Company Surpasses $100M in Merchant-Generated Revenue While Remaining Fully Bootstrapped NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TxtCart, a leading AI-powered SMS marketing platform built exclusively for Shopify merchants, today announced significant growth milestones, including helping merchants generate more than $100 million in SMS-attributed revenue and scaling to thousands of active e-commerce brands, all without venture capital backing. Founded in 2019 by entrepreneur Kyle Bigley, TxtCart began as a solution focused on abandoned cart recovery. The platform has since evolved into a comprehensive SMS marketing ecosystem powered by conversational artificial intelligence. Unlike traditional one-way SMS blasts, TxtCart enables real-time, two-way conversations that…
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ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released the 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, revealing that cybercriminals are exploiting basic security gaps at dramatically higher rates, now accelerated by AI tools that help attackers identify weaknesses faster than ever. IBM X‑Force observed a 44% increase in attacks that began with the exploitation of public-facing applications, largely driven by missing authentication controls and AI-enabled vulnerability discovery. Some of the key highlights include: “Attackers aren’t reinventing playbooks, they’re speeding them up with AI,” said Mark Hughes, Global Managing Partner for Cybersecurity Services, IBM. “The core issue is the same: businesses are overwhelmed…
NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — With GenAI deployment delivering measurable business results, financial services firms are doubling down on technology transformation and taking aim at the tokenization of market infrastructure. According to the sixth annual 2026 Digital Transformation & Next-Gen Technology Study from global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), leading financial services firms are moving beyond GenAI experimentation toward scaled execution, using agentic AI to drive immediate productivity gains while investing in distributed ledger and blockchain infrastructure that could fundamentally reshape financial markets. The global study, based on a survey of more than 900 financial services technology and operations leaders across wealth management, capital markets,…
BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and OpenAI today announced a multiyear expansion of their partnership with Frontier Alliance to continue to help organizations move beyond experimentation and accelerate enterprise-scale AI transformation. “AI is a core part of BCG’s business and strategy. It represents a significant and fast-growing share of our work as we support industry leaders to reshape their core operations and create new businesses with an AI-first mindset,” said Dylan Bolden, Global Chair of Functional Practices at BCG. “The Frontier Alliance brings together OpenAI’s groundbreaking AI research and product expertise with BCG’s deep industry, functional, and technology expertise…
DALLAS and SAINT MICHAELS, Md., Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aligned Automation, a global AI-powered professional technology services company, and Magi , the company behind the StyxAI cognitive intelligence platform, today announced a strategic collaboration to help enterprises build cognitive advantage, enabling leaders to act with clarity, speed, and conviction across growth, risk, and geopolitical complexity. “Automation and analytics are table stakes. True advantage comes from the ability to interpret complex signals, eliminate the need for teams to repeatedly verify and validate information, and make confident decisions at critical moments,” said Nitin Ahuja, CEO and Founder of Aligned Automation. The collaboration brings together Magi’s StyxAI…
“Data Creation Challenge” Powered by RavenPack’s Bigdata.com Brings Institutional-Grade Data and Global Research Community Together Through the WorldQuant BRAIN Platform NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RavenPack, the AI decision infrastructure provider for financial enterprises, and WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the launch of the “Data Creation Challenge.” With participation taking place exclusively on WorldQuant BRAIN, a web-based simulation platform fueled by data and technology, across the platform’s global research consultant community who have met rank thresholds and passed background checks, this six-week competition is designed to advance education in AI-driven financial research. This initiative combines data from Bigdata.com, RavenPack’s AI-native…
Agentic System Transforms Retail Marketing Performance Analysis, Delivering Instant Diagnostics and Actionable Recommendations Grounded in Unified Retail Context NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bluecore, a retail shopper identification and customer movement technology, today announced the launch of Marketing Agent, a retail-informed agentic system that transforms how marketing teams understand performance and take action. Built directly into BluecoreAI and shaped by real retailer workflows, Marketing Agent acts as an analyst and operator, moving teams from insight to execution in seconds rather than days by automating tasks like weekly business reviews with structured performance snapshots, explanations, and prioritized recommendations. Marketing Agent addresses a…
Jae Siercks hired to lead the practice as Executive Director of Consumer PR DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Full-service creative agency McKinney announced today the launch of a consumer PR practice within its company. Led by Jae Siercks, former Weber Shandwick SVP, the offering aims to redefine integrated marketing communications. To stay ahead in today’s attention economy, brands need to show up consistently across all paid, earned and owned channels. As brand leaders increasingly look to consolidate agency partnerships to avoid disconnect between teams, McKinney’s new consumer PR practice will allow the company to offer clients a more holistic view of…
Collaboration with Dell Technologies empowers organizations with smarter, more agile digital workplace solutions BLUE BELL, Pa., Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Unisys (NYSE: UIS) is advancing its Device Subscription Service (DSS), in collaboration with Dell Technologies. This strengthened alliance of more than 30 years delivers comprehensive and flexible solutions that address evolving client needs at scale. The enhanced Unisys DSS integrates the company’s expertise in digital transformation with state-of-the-art Dell infrastructure and services to provide a comprehensive device life cycle service – and to even more than PCs. DSS can be deployed to a wide range of edge and IoT devices such as restaurant-specific hardware, smart parking garages,…
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services company, recently conducted its third annual AI Adoption and Risk Survey of more than 1,200 global businesses. Results show companies are increasingly integrating AI into their operations, with 63% of businesses having fully operationalized or implemented AI within parts of their business, up from 45% in 2025, focusing on IT operations, client-facing functions and analytics. As AI adoption accelerates, 82% of respondents report positive impacts on their organizations. Additionally, 83% believe that AI will drive revenue growth in the future. Most businesses—93%—feel confident in…