• Atom Computing has raised over $300 million to date, including a $100 million Series C round led by Third Point Ventures and a planned $100 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce, to speed development and deployment of fault-tolerant quantum computers.
• Following recent technical and commercial milestones, Atom Computing has emerged as a leader in the race to build utility-scale quantum computers.
• Recent funding will accelerate the development and delivery of commercial on-premises quantum systems, at scale, for enterprise and government customers worldwide.

BOULDER, Colo., June 16, 2026 — Atom Computing today announced it has raised a total funding of more than $300 million to accelerate the development and deployment of commercial-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers. The total includes a $100 million Series C investment round and a signed Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $100 million. The Series C round was led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from DCVC, Cisco Investments, and others.

Atom Computing has emerged as a leader in the race to build practical quantum computers using neutral atoms. The company recently announced a full demonstration of quantum error correction on its quantum computers, making it only one of two companies in the quantum industry to have done so, and the first company to do this demonstration using neutral-atom technology.

The company continues to build momentum using its neutral-atom technology. In 2023, Atom became the first quantum company to surpass the 1,000-qubit threshold for a universal gate-based system. The company is currently performing in Stage B of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) to explore paths to utility-scale quantum systems while also installing the world’s first commercial quantum computer with logical qubits in partnership with Microsoft. Atom Computing, named to Fast Company’s list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, is also engaged in strategic collaborations with Cisco and NVIDIA.

“Quantum computing is entering a new phase where technical breakthroughs are translating into real-world systems and global adoption, fueled by our neutral-atom technology,” said Dr. Ben Bloom, CEO and Founder of Atom Computing. “We have strong momentum, and we are accelerating the development of utility-scale quantum computers and expanding access to our technology for customers solving some of the world’s most complex computational challenges.”

“Third Point Ventures has backed Atom Computing since their Series B, and leading this Series C reflects our deepening conviction in both the team and the technology,” said Curtis McKee, Partner at Third Point Ventures. “Neutral-atom quantum computing is one of the most credible paths to fault-tolerant systems at scale, and we believe commercial breakthroughs — in cybersecurity, defense, drug discovery, and financial modeling — are closer than the market appreciates. Atom Computing will be at the center of that moment.”

Atom Computing is using its recent funding for:

• Scaling next-generation quantum computers with higher qubit counts and improved fidelity
• Advancing the software, control systems, and error correction capabilities necessary for logical qubit operations
• Expanding global deployments, including on-premises systems for government, enterprise, and research customers
• Growing the company’s engineering, research, and go-to-market teams

“Atom Computing’s roadmap and execution towards a neutral atom fault tolerant quantum computing is truly impressive. DCVC has been with the Atom team from the start, and we are delighted to double down!” said Dr. Prineha Narang, a DCVC Operating Partner.

“Quantum computing is rapidly evolving from a research pursuit into a technology platform with real-world enterprise implications. As it matures, the industry will require scalable infrastructure, secure networking, and strong ecosystem collaboration to support real-world deployment,” added Aleem Rizvon, Vice President, Cisco Investment. “We are excited to invest in Atom Computing as it establishes itself as a leader in neutral-atom quantum computing.”

As industries increasingly explore quantum computing for applications in materials science, pharmaceuticals, energy, and logistics, demand is growing for systems capable of unlocking commercially relevant quantum applications. Atom Computing’s unique approach to quantum computing, utilizing arrays of optically-trapped neutral atoms, is widely recognized as one of the most viable paths to reaching commercial utility and positions the company to play a leading role in enabling practical quantum applications in the years ahead.

About Atom Computing
Atom Computing is developing large-scale quantum computers to enable companies and researchers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Utilizing highly scalable arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms, the company has developed systems with over 1,200 qubits, featuring advanced capabilities towards fault-tolerant quantum computing. Atom Computing’s on-premises systems provide customers with new computational tools and logical qubit capabilities to address increasingly complex applications and to grow their quantum ecosystem. In 2025 Atom Computing sold its first commercial on-premises quantum computer to QuNorth, a Nordic quantum initiative funded by EIFO and Novo Nordisk Foundation. Learn more at atom-computing.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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State-of-the-art, in-house models power more than 3.5 million long, complex conversations each week across regulated industries

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2026 — Bland today announced it has raised a $50 million Series C, underscoring its leadership position in voice AI for complex, real-world conversations. The round was led by Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Archerman Capital, and Tribeca Venture Partners. All existing investors also participated, including Emergence Capital, Upfront Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Max Levchin, Piotr Dąbkowski, and Jeff Lawson.

In under three years since its founding, Bland has raised more than $100 million and is trusted by leading organizations including Samsara, Kin Insurance, and CNO Financial Group. The company’s rapid adoption reflects demand for AI systems that can handle the most complex, high-stakes interactions at scale.

While most of the market is built on top of third-party foundation models, Bland develops its own models in-house, purpose-built for voice. These systems are designed to take on long, unpredictable, high-stakes conversations that short calls, scripts, and phone trees cannot handle.

Today, Bland handles more than 3.5 million calls per week across healthcare, financial services, and other regulated industries where conversations are complex and mistakes carry real consequences.

“Most voice AI systems are built for simple interactions,” said Isaiah Granet, CEO and co-founder of Bland. “We are focused on the calls that are hardest to automate. The ones that are long, non-linear, and where things can go wrong at any point.”

AI Is Moving Into the Conversations That Actually Matter

A typical Bland call can last 30 to 45 minutes.

In healthcare, that can mean walking an elderly patient through using a blood pressure cuff, troubleshooting issues, interpreting readings, and determining whether to escalate to emergency services. The conversation shifts constantly and rarely follows a fixed path.

These are the interactions most systems cannot handle.

“They’re not linear,” said Granet. “They’re meandering. They require judgment. That’s where the real work is.”

While many voice platforms focus on transactional use cases such as ecommerce, scheduling, and basic support routing, Bland is designed to take ownership of the interaction itself.

From Scripts to Systems That Can Own the Call

Bland replaces rigid scripts with models that track context across long conversations, adapt in real time, and carry interactions from start to finish.

Because those models are built in-house, the company can optimize directly for the constraints of voice, including latency, interruption, ambiguity, and continuity. These are treated as core system requirements, not edge cases.

“Voice is its own domain,” said Granet. “If you want to handle these kinds of calls, you have to build specifically for it.”

This approach allows customers to move beyond incremental efficiency gains and rethink how work gets done. Instead of deflecting a small percentage of volume, organizations can automate entire categories of conversations that were previously handled by large teams.

New Investment Fuels Next Phase of Growth

With this new funding, Bland will expand its research efforts, grow its engineering team, and continue scaling its platform across industries where conversations are central to operations.

“Voice is one of the hardest problems in AI, and Bland is one of the few companies tackling it at the level required for real-world deployment,” said Elana Lian, Partner at Dell Technologies Capital. “Their decision to build models in-house and focus on complex, high-stakes interactions has positioned them ahead of the market.”

About Bland

Bland is a voice AI platform for deploying production-grade AI agents across phone, SMS, and chat, enabling companies to automate customer interactions and drive measurable business outcomes.

With 250+ enterprise customers, hundreds of thousands of self-service users, and over 175 million AI phone calls handled just last year, Bland powers complex, high-reliability conversations at scale. Visit https://bland.com/ to learn more.

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Building the physical world’s first agentic AI foundation model, already deployed with Blue Origin, Cadillac F1, and Sandvik, the company is bringing AI out of the digital world and onto the factory floor

TEL AVIV, Israel and NEW YORK, June 16, 2026 — Limitless Labs (formerly LimitlessCNC), the world’s first Agentic Physical AI platform for CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing) in mechanical manufacturing, today announced a $20 million Series A round co-led by Dell Technologies Capital and Square Peg, with participation from Grove Ventures, Meron Capital, and Kinetica. The agent works inside the CAD/CAM systems that engineers already use, helping manufacturers capture, standardize, and scale the expertise of their most experienced programmers.

Since emerging from stealth, Limitless Labs has scaled from initial pilots to full production deployments with Blue Origin, Cadillac F1, Sandvik, and Iscar across aerospace, defense, motorsports, and industrial machinery, reducing CNC programming time by up to 50%. The platform is ITAR-compliant and deployable on AWS GovCloud, meeting the rigorous security requirements of the industry’s most regulated environments.

As demand for complex, high-precision parts grows, manufacturers are facing a deepening talent crisis. Nearly a quarter of the US manufacturing workforce is 55 or older, and 97% of manufacturers cite knowledge retention as their top concern. With 409,000 positions already unfilled, a gap projected to reach 1.9 million by 2033, programming critical aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial parts still depends on manual work, tribal knowledge, and years of hard-won experience.

“The manufacturing world doesn’t just need more automation, it needs a better way to capture and scale the expertise that still lives inside the heads of a relatively small number of experienced machinists,” said David Priev, Co-founder and CEO of Limitless Labs. “We built Limitless Labs to work inside the CAD/CAM systems manufacturers already use, helping teams standardize best practices, reduce programming bottlenecks, and free senior programmers to focus on the hardest work, without giving up control. We believe the next major AI platform will be built for the physical world, and that starts with giving manufacturers a way to scale their best knowledge across every new part and every new engineer.”

At the core of the platform is the company’s Physical AI Foundation Model, trained not on text or generic code, but on the physics of metal cutting, CAD geometry, and the operational constraints of real machines. The model powers Limitless Labs’ CAM Agent, which currently works inside platforms such as Mastercam, NX, and Creo. Given a CAD file, the CAM Agent identifies features, recommends tools, sequences operations, generates toolpaths, and helps produce a shop-floor-ready program, reducing programming time by up to 50% while engineers maintain control of the workflow.

“Limitless Labs represents the next wave of enterprise AI, moving beyond digital workflows and into the physical world of precision manufacturing,” said Yair Snir, Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital. “Their unique foundation model and the caliber of their production deployments gave us conviction that this team is building the defining platform for AI in manufacturing.”

“Eighteen months ago, we backed Limitless Labs’ vision that agentic AI could transform the factory floor,” said Lior Handelsman, General Partner at Grove Ventures and Co-Founder of SolarEdge. “What the team has achieved since then has exceeded expectations. They are combining deep technical innovation with practical software in a way that could reshape how the world’s most critical parts are made.”

The new funding will be used to build out a dedicated U.S. commercial organization, advance its Physical AI Foundation Model toward closed-loop CNC automation, and grow its CAM Agent, which helps manufacturers automate key parts of CNC programming inside the CAD/CAM systems engineers already use. The company plans to expand its deep-tech research lab in Tel Aviv and expects to roughly double headcount over the next 12 months. Limitless Labs will also be in attendance at Reindustrialize 2026 on June 16-17 in Detroit, Michigan, taking part in the push to rebuild American manufacturing, which continues to gain momentum.

About Limitless Labs

Limitless Labs, formerly LimitlessCNC, is the developer of the world’s first Agentic Physical AI platform for CAD/CAM in mechanical parts manufacturing. Its Physical AI Foundation Model powers an Agent that helps automate CNC programming inside the CAM systems engineers already use, including Siemens NX CAM, Mastercam, and PTC Creo. The platform is deployed across cloud, private VPC, and AWS GovCloud environments with full ITAR compliance support. Founded in 2024 by David Priev, Assaf Peleg, and Shahaf Finder, the company is headquartered in Tel Aviv and is expanding its commercial presence in the United States. The company has raised $27.3 million to date from Dell Technologies Capital, Square Peg, Grove Ventures, Meron Capital, and Kinetica. For more information, visit www.limitless-labs.ai.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 16, 2026 — Eileen Inc., a next-generation retail technology platform, today announced a strategic investment from DisPact Ventures, a venture capital firm that backs disruptive brands and technologies across the consumer landscape, extending the company’s previously announced pre-seed round. The investment comes just months after Eileen’s $1 million pre-seed led by Top Shelf Ventures and will accelerate the expansion of its retail insights and execution platform, which bridges the gap between real-time store insights and operational execution for Bev Alc and CPG brands of all sizes.

Eileen’s core innovation is its Performance Hub, a centralized platform that integrates store-level data captured by its own network of “Shoppers,” paired with AI-driven analytics to act on that data on-the-ground at scale.

Since launching in January, Eileen has scaled quickly. The platform now serves over 70 brands across 49 states, supported by a network of 25,000+ Shoppers who have captured insights from over 90 retail banners and 5,600 unique stores. The rapid adoption underscores growing demand from consumer brands for faster, more affordable visibility into retail execution and in-store performance.

“Brands lose at the shelf because they can’t see the shelf,” said Jordan Karcher, Founder and CEO of Eileen Inc. “Our pre-seed proved there’s real demand for changing that. DisPact has built consumer brands that live or die at retail, and their partnership lets us expand the quality and availability of real-time, photo-verified shelf data to the brands that need it most, at a price they can actually afford.”

The company plans to use the new capital to:

• Scale the AI infrastructure
• Expand technical talent
• Accelerate go-to-market strategy

“Retail execution remains one of the largest blind spots in consumer products. Brands invest millions driving demand, only to lose sales because products aren’t on the shelf, displays aren’t built, or inventory issues go unnoticed. Eileen is solving that problem with a scalable, technology-driven approach that delivers real-time visibility and actionable intelligence at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. As operators and investors in consumer brands, we’ve experienced these challenges firsthand, and we’re excited to partner with Jordan and his team as they build what we believe can become the category-defining platform for retail execution and in-store intelligence.” said Andrew Merinoff, Founder and Managing Partner of DisPact Ventures.

About Eileen Inc.

Eileen Inc. provides a high-performance retail execution engine designed for the modern brand. By combining AI-driven analytics with a seamless Performance Hub, Eileen helps brands instantly bridge the gap between store-floor insights and operational execution.

About DisPact Ventures

DisPact Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by entrepreneur and investor Andrew Merinoff that partners with next-generation founders across consumer products, hospitality, technology, and retail. DisPact combines strategic capital with hands-on operating expertise, helping founders accelerate growth through access to industry relationships, distribution networks, retail partnerships, and experienced operators. Portfolio companies include SevenRooms, The Finnish Long Drink, Chinola Fresh Fruit Liqueurs, Coconut Cartel, SipMargs, Empirical Spirits, and other emerging consumer and technology businesses operating around the world.

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MIAMI, June 16, 2026 — LEBEC, a global innovative finance platform, today announced a strategic investment from CCM Holding Company, LLC, the parent company to Community Capital Management, LLC (CCM). CCM is a $7 billion institutional asset manager with over 25 years of experience seeking to deliver competitive risk-adjusted market-rate returns alongside impact solutions. The investment marks a significant milestone as LEBEC scales its three integrated pillars: strategic advisory, investment management (LEBEC Capital Partners), and narrative change. LEBEC’s unique approach directs more capital toward leading innovations addressing systemic risks in sectors such as water, regenerative agriculture, energy, health, and infrastructure.

Founded in 1998, CCM develops market-rate strategies for institutional clients seeking strong financial performance and tangible societal outcomes. Its investment in LEBEC extends that legacy into private markets innovation. By combining CCM’s institutional scale and track record with LEBEC’s deep expertise in asset management, innovative finance, and social entrepreneurship, the partnership bridges the critical gap between traditional investing and the frontline solutions building a resilient global economy. It sets a powerful precedent for how the financial industry can unite to close the global $5 trillion annual financing gap for solutions addressing systemic risks.

“We are truly honored to welcome CCM as a partner,” said Alix Lebec, Founder and CEO of LEBEC. “The world’s most pressing challenges cannot be solved in silos. This investment validates our approach to mainstreaming innovative finance—by building diversified private market portfolios across interconnected sectors and driving narrative change across media and entertainment. Advancing human dignity and global resilience is essential for our planet and economy. To succeed, the financial innovations driving this work must be made understandable and culturally visible to all audiences through media and entertainment. Alyssa Greenspan and the entire CCM team share our vision for moving capital differently, and their trust in our team will accelerate our impact.”

“CCM is making a strategic investment in LEBEC based on our belief in Alix and her team’s vision and execution,” said Alyssa Greenspan, CFA, CEO and President of CCM. “The team brings clear purpose, deep experience, and a fresh approach to directing capital to businesses and projects with meaningful impact. We are excited to support LEBEC’s growth and encourage other investors and partners to engage with the work they are leading.”

This announcement follows the recent launch of LEBEC Capital Partners, which will construct and invest in diversified, multi-asset class portfolios of specialized private market funds. These portfolios accelerate decarbonization, adaptation, and economic mobility solutions while targeting attractive risk-adjusted returns. LEBEC Capital Partners is uniquely positioned to address emerging investment blind spots—most notably the physical infrastructure, water, and energy dependencies associated with scaling technologies like AI.

“Scaling innovations across critical resources like water, food, and clean energy must accelerate exponentially this decade,” said Julia Wilkinson, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at LEBEC. “Despite this urgency, traditional markets consistently overlook the private market funds driving these solutions. LEBEC Capital Partners fills this gap. The portfolios of private market funds we invest in are scaling frontline solutions, and the data is clear: investing in decarbonization and adaptation could unlock an estimated $1.4 trillion in broader economic benefits—proving that systemic solutions are a fundamental driver of long-term value creation.”

About LEBEC
LEBEC is a global innovative finance platform addressing a $5T annual financing gap for systemic solutions building a resilient economy and planet. With 20+ years of experience across asset management, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship, LEBEC is mainstreaming innovative finance through three integrated pillars: (a) strategic advisory, (b) investment management, and (c) narrative change.

LEBEC advises asset owners and social entrepreneurs on innovative finance strategies, narratives, and financial structuring. Through its investment manager, LEBEC Capital Partners, it constructs diversified private market fund portfolios designed to pursue competitive, risk-adjusted returns and accelerate decarbonization, adaptation, and economic mobility solutions. The LEBEC team brings deep cross-sector experience and emphasizes disciplined portfolio construction, thoughtful risk management, and long-term value creation.

For more information, visit lebec.co.

About Community Capital Management (CCM), LLC
Founded in 1998, Community Capital Management, LLC (CCM) is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm’s mission seeks to deliver competitive risk-adjusted returns through investment strategies that contribute to positive societal outcomes. For more information, please visit: www.ccminvests.com.

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Oversubscribed round led by LiveOak Ventures will support new Depositary Receipt offerings, expanded market distribution, and scale the team ahead of new product launches

HOUSTON, June 16, 2026 — Receipts Depositary Corporation (RDC), the first depositary with the ability to issue depositary receipts (DR) on digital and alternative assets, today announced the close of a $7 million oversubscribed funding round. The round was led by LiveOak Ventures, with participation from strategic investors including Hivemind Capital, Onigiri Capital, OTC Markets Group, GTS, and Redbeard Ventures.

The funding will support RDC’s next phase of growth, including the launch of new DR products, expansion of distribution capabilities, continued investment in capital markets infrastructure, and strategic hiring across the organization.

RDC provides the issuer services, operational infrastructure, and market connectivity required to bring DR products to U.S. investors across a range of asset classes, connecting asset issuers, intermediaries, and U.S. capital markets through regulated, securities market-eligible instruments. The company was founded by a team with more than a decade of experience in the DR business.

“This funding round is a strong validation of what we’re building at RDC and the growing demand for modernized Depositary Receipt infrastructure,” said Ankit Mehta, Chief Executive Officer of RDC. “With the support of LiveOak Ventures and our investor partners, we are accelerating development across our DR platform expanding our market reach, and building the team needed to support the next generation of DR products.”

“Depositary Receipts are trusted, regulated capital markets products which RDC is bringing to an entirely new universe of assets, from commodities to digital assets, that have historically been out of reach of traditional securities markets. said Krishna Srinivasan, Founding Partner at LiveOak Ventures. “The team’s depth of experience in the DR business on a global scale, combined with the broad institutional validation from co-investors, anchor customers, and strategic partners across asset classes, makes RDC uniquely positioned to define this category. We’re proud to lead this round and support the company as it scales.”

The proceeds from the round will support three strategic priorities. First, RDC will accelerate the development of its next-generation DR product offerings across a wider range of asset categories. Second, the company will expand its go-to-market efforts and deepen relationships across the DR ecosystem, including banks, broker-dealers, market makers, custodians, and exchange partners. Third, RDC will continue scaling its team across product, operations, technology, and commercial functions.

RDC is actively hiring as it expands its platform and prepares for upcoming product launches. The company is seeking professionals with capital markets expertise and a passion for building infrastructure that expands access to digital and alternative asset markets.

About Receipts Depositary Corporation

RDC is the first depositary with the ability to issue depositary receipts (DRs) on digital and alternative assets. RDC’s products currently enable investors to own a wide range of assets through compliant, institution-grade DR instruments designed to enhance liquidity, access, and cross-border efficiency. This ability reflects the founders’ decade of experience in the DR business. Combining deep capital markets expertise with innovation, RDC is building a modern, transparent, technology-driven depositary platform designed for today’s markets, and plans to expand its suite of products to make certain offerings available to retail investors. RDC is not a bank and is not registered as a broker, dealer or investment adviser in any jurisdiction. Learn more at www.receiptsdepo.com.

About LiveOak Ventures

LiveOak Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. With over 23 years of successful venture investing in Texas, the founders of LiveOak have helped create nearly $5 billion of enterprise value. While almost all of LiveOak’s investments begin in the early stages, LiveOak is a complete life cycle investor focused on technology and technology-enabled service companies. With nearly $500M under management, LiveOak has led investments in 60 high-growth Texas-based companies, including DISCO (NYSE: LAW), Eventus, Schoolinks, AmplifAI, Homeward, Take Command Health, and Osano. Recognized as the Venture Capital Firm of the Year at the inaugural A-List awards by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, LiveOak is dedicated to supporting local founders, fostering the next generation of leaders, and building category-dominating companies.

About Hivemind Capital

Hivemind Capital is a global investment group operating at the intersection of traditional finance and the onchain economy. Founded in 2021, Hivemind allocates institutional capital across a diverse set of investment strategies, and implements technology infrastructure to help assets and institutions transition onto blockchain rails with discipline, durability, and scale. Learn more at hivemind.capital.

About GTS

GTS is a collection of financial services companies spanning a wide array of asset classes and investment approaches, all powered by the combination of market expertise with innovative, proprietary technology. With roots as a quantitative trading firm continually building for the future, the GTS family of companies are able to leverage the latest in artificial intelligence systems and sophisticated pricing models to bring consistency, efficiency, and transparency to today’s financial markets. GTS’s electronic market maker GTS Securities accounts for 3-5% of daily cash equities volume in the U.S. and is a leading Designated Market Maker (DMM) at the New York Stock Exchange, responsible for nearly $13 trillion of market capitalization.

About Onigiri Capital

Onigiri Capital is a venture capital fund launched by Saison Capital, the corporate venture arm of Japan’s Credit Saison. Onigiri is on a mission to support innovation to chart the next chapter of finance through facilitating trust, scale, and adoption for blockchain technology. The fund leverages its Asian institutional heritage to fund, advise, and empower blockchain founders who are unlocking real-world, global financial products and utility across stablecoins, payments, tokenized assets, DeFi, and financial markets infrastructure. For more information, visit onigiri.vc.

About OTC Markets Group

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities. Our data-driven disclosure standards form the foundation of our public markets: OTCQX® Best Market, OTCQB® Venture Market, OTCID™ Basic Market and Pink Limited™ Market. Our OTC Link® Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) provide critical market infrastructure that broker-dealers rely on to facilitate trading. Our innovative model offers companies more efficient access to the U.S. financial markets.

OTC Link ATS, OTC Link ECN, OTC Link NQB, OTC Overnight® and MOON ATS® are each an SEC regulated ATS, operated by OTC Link LLC, a FINRA and SEC registered broker-dealer, member SIPC.

To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient markets, visit www.otcmarkets.com.

About Red Beard Ventures

Red Beard Ventures (RBV) runs a leading stage/sector-agnostic syndicate & a web3 / AI fund. The syndicate is one of the most active syndicates on AngelList + Echo and invests in Frontier Technology with a focus on Space, Sports, Industrial Robotics, Defense and Biotech. RBV invests anywhere between $100k – $1.5M per deal and has invested in Vast Aerospace, Layerzero, Major League Pickleball – Texas Ranchers, Unstoppable Domains, Liquid Death, Canva, Anduril, SpaceX, and 200+ other companies.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. RDC undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release. Nothing in this press release should be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

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DANBURY, Conn., June 16, 2026 — Global Jet Capital, a global leader in financial solutions for business aircraft, announced today the closing of its BJETS 2026-1 securitization, raising approximately $659.0 million. BJETS 2026-1 is Global Jet Capital’s nineth asset-backed security (ABS) offering, bringing total assets securitized to approximately $6.7 billion and bonds issued to approximately $5.4 billion.

The BJETS 2026-1 offering contained three tranches of notes: a $561.39 million Class A tranche, a $56.95 million Class B tranche, and a $40.68 million Class C tranche. S&P Global Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency LLC assigned BJETS 2026-1 ratings of A/A, BBB+/BBB and BB/BB on the Class A, B and C tranches, respectively. The transaction attracted 41 unique investors, 12 of which were new to the BJETS program.

As with previous BJETS issuances, BJETS 2026-1 securitizes the cash flows from business aircraft loans and leases representing a diverse group of obligors and assets. BJETS 2026-1 includes 28 leases and loans to corporations and global business leaders representing 20 unique industries. 16 different aircraft models – primarily mid- to large-cabin business aircraft – are represented in the transaction.

Morgan Stanley & Co. was the lead structuring agent and lead bookrunner and Deutsche Bank Securities, BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, KKR Capital Markets and TCG Capital Markets were joint structuring agents and joint bookrunners for the BJETS 2026-1 transaction. In addition, Citizens JMP Securities & PNC Capital Markets were co-managers. Global Jet Capital will continue to service the securitized assets.

Vivek Kaushal, CEO of Global Jet Capital, stated, “The success of our latest issuance reflects our continued portfolio performance and execution, which is made possible by the dedication and hard work of the entire Global Jet Capital team. As always, we are grateful for the ongoing support of our lenders and investors and their commitment and confidence in our business.”

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About Global Jet Capital

With more than $5.6 billion in originations, Global Jet Capital provides comprehensive financing solutions for the business aircraft market. The Global Jet Capital management team has served the business aircraft industry for a combined 325-plus years. The Company has the expertise, financial strength, industry relationships and infrastructure necessary to offer a variety of flexible financing solutions at the speed the market requires. Visit www.globaljetcapital.com to learn more.

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New 36,000 sqft Massachusetts facility, modular production cell with Re:Build Manufacturing, and Kanematsu Corporation as commercial distribution partner anchor the next phase of MetalsFIRST deployment

BOSTON, June 16, 2026 — Foundation Alloy, the 21^st-century metals company building a new way to engineer alloys, today announced $22 million in Series A financing to scale production on its MetalsFIRST™ platform—a fully integrated, solid-state metallurgy technology—to industrial volumes. The round was led by Voyager Ventures, with participation from Trust Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures, America’s Frontier Fund, Overlap Holdings, Material Impact, Engine Ventures, and El Cap. An additional investment was made by Kanematsu Corporation, a global Japanese trading house, which signed a definitive distribution partnership and is bringing Foundation Alloy’s materials to major industrial customers across Japan and Southeast Asia. Foundation Alloy products, all manufactured in the United States, are being piloted by customers today across North America, Europe and Japan.

Engineering alloys are the hidden enabler in every advanced industrial system on the planet, from jet engines, rockets, and energy infrastructure to precision components found in luxury goods like chef’s knives and watches. But the way they’re made hasn’t fundamentally changed since before the space race. Legacy melt-based methods are energy-intensive, slow, and bumping against a performance ceiling that the traditional process can no longer break through. In the military-industrial complex, specific metal components are running 900-day lead times, keeping aircraft on the ground and constraining the rebuilding of defense stockpiles. The bottlenecks for new technologies and systems are both performance and supply issues.

The funding transitions Foundation Alloy into an industrial supplier. This summer, the company is opening a new 36,000 sqft facility in Massachusetts, standing up an additional modular production cell with Re:Build Manufacturing in southern New Hampshire, and doubling headcount across production, engineering, and commercial operations. 

“Metals made through our platform are being used by customers today in commercial pilots with Japanese industrials, in production trials across North America and Europe, and in forging demonstrations with LIFT in Detroit,” said Jake Guglin, CEO of Foundation Alloy. “This Series A funds the factory, not the lab. Our new Massachusetts facility and modular production cell are set to grow capacity from pilot-scale today to tons per week by 2027—a 100x increase, built on a modular equipment platform that deploys and scales 10x faster than traditional metals manufacturing. We’re hiring across production, engineering, and commercial teams to help meet surging demand in defense, advanced manufacturing, and energy where legacy materials and supply chains are failing. Our team is uniquely positioned to solve these challenges right now.”

Foundation Alloy’s MetalsFIRST approach is a fully integrated, solid-state platform encompassing composition design, mechanical alloying, shape forming, and sintering, that produces engineered alloys without ever entering the molten state. This process enables faster, simpler manufacturing cycles, capital-efficient industrial scale up, and access to alloy compositions and properties impossible to achieve with legacy melt processes. Foundation Alloy’s specialty and stainless steels are engineered for the most demanding applications while requiring 80%–90% fewer production steps, while its Molyclast® product line includes MC1200, a molybdenum alloy that delivers more than 3x the strength of commercial alternatives. This combination of superior performance and manufacturability unlocks new capabilities for demanding applications across the industrial space. 

“Foundation Alloy’s platform addresses the most persistent challenges our customers face—productivity, equipment utilization, and supply-chain reliability—through a fundamentally different production approach,” said Kenyu Okawara, General Manager, Kanematsu Corporation. “Client companies across our network are already evaluating Foundation Alloy’s materials for high-demand applications, and we look forward to delivering these next-generation alloys to manufacturers across Japan and Asia as part of our solution-oriented approach to the metals business. We see the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars of demand for these materials across Japan and Southeast Asia in the coming years.”

“Aerospace, defense, energy, and precision manufacturing need alloys that are stronger, cheaper, and faster to produce than anything available today. Foundation Alloy delivers this leap forward with metals engineered at the atomic level through its MetalsFIRST platform. Voyager is proud to back this team as they redefine metals and manufacturing, all made in America,” said Sarah Sclarsic, Founder and Managing Partner at Voyager Ventures.

Foundation Alloy’s products are in industrial pilots today through its Molyclast family of molybdenum-based alloys which are used across hot forging, die casting, and high-temperature applications. Foundation Alloy is already expanding into iron-based alloys, including stainless, tool and high-performance specialty steels with multiple customer pilot programs. The company’s near-term product expansion targets cutting tools and blades, with longer-term applications in aerospace components, defense systems, and next-generation energy technologies. Customers can take MetalsFIRST output as fully finished parts, near finished parts, or in stock form. 

LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, is an accelerator connecting advanced materials, manufacturing processes, systems engineering and talent development enhancing America’s manufacturing competitiveness, national economy and security.

“The Department of War Manufacturing Innovation Institutes’ core mission is to accelerate transformational technology into the U.S. industrial base and to support the successful scale up of those innovations,” said Nigel Francis, CEO and Executive Director, LIFT. “We are tremendously proud to see that vision realized with Foundation Alloy and this important Series A funding. Our testbed and pilot plant facility in Detroit played a pivotal role in testing and demonstrating Foundation Alloy’s novel technology, helping to lay the foundation for this next phase of growth—right here in the United States.”

About Foundation Alloy
Foundation Alloy is the 21st-century metals company. MetalsFIRST™ is a fully integrated, solid-state platform that ends the melt-based era of metals manufacturing. New alloys go from design to production in months instead of years, and finished parts ship in days with advanced performance legacy methods cannot match. The company has 17 granted patents on its underlying processes and is backed by Voyager Ventures, Material Impact, El Cap, Yamaha Motors, Trust Ventures, Engine Ventures, America’s Frontier Fund, Overlap Holdings, Kanematsu Corporation, Alumni Ventures, and Safar Partners. To learn more about how Foundation Alloy is building the metals layer of modern American manufacturing, visit foundationalloy.com.

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NEW YORK, June 16, 2026 –HeyMilo AI, the agentic recruiting platform for high-volume hiring, today announced it has raised a total of $6 million led by Category Ventures, with participation from Canaan Partners, Alumni Ventures, and ERA.

The company has onboarded leading staffing agencies, RPOs, and enterprise employers including Randstad, WilsonHCG, and Neo Financial, and has screened more than one million candidates in production across staffing, BPO, and high-volume corporate hiring.

Hiring teams face a growing mismatch: candidates use AI to apply and prepare at scale while most recruiting processes still run on a PDF and a phone call. HeyMilo builds structured, interactive screening directly into the application itself. When someone applies, screening starts immediately across voice, video, phone, SMS, and resume agents. Recruiters receive rubric-scored results and evidence-backed transcripts inside the ATS they already use.

“High-volume hiring only works if you can vet everyone fairly and send recruiters to the people who deserve their time,” said Sabashan Ragavan, co-founder and CEO. “We are changing how companies hire by changing what happens from the second a candidate applies. With some of the largest staffing agencies and enterprises screening candidates across conversational SMS, resume screening, video and voice interviews, and candidate fraud detection, the production signal is clear: recruiting teams are ready for a recruiting intelligence layer that delivers ROI at scale.”

Alongside the funding, HeyMilo is launching three new agent types. AI Scenario Assessment puts candidates through a live scenario with a built-in AI assistant and rubric-scores how they plan, prompt, and judge AI output, closing a proof gap that resumes and generic interviews cannot. Candidate Recommendations resurfaces previously screened applicants from the ATS and returns ranked shortlists without manual re-engagement. Notetaker captures structured notes across live recruiter-led interviews so every candidate interaction produces consistent, reviewable signals.

“AI is fundamentally changing the way companies need to vet applicants for roles and HeyMilo has quickly emerged as a leader in that transformation,” said Villi Iltchev, Founder & Managing Partner at Category Ventures.

About HeyMilo HeyMilo is an agentic recruiting platform for high-volume hiring teams. Founded in 2023 by Sabashan Ragavan and Ramie Raufdeen, HeyMilo has raised $6 million to date. Learn more at heymilo.ai.

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