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Openstream.ai Strengthens Market Leadership with Patent for Advanced Multimodal AI Reasoning

New Patent Brings AI Closer to True Multimodal Conversational Understanding

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Nov. 4, 2025 — Openstream.ai announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a foundational patent covering the company’s innovative method and system for processing multimodal conversations using advanced attention mechanisms and contextual reasoning.

This newly allowed patent defines how AI systems can intelligently interpret, learn from, and respond to complex human interactions that span multiple modalities—such as voice, text, gestures, facial expressions, images, video, and eye gaze—to generate contextually aware and adaptive responses.

At the heart of the invention is a novel framework that allows an AI system to:

  • Fuse data from multiple sensors and inputs to interpret meaning beyond words.
  • Apply attention mechanisms that dynamically learn what to focus on—whether it’s tone, visual cues, or conversational context.
  • Understand conversation flow over time through dual “sequence” and “temporal” attention streams.
  • Continuously learn from user interactions to deliver more relevant and personalized responses.
  • Generate actionable responses across enterprise data and applications, displayed in an intuitive, interactive dashboard.

“This patent marks a big step toward AI that understands people the way people understand each other,” David Stark, CMO at Openstream.ai. “With our novel approach, now machines can adapt to how humans naturally communicate, making agentic conversations meaningful.”

“By combining multimodal perception with causal reasoning and adaptive attention, Openstream.ai’s technology brings AI closer to true conversational intelligence—creating the foundation for AI systems that will engage in natural, fluid interactions across any communication modality, where understanding true intent beyond literal commands is paramount,” added Dr. Reza Haffari, Chief AI Scientist of Openstream.ai.

These advanced capabilities are now integral to Openstream.ai’s Eva™ platform—delivering grounded, hallucination-resistant AI that understands real-time context, intent, and the nuances of human interaction. With Eva, users can engage naturally with enterprise knowledge: for instance, an analyst can simply point to an anomaly on a live dashboard and ask, “Why did this spike occur?” and Eva instantly correlates data across systems to explain the cause and recommend next actions.

Eva also deepens brand relationships through multimodal understanding. Its AI agents interpret sentiment from vocal cues, facial expressions, gestures, and even silence—responding with empathy and precision. For example, a customer filing an auto insurance claim can walk around their vehicle on video while speaking with Eva, which identifies damage, verifies coverage, and initiates the claim—all on the spot, without frustration or delay.

This patent adds to the momentum of a series of notable achievements for Openstream.ai in 2025, including recent patents Multimodal Collaborative Plan-Based Dialogue and Trustworthy AI, being named to KMWorld magazine’s Trendsetting Products of 2025 list, named a 2025 KMWorld 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management, the 2025 World Future Award for Best Multimodal Platform, an AI Visionary on the eWeek Top AI Companies in 2025 list, and being included in over 20 Garter Reports.

About Openstream.ai

Openstream.ai is redefining human-AI collaboration with Eva™, its neuro-symbolic, multimodal Agentic AI platform. Designed to understand intent, context, and emotion, Eva™ delivers accurate, explainable, and human-like AI experiences for enterprises worldwide.

For more information about Openstream.ai, visit www.openstream.ai or follow the company on LinkedIn.

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Meta, Snap, and Google Are Building XR Glasses — But Flying Eye Reality Now Owns the Ad Layer Beneath Them

With its fourth spatial patent — part of a 16-patent AR social portfolio — Flying Eye’s Spotselfie® platform owns the monetization layer of the $100B AI + AR spatial economy.

CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2025 — As Big Tech races to dominate the XR hardware market, one company has quietly claimed the territory they’ll need to make it pay. Flying Eye Reality, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued its fourth major spatial advertising patent, completing a portfolio that defines and protects the ownership, leasing, and monetization of virtual land tied to real-world locations.

“This fourth spatial patent secures the missing piece,” said Ray Shingler, Co-Founder of Flying Eye Reality. “While Meta, Snap, and Google build the glasses, we own the ad space beneath them. As AI-powered XR devices go mainstream, these patents become the foundation for how real-world advertising and digital land will operate in the spatial era.”

With this milestone, Flying Eye Reality now holds the most comprehensive global portfolio for AR social media, digital land ownership, and spatial advertising. Together, the four patents enable:

  • Creation of virtual subdivisions mapped to real-world areas
  • User and organizational leaseholds tied directly to those locations
  • Dynamic reassignment and sharing of leaseholds based on traffic, demographics, or marketing criteria
  • AR storefronts, signage, and advertising units overlaid on physical spaces, creating a new socially networked layer of commerce in the real world.

The Future: AI + XR Glasses Skyrocket Patent Value

As more than 40 companies, including Apple, Meta, Google, and Snap, race to release XR glasses, these patents become exponentially more valuable. With AI driving context-aware ad placement, Flying Eye Reality’s portfolio ensures that digital land advertising anchored to real-world spaces can only occur through its patented frameworks.

According to Verified Market Reports, the augmented reality for advertising market is projected to reach $30 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 18.4% (Verified Market Reports). https://www.verifiedmarketreports.com/product/augmented-reality-for-advertising-market/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Real-World Use Case

Spotselfie has already proven this technology in real-world settings on a large U.S. university campus, where ads, storefronts, and Spotlands® were successfully anchored to real-world locations. This first-of-its-kind deployment validates Flying Eye Reality’s patents as the foundation for AR advertising tied to real-world locations.

Imagine walking across a college campus or through a stadium and seeing AR storefronts, branded signage, and interactive pop-ups anchored to real-world buildings and spaces. That’s precisely what Flying Eye Reality’s Spotselfie® platform enables, turning digital land into a monetizable layer of the real world.

Spotselfie®: The Exclusive Platform

Unlike Meta, Snap, Google XR, or Apple, only Spotselfie®, the AR Social Metaverse, is fully positioned to benefit from this four-patent portfolio. Spotselfie already operates as the only AR social platform where users, creators, and brands interact through GPS-anchored campaigns and digital land monetization.

Strategic Acquisition & Licensing Opportunity

Flying Eye Reality believes its patent portfolio represents a strategic acquisition or licensing opportunity for companies building the next generation of XR hardware and immersive platforms. The company’s intellectual property provides the legal foundation for location-anchored monetization in AR/XR, ensuring that the coming wave of AI-powered glasses must run through Flying Eye Reality’s innovations.

About Flying Eye Reality, Inc.
Flying Eye Reality pioneers technologies at the intersection of augmented reality, XR, and digital land monetization. Its flagship platform, Spotselfie®, the AR Social Metaverse, enables users, brands, and organizations to interact through AR layers mapped directly to real-world spaces.

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Evolectric, Alternative Fuel Leasing Company, and CALSTART Partner to Enable Small Fleet Electrification

Delivery of a CircularEV™ truck to Circular Fashion LA highlights how incentives, flexible financing, and retrofit innovation are unlocking access to clean mobility

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4, 2025 — Evolectric, Alternative Fuel Leasing Company (AFLC), and CALSTART, administrator of the California Air Resources Board’s Innovative Small E-Fleet Pilot Project (ISEF), announced a milestone in making fleet electrification accessible to small businesses and mission-driven organizations.

ISEF offers small fleets and independent owner-operators access to zero-emission vehicles through innovative solutions such as all-inclusive leases, rentals, truck sharing, and truck-as-a-service.

Through this collaboration, Circular Fashion LA received its first CircularEV™ truck, demonstrating how incentives, flexible financing, and retrofit innovation can converge to accelerate adoption of clean mobility.

This project illustrates a replicable model: ISEF reduces upfront costs, AFLC provides flexible financing, and Evolectric delivers scalable retrofit technology through its CircularEV™ solution, which transforms existing commercial trucks into fully electric, smart-enabled vehicles. Together, these enablers are breaking down barriers for small and medium-sized fleets that often struggle to access clean transportation options.

“This delivery shows the power of partnerships. When incentives and financing align with retrofit technology, we can give small fleets the same opportunities as large corporations to go electric,” said Jakson Alvarez, Co-Founder of Evolectric. “With CircularEV™, fleets don’t need to wait for expensive new vehicles. We make electrification faster, smarter, and more sustainable by reusing the assets they already trust.”

“Our mission is to empower fleet owners by upgrading to cleaner and smarter technology without the upfront financial burden.” said Preston Hayes, Founder of Alternative Fuel Leasing Co. “By leveraging ISEF and innovative retrofit solutions like Evolectric’s CircularEVTM, we can help organizations adopt zero-emission trucks at scale.”

“California’s Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project was designed to ensure fleets of all sizes can access clean vehicles,” said Niki Okuk, Deputy Director at CALSTART. “When technology providers like Evolectric and financing innovators like AFLC work together, it shows how we can deliver zero-emission trucks into the hands of small fleets, creating cleaner air in the communities that need it most.”

For Circular Fashion LA, the delivery marks a major step in expanding its mission to build a regenerative, circular fashion system.

“With this vehicle, we can expand our impact across Los Angeles,” said Karri Ann Frerichs, Founder of Circular Fashion LA. “Evolectric and its partners made this transition possible, showing how even small, mission-driven companies can access the tools to lead on sustainability.”

Both Evolectric and Circular Fashion LA are portfolio companies of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), where they first connected through their shared commitment to circular innovation.

The CircularEV™ truck will serve as Circular Fashion LA’s new Mobile Circular Fashion Lab, offering clothing repair, upcycling, and educational workshops directly in communities across Los Angeles. By combining clean transportation with circular fashion, the initiative shows how different industries can work together to reduce waste, extend asset life, and empower communities to embrace sustainability.

Read the full article and learn more here:

https://evolectricnow.com/blog

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Moment Energy secures Copec WIND Ventures investment and Forms Strategic Partnership with Copec

Partnership with Leading Latin American Energy Company Copec to Result in Deployment of GWhs of Second-Life Battery Projects in Latin America and Europe

VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 4, 2025 — Moment Energy, one of North America’s leading EV battery repurposing companies, today announced a strategic investment from Copec WIND Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Latin American energy leader Copec. The investment launches a commercial partnership focused on deploying gigawatt-hours of second-life battery energy storage projects across Latin America and Europe—one of the largest EV fleet repurposing initiatives outside of China.

To date, Moment Energy has raised nearly $60 million, including investments from Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Voyager Ventures, and now Copec WIND Ventures, along with more than $30 million in non-dilutive funding from the U.S. and Canadian governments.

Through this partnership, Moment Energy and Copec will deploy 45 megawatt-hours of near-term projects across commercial and industrial applications, expanding to an additional 300 MWh by repurposing batteries from Chile’s electric bus fleet—the second-largest in the world. The initiative marks a significant step toward establishing a domestic second-life battery supply chain in Latin America and Europe, thereby reducing reliance on Asian imports and fostering a more resilient, sustainable energy landscape across both regions. Currently, Copec distributes over 1 terawatt-hour (TWh) of energy annually from its energy storage facilities to its customers.

“At WIND Ventures, we see a looming supply gap for stationary energy storage as lithium-ion manufacturing stays focused on EVs,” said Brian Walsh, Head of Copec WIND Ventures. “Moment Energy has cracked the code on second-life batteries—turning what was once waste into safe, cost-effective, UL-certified storage systems. This partnership not only expands Moment’s commercial traction in Latin America but also strengthens domestic supply chains for energy storage in the Americas and Europe.”

“Partnering with Copec represents a pivotal milestone for Moment Energy,” said Edward Chiang, CEO and Co-Founder of Moment Energy. “Together, we’re deploying in Latin America and Europe, demonstrating how local repurposing can reduce supply chain dependencies, enhance energy security, and accelerate the global transition to clean, affordable, and reliable energy. We are excited to be working with one of the world’s leaders in EV bus fleets to enable a true circular economy and ensure all humans have access to clean, affordable, and reliable power.”

Moment Energy’s Luna battery energy storage system is the first repurposed battery system globally to achieve all key safety milestones with UL 1973, UL 9540, and UL 9540A certifications. The company’s system is powered by a proprietary, AI-driven Battery Management System (BMS), dynamically balancing thousands of cells, modules and packs from multiple OEMs, chemistries and states-of-health. This ensures industry-leading safety, reliability, and cost savings of over 30% compared to first-life battery systems, making them ideal for commercial, industrial, and grid-scale applications. Moment Energy has the most affordable, longest life, energy dense, commercial second-life system in the market.

“With this partnership, we are connecting with the global EV-battery supply chain, tapping into GWhs of supply. I am excited to accelerate repurposing and to welcome a new battery supplier into our pipeline,” said Sumreen Rattan, COO, Moment Energy.

The partnership aligns with growing global momentum to repurpose end-of-life EV batteries for stationary energy storage—a market projected to reach 965 GWh per year by 2035. With Chile’s growing fleet of retiring electric buses and Copec’s regional leadership in electrification, Moment Energy is uniquely positioned to scale second-life battery deployment at gigawatt-hour levels while fostering circular economy principles and reducing environmental waste.

About Moment Energy

Moment Energy is the world’s leading EV battery repurposing company, creating clean, affordable, and reliable battery energy storage systems (BESS) by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries. Moment Energy works with major automotive companies, including Mercedes Benz Energy, to support circular economy goals and ensure their batteries are safely used in second-life applications before they are recycled. The team supports utilities, microgrids and commercial customers to improve grid reliability, power EV charging stations and reduce demand charges, all with a sustainable and performant BESS solution made from repurposed EV batteries.

For more information, please visit – https://www.momentenergy.com

About Copec WIND Ventures

Based in San Francisco, Copec WIND Ventures is the strategic venture capital arm of Copec, one of the leading energy, mobility, and retail companies in Central and South America and one of the most valued brands throughout Latin America. WIND Ventures leverages Copec’s significant resources to accelerate growth, primarily within Latin America, for startups and scaleups across the world within the new mobility, energy, and retail sectors. Visit windventures.vc or follow us on LinkedIn.

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Alleviate Secures $150 Million Growth Investment from Sound Point Capital, Defining the “Debt-to-Wealth” Industry

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 4, 2025 — Alleviate Financial Solutions, LLC (“Alleviate”) today announced the closing of a $150 million growth capital investment from Sound Point Capital Management, LP. This funding marks a major step in establishing the Debt-to-Wealth category — which goes beyond traditional debt relief to help consumers transform their financial lives.

“With this investment, Alleviate is not only scaling — we’re defining a new industry,” said Michael Barsoum, CEO of Alleviate. “We are building one of the largest consumer financial companies in the country, but more importantly, we are pioneering the debt-to-wealth journey. This capital accelerates our ability to innovate, expand our platform, and serve millions of people who are earning more than debt relief — they are earning the tools to build lasting financial strength.”

“We are excited to partner with Alleviate as they deliver meaningful impact for consumers and advance innovative solutions that promote long-term financial health. This investment in debt settlement represents a disciplined extension of our strategy, supporting best-in-class originators who are addressing critical and underserved needs within consumer finance.”– Philip Bartow, Managing Director and Head of Specialty Finance, Sound Point Capital Management.

The financing will enable Alleviate to accelerate revenue growth, product innovation, and AI-powered operations. By integrating lending, financial education, and long-term wealth-building tools into its platform, Alleviate is creating a comprehensive financial ecosystem designed to move consumers beyond debt and toward financial growth.

About Alleviate Financial Solutions
Alleviate Financial Solutions is a next-generation financial services company on a mission to help consumers move from debt to wealth. Through innovative products, personalized support, and financial education, Alleviate empowers people to take control of their debt and unlock their financial future.

About Sound Point Capital Management
Sound Point Capital Management is an alternative asset management firm founded in 2008 with particular expertise in credit strategies. Based in New York City, with offices in London, Greenwich, West Palm Beach, and San Francisco, the firm manages money on behalf of institutional investors including top-tier pensions, foundations, insurance companies, wealth management firms, and family offices. Sound Point’s strategies span the spectrum of liquid and illiquid credit alternatives and include funds and managed accounts focused on leveraged loans, special situations, distressed debt, structured credit, direct lending, and commercial real estate. Sound Point currently manages over $44 billion in assets and was founded by Stephen J. Ketchum, who is the controlling shareholder. Five principals of Stone Point Capital LLC, as well as Blue Owl GP Stakes, a division of Blue Owl Capital Inc. [NYSE: OWL], and Assured Guaranty Ltd, are strategic investors in the firm. For more information, please visit www.soundpointcap.com.

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C.Scale Raises $2 Million to Connect Supply and Demand for Low-Carbon Building Products in Fragmented $1 Trillion Materials Market

AI/ML-Powered Platform Streamlines Materials Procurement While Enabling Emissions Reduction Across North American Construction Industry

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4, 2025 — C.Scale, a technology startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to connect supply and demand in the fragmented, $1 trillion building materials market while accelerating the shift to low-carbon construction. The investment round was co-led by Active Impact Investments and Wireframe Ventures, two leading North American early-stage investors focused on profitably building a healthier and more sustainable future.

The funding accelerates C.Scale’s AI/ML-powered platform that solves a critical supply chain inefficiency: connecting building product manufacturers directly with designers at the point of specification. As regulation and owners seeking higher performance buildings drive demand for low-carbon products, C.Scale enables architects to make streamlined, data-driven design and procurement decisions while helping manufacturers reach qualified buyers.

“The building industry faces data problems that cost time and money on every project,” said Jack Rusk, co-founder and CEO of C.Scale. “High-impact decisions are made in a data-scarce environment, resulting in guesswork and rework. Our platform gives project teams the right data at the right time to simplify selection of high-performance products.”

C.Scale utilizes building life cycle assessment to give a holistic description of a building’s materials, systems, and environmental impacts. The company’s unique AI/ML toolkit gives designers and owners the ability to evaluate the impacts of their decisions from the very beginning of the project. For manufacturers, the platform will offer a flow of high-quality leads by tracking detailed material quantities and carbon performance requirements from the earliest project phases, while providing visibility into the design process from concept through construction. 

“C.Scale is the connective tissue the building materials market has been missing,” said Paul Straub, Managing Partner at Wireframe Ventures. “Their approach of embedding intelligence directly into design workflows creates a scalable marketplace that benefits everyone: designers get faster access to better materials, manufacturers get qualified leads, and projects achieve meaningful carbon reduction. Their early traction with top-tier firms signals this is the right solution at the right time.”

In the past six months, hundreds of enterprise customers have modeled over 1,200 projects representing more than 120 million square feet of construction in C.Scale. These customers include 2 of the top 3 largest architecture firms in North America and 9 AIA Firm Award recipients. Global corporations, including Autodesk and Schneider Electric, are integrating C.Scale into their products and platforms. And Stanford University is piloting the platform to align building planning and procurement with long-term campus commitments.

In addition, C.Scale was selected for inclusion  in the Catalogue of Solutions for COP30, currently on display at the Building Pavillion in Belém as part of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference. There it will serve as a resource for governments, cities, businesses, and international organizations to accelerate deployment of proven solutions to make near-zero emission and resilient buildings the norm by 2030.

“What sets C.Scale apart is the team’s combination of deep building industry expertise and cutting-edge AI capabilities,” said Mike Winterfield, Managing Partner at Active Impact Investments. “They’ve identified a massive market inefficiency in a trillion-dollar industry. By bringing supply and demand together for low-carbon building products, they’re pairing a significant market opportunity with substantial emissions reduction. This is the kind of scalable infrastructure that can transform how an entire industry operates.”

About C.Scale
C.Scale is a Public Benefit Corporation putting data to work to enable low-carbon building design and streamline materials procurement. Co-founders Jack Rusk and Brad Jacobson incubated the technology at renowned architecture firm EHDD before spinning out the company in 2024. Based in San Francisco, the company combines deep industry knowledge with advanced data science to deliver actionable insights from concept through construction. To learn more, visit www.cscale.io or contact [email protected].

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Co-Founder and COO
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Mine Vision Systems Announces $12.5 Million Series A to Accelerate Underground Mining Decision Platform

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 4, 2025 — Mine Vision Systems (MVS), the leader in vision-driven mapping and analytics for underground mining, today announced a $12.5 million Series A financing led by Rockwell Venture Capital with a significant commitment from Condire Investors. The capital will fuel rapid execution of MVS’s product strategy and expansion of its decision-making platform for underground operations, building on strong industry momentum in 2025.

“This investment exceeded our initial target of $10 million and will enable us to accelerate our product roadmap and deliver the decision platform underground mining has been waiting for,” said Michael Smocer, CEO of Mine Vision Systems. “2025 has been a breakout year. We are proud of the partnerships we have built with many of the world’s largest and most innovative mining companies, and we are beginning to scale what’s working.”

Kent Rockwell, Founder & CEO at Rockwell Venture Capital, said: “We have partnered with MVS for years and have a front-row seat to the company’s progress. The team’s execution over the past three years has translated into real operational impact for customers. We are  enthusiastic to lead this round and support the next phase of growth.”

Ryan Schedler, Founder & Managing Director at Condire, said: “For us, this is an exciting step. We performed extensive diligence, speaking with our mining portfolio companies and other industry leaders. The feedback on MVS and FaceCapture was consistently strong. We believe MVS provides essential technology for the underground mining value chain.”

Proceeds from the round will accelerate R&D and product integration, expand deployments of FaceCapture and adjacent analytics, and strengthen customer success in key mining regions.

ABOUT MINE VISION SYSTEMS

Founded in 2015, MVS focuses on bringing vision-related technology and software algorithms to the resources mining industry. As pioneers in the underground 3D mapping space, we work worldwide to improve efficiency, safety, production, and automation in mining through unmatched data collection, insights and workflow.

Contact:
Kevin Kocak 
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Firstsource Strengthens UnBPO™ Vision with Strategic Investment in Lyzr.ai

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 4, 2025 — Firstsource Solutions Limited (NSE: FSL) (BSE: 532809), a leading global provider of business process management services and an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, today announced a strategic investment in Lyzr.ai, a cutting-edge enterprise AI agent infrastructure platform that enables organizations to build secure, reliable, and interconnected AI agents anchored by comprehensive knowledge bases, orchestration, and robust responsible AI governance.

This investment marks a significant milestone in advancing Firstsource’s UnBPO™ vision – a bold reimagination of how work gets done by seamlessly blending human ingenuity with enterprise-grade, responsible AI. UnBPO™ embodies a transformative shift from traditional outsourcing and labor arbitrage toward technology arbitrage that enables organizations to become more adaptive, intelligent, and purpose driven.

Dr. Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman of RPSG Group and Firstsource, said, “Our partnership with Lyzr.ai is deeply aligned with Firstsource’s UnBPO™ approach, accelerating the creation of future-ready organizations through secure, scalable AI agents designed for complex, regulated environments. As AI moves decisively from experimentation into production, success will belong to those who marry technological depth with responsible governance and clear business outcomes. Lyzr.ai exemplifies this balance — pioneering intelligent automation that amplifies human capability while upholding enterprise readiness and trust.”

Siva Surendira, CEO of Lyzr.ai shared, “Firstsource has long been a pioneer in automating complex processes for the world’s most regulated industries. Their deep expertise in banking and healthcare directly reflects why we built Lyzr: to provide a 100% private, full-stack agent infrastructure that enterprises can trust with their most critical data. This strategic partnership is a massive accelerant for our shared vision. Together, we will empower Fortune 500s to securely move AI from experimentation to production, reinventing their operations and building their central OGI – Organizational General Intelligence.”

Lyzr.ai’s agent infrastructure is already driving impactful use cases across diverse industries, including customer experience, healthcare claims negotiation, banking KYC, IT ticketing, and legal contract intelligence. These align directly with Firstsource’s commitment to building practical, human-centered AI that generates real-world, measurable impact.

By embedding Lyzr.ai’s agentic AI into its core operating model through UnBPO™, Firstsource is advancing outcome-driven, secure, and compliant automation of mission-critical, high-touch processes. The partnership embodies Firstsource’s role as an orchestrator of ecosystem innovation, where responsible AI augments decision-making and fuels business transformation that is scalable, transparent, and sustainable.

About Firstsource

Firstsource Solutions Limited, an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company (NSE: FSL) (BSE: 532809) (Reuters: FISO.BO) (Bloomberg: FSOL:IN), is a global leader providing business process solutions and services spanning the customer lifecycle across Healthcare, Banking and Financial Services, Communications, Media and Technology, Retail, and other diverse industries. With a global footprint across US, UK, India, Philippines, Mexico, Romania, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, and Australia, they ‘make it happen’ for their clients, solving their biggest challenges with hyper-focused, domain-centered teams and cutting-edge tech, data, and analytics. Firstsource’s inch-wide, mile-deep practitioners work collaboratively, leveraging UnBPO™ – their differentiated approach to reimagining traditional outsourcing – to deliver real-world, future-focused solutions that drive speed, scale, and smarter decision, turning transformation into tangible results for clients. (www.firstsource.com)

About Lyzr.ai

Lyzr.ai is the full-stack agent infrastructure platform that enables enterprises to build, govern, and deploy a secure, autonomous AI workforce. Lyzr provides the “Third Way” for enterprise AI, combining the flexibility of open-source with the security of a managed platform, all within the customer’s own environment to ensure 100% data privacy and IP ownership.

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onX Announces Strategic Investment from TCV to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Outdoor Innovation

MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 3, 2025 — onX, a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation and mapping software, today announced a strategic investment from TCV, a leading growth equity firm known for supporting enduring consumer technology brands. The partnership brings additional operational expertise and long-term support as onX continues to scale its suite of adventure-specific navigation apps and redefine the outdoor experience. The company’s existing investors, including Summit Partners, Madison Valley Partners, and onX founder Eric Siegfried, will remain active board members.

Founded in 2009, onX develops mapping and navigation technology that is trusted by millions of hunters, off-roaders, hikers, anglers, backcountry skiers, and more. With a mission to “awaken the adventurer in everyone,” onX has developed invaluable tools for outdoor exploration, offering adventure-specific features and detail-rich terrain visualizations that guide users every step of the way. 

“At onX, we are constantly reimagining how people experience the outdoors as we expand into new verticals, introduce innovative products, and invest in the team and technology that fuel our growth,” said onX CEO Laura Orvidas. “Over the last three years, onX has nearly tripled its ARR and become the most trusted digital guide for adventurers nationwide. Partnering with TCV and drawing on their experience scaling iconic tech companies like Netflix, Strava, and Spotify will help accelerate our momentum as we continue to deliver more meaningful and immersive experiences.”

In addition to TCV, onX welcomes Cross Creek as a new investor supporting the company’s mission and continued expansion in the outdoor technology industry.

For more than a decade, onX has been a leader in the outdoor navigation space, creating products designed to empower recreationists to explore and steward new landscapes. In recent years, the company has launched the industry’s first cellular trail camera integration providing hunters with real-time glimpses of the woods right in their app; simplified terrain risk visualizations for backcountry skiers with the nation’s first Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale; earned recognition from TIME’s Best Inventions for its innovative Recent Imagery feature showing satellite imagery that updates at two week intervals; and delivered a first-of-its-kind map of Dispersed Camping opportunities, making it easier than ever to find under-the-radar places to spend the night. onX has also built proprietary navigation tools like Route Builder, which helps adventurers chart custom paths across remote terrain, and redefined how anglers discover and plan their days on the water with the launch of onX Fish.

“I have been using onX for years, primarily to hunt public lands and backcountry ski across the western U.S.,” said TCV General Partner and new onX Board Member Woody Marshall. “I’ve experienced firsthand how indispensable their product is and how it fuels a deeper connection to the outdoors. The onX team is tuned into their customers’ needs, and each tool is built to solve real outdoor challenges. As a result, they’re on an impressive growth trajectory, and TCV is excited to partner with them for this next phase of innovation and expansion.”

“Since Summit’s investment in 2018, we’ve had a front-row seat to onX’s evolution from a category pioneer to a market-defining brand in outdoor technology,” said Summit Partners Managing Director and onX Board Member Colin Mistele. “We’ve been continually impressed by the team’s customer focus, commitment to innovation, and impressive, profitable growth. We’re proud to continue our partnership and excited to welcome TCV as onX builds on this momentum and takes on its next adventure.”

About onX
Founded in 2009, onX is a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation, developing software that helps inform, inspire, and empower outdoor recreationists. onX Hunt, onX Offroad, onX Backcountry, and onX Fish make up the company’s suite of apps and are built by explorers for explorers. Because off-the-beaten-path experiences are at the heart of what onX does, the company also leads initiatives to protect and expand access to public land. Since 2018, onX has worked with various partners to secure and improve public land access through direct funding and by supporting key legislation with data analysis and research. Learn more.

About TCV
TCV is a leading investment firm focused on investing in global, category-defining, technology companies. Leveraging its deep industry expertise and strategic resources, TCV’s mission is to provide long-term capital and support to high-quality management teams across their growth journey. Since its founding in 1995, TCV has invested ~$20 billion in more than 350 technology companies worldwide and has supported over 150 IPOs and strategic acquisitions, making it one of the most active technology investors. TCV has a global presence in Menlo Park, New York, and London. For more information on TCV and its investments, visit www.tcv.com

About Summit Partners
Summit Partners is a leading growth-focused investment firm. Summit invests across growth sectors of the economy and, since the firm’s founding in 1984, has invested in more than 550 companies in technology, healthcare and other growth industries. These companies have completed more than 175 public equity offerings, and more than 250 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales. Summit maintains offices in North America and Europe and seeks to invest in category-leading, profitable growth companies worldwide. For more information, please visit www.summitpartners.com or follow on LinkedIn.

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