.
  • For more information on Purple Lotus and delivery availability in your area, visit plpcsanjose.com .

Intuit Hosts Investor Day, Reaffirms First-quarter and Fiscal 2023 Guidance

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Intuit reiterated the first-quarter and full-year fiscal 2023 guidance, previously announced on August 23, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Intuit reiterated the first-quarter and full-year fiscal 2023 guidance, previously announced on August 23, 2022.
  • For the full fiscal year, the company expects:
    Revenue of $14.485 billion to $14.700 billion, growth of approximately 14 to 16 percent.
  • A copy of the press release issued by Intuit today can be found on the investor relations page of Intuit's website.
  • Fiscal 2023 full-year and Q1 guidance speaks only as of the date it was publicly issued by Intuit.

Pactum Named a Finalist in Digital Procurement World Amsterdam 2022 Startup Competition

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Pactum , the creator of the AI-driven autonomous negotiation market, has been named a finalist in Digital Procurement World Amsterdam (DPW)s DEMO Startup Competition in the Early-Stage Track.

Key Points: 
  • Pactum , the creator of the AI-driven autonomous negotiation market, has been named a finalist in Digital Procurement World Amsterdam (DPW)s DEMO Startup Competition in the Early-Stage Track.
  • This is Pactums second year competing at the event as they were named the winner in the Automation and Efficiency category in 2021.
  • Started by DPW in 2019, DEMO is the procurement industrys largest startup pitch competition.
  • The top 10 startups, including Pactum, were then invited to pitch live on Center Stage at the DPW Amsterdam 2022 conference.

MITRA CHEM ANNOUNCES SHIPMENT OF FIRST LAB TESTED AND APPROVED U.S. MADE LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE ("LFP") CATHODE SAMPLES TO TIER 1 GLOBAL BATTERY CELL MANUFACTURER

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Friday, September 16, 2022

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitra Chem, one of the only U.S. producers of iron-based Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cathodes, today announced that it has begun shipments of its commercial-grade LFP materials to a tier 1 global battery cell manufacturer for customer approval and qualification. The company produced the proprietary battery product materials out of its 15,000 sq ft Mountain View based facility where the company has been able to create an LFP cathode with performance exceeding industry standard materials produced primarily in China. Accomplishing these samples within an accelerated timeline of just four months was made possible by deploying the proprietary machine learning algorithms that the company's co-founders developed.

Key Points: 
  • Accomplishing these samples within an accelerated timeline of just four months was made possible by deploying the proprietary machine learning algorithms that the company's co-founders developed.
  • The company today said it has additional requests for samples to cover the next seven months including nearly every global Tier 1 battery cell maker and multiple household name automotive OEMs.
  • Mitra Chem is one of the only companies outside China that has the plans and capability to produce these cathodes at scale.
  • Mitra Chem will provide a critically needed alternative by building the first US-based large-scale LFP cathode production.

DGAP-News: This Company’s Robots Help Protect The U.S. Power Grid

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

This Companys Robots Help Protect The U.S. Power Grid

Key Points: 
  • This Companys Robots Help Protect The U.S. Power Grid
    The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
  • For decades, government reports, industry journals and academic articles have raised the alarm on the dangers of intentional attacks on the nations unprotected power grid.
  • With terrorist threats on the electric grid a reality, some utilities are taking measures to protect themselves from physical attacks on their infrastructure.
  • With the number of electric utility companies estimated at more than 3,300, according to Statista, there are plenty of opportunities for Knightscope to help the nation protect the power grid.

Global Corporations discuss Pactum’s Autonomous Negotiations at DPW

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Korjus will host a Learning Lab Session alongside their Fortune 500 customers to discuss the different use cases for autonomous negotiations and the implications of automating negotiations in procurement.

Key Points: 
  • Korjus will host a Learning Lab Session alongside their Fortune 500 customers to discuss the different use cases for autonomous negotiations and the implications of automating negotiations in procurement.
  • We are excited to share the stage with these leaders in the procurement space and offer the audience a live demonstration at how autonomous negotiations adds bottom line value for large enterprises in this difficult macroeconomic environment.
  • To learn how Pactum helps global enterprises unlock value by automating negotiations on a mass scale, visit https://pactum.com/ .
  • Pactum is an AI-based system that helps global companies to autonomously conduct personalized commercial negotiations on a massive scale.

Lunar Energy Emerges from Stealth to Deliver Home Electrification at Scale

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lunar Energy emerged from stealth announcing the company and its mission to electrify the home and provide energy independence to homeowners worldwide. Led by former Tesla Energy executive, Kunal Girotra, Lunar was founded in August 2020 and has raised $300 million in funding over two rounds by Sunrun (NASDAQ: RUN), the nation's leading residential solar and battery storage provider, and South Korea's SK Group. Lunar also acquired Moixa, the leading global software company for distributed energy resources (DER) management. ITOCHU and Honda, previous investors in Moixa, now also join Lunar's team of investors.

Key Points: 
  • Lunar Energy was founded to build affordable hardware and software products for the residential sector to help homeowners generate, store and consume 100% clean energy and remove the usage of fossil fuels from every home," said Kunal Girotra, Founder and CEO of Lunar Energy.
  • "Kunal, and the engineering team at Lunar Energy, are building at scale home electrification products that will dramatically accelerate the switch from fossil fuels to renewables.
  • Lunar Energy Inc. is on a mission to transition homes worldwide to 100% clean energy.
  • Learn more about the company and career opportunities at www.lunarenergy.com and follow Lunar Energy on LinkedIn and Twitter for more information.

Cover Genius Accelerates Executive Hiring As Demand For Embedded Protection Continues to Increase

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance, is pleased to announce the expansion of its leadership team with a series of strategic hires. The insurtech has increased hiring despite the tech industry downturn, with a sustainable headcount growth of 117% YoY and key additions to the leadership team including:

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cover Genius , the insurtech for embedded insurance, is pleased to announce the expansion of its leadership team with a series of strategic hires.
  • David Schaede joins the growing US team as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships - Property to oversee and expand partnerships in proptech and real estate.
  • Cover Genius and partners co-create solutions that embed protection thats licensed or authorized in over 60 countries & all 50 US States.
  • The score includes any type of claim and claim outcome across our partner network except for those partners with less than 30 claims and those not assessed by Cover Genius.

Pactum Named a 2022 Gartner® Cool Vendor in Sourcing and Procurement for Supply Chain

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Pactum , the creator of AI-driven autonomous negotiation technology, today announced it has been named a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in the report Cool Vendors in Sourcing and Procurement for Supply Chain.

Key Points: 
  • Pactum , the creator of AI-driven autonomous negotiation technology, today announced it has been named a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in the report Cool Vendors in Sourcing and Procurement for Supply Chain.
  • We are pleased to be recognized as a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in this report as we believe this validates the rising market demand for our AI-powered solution, said Martin Rand, CEO and co-founder at Pactum.
  • *Gartner, Cool Vendors in Sourcing and Procurement for Supply Chain, Cian Curtin, Koray Kose, May 26, 2022.
  • Disclaimer: Gartner and Cool Vendors are registered trademarks and service marks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates, and are used herein with permission.

El Camino Health Named to the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals® List and Further Distinguished with a Second Consecutive Everest Award

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- El Camino Health has been named to the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals® list. This is the fifth time El Camino Health has been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing large community hospitals in the U.S. The annual list is published by Fortune.

Key Points: 
  • This is thefifth time El Camino Health has been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing large community hospitals in the U.S.
  • "We are honored to earn a spot on the 100 Top Hospitals list along with such a distinguished group of healthcare leaders," said Dan Woods, chief executive officer of El Camino Health.
  • El Camino Health is also the only large community hospital in California to earn an additional distinction as an Everest Award winner.
  • Recognition as one of the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals demonstrates El Camino Health's ongoing commitment to prioritize patient-centered care.