Los Angeles – October 13, 2026 -- Sizzle, Inc. has launched Rosa, a conversational video "Synth Human" that serves guests of Sheraton Universal Hotel around the clock in more than 33 languages, with no app download and no dedicated hotel hardware.

Guests scan a QR code in their arrival welcome letter to start a face-to-face video conversation on their own phones. Rosa answers questions on reservations, parking, valet, room service, dining, amenities and shuttle information. She connects guests with the appropriate hotel team when human assistance is required.

Scottsdale – October 13, 2026 -- Taylor Morrison Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Stephanie McCarty has been named the inaugural CMO of the Year by BUILDER and Zonda, selected from four finalists for an award recognizing marketing's growing influence on homebuilding.

MADRID – October 13, 2026 -- An estimated 6.8 million women across nine countries are experiencing infertility right now, according to the inaugural IVI Institute Fertility Barometer, which also finds that 36% of women with a target age for starting a family had their first child later than desired. IVI Institute, formerly IVI RMA Global, released the study alongside a group-wide rebrand that unites its clinic networks.

Dallas – October 13, 2026 -- Koya Medical will put its CEO and CFO in front of investors at two conferences on consecutive days, October 19 and 20, 2026, as the vascular disease device maker promotes the commercial momentum of its portfolio.

CEO Doraiswamy presents at Goldman Sachs in New York on October 19

Andy Doraiswamy, Koya's chief executive, will present on Monday, October 19, 2026, at the Goldman Sachs Healthcare Private Company Conference. The session takes place at the Goldman Sachs Client Center in New York City.

Lake Orion – October 13, 2026 -- American Battery Solutions (ABS) has introduced Aventor, an 800-volt heavy-duty battery platform delivering 113 kWh of energy and 358 kW of peak discharge power, with customer samples planned for 2027 and production starting in Q1 2028.

Aventor is designed, engineered and assembled in the U.S. with domestically sourced cells, and is built to support BABA-compliant OEM programs. Initial capacity is set at 6,000 battery packs annually, or approximately 0.7 GWh.

Redmond – October 13, 2026 -- Halfpricesoft.com has added an IRS-authorized direct e-filing module for Form 941 to its ezPaycheck payroll software, with e-filing priced from $5.95 per form ahead of the November 2, 2026 third-quarter filing deadline.

E-file module covers 941, 940 and other 94x forms inside the application

The update lets employers submit quarterly Form 941, annual Form 940 and other 94x series forms directly from ezPaycheck. A dedicated portal tracks submission status and lets users resolve filing errors immediately.

Birmingham, Mich. – October 13, 2026 -- Only 14% of Finance leaders say their AI investments have delivered "enterprise value and decision impact," even though 74% now use AI to reduce manual work, according to OneStream's inaugural Forward Finance Index.

The survey covers 1,300 CFOs and equivalent Finance leaders at mid-market ($500M-$999.9M revenue) and enterprise ($1B-$10B+ revenue) organizations in the U.S., U.K., and France. It benchmarks them across five areas: AI strategy, data, workforce, operations, and IT collaboration.

Austin – October 13, 2026 -- UpCodes' AI Plan Review has surfaced more than $1 million in estimated potential construction error costs on average per project, based on more than 1,300 construction plan sets reviewed since its June launch.

The tool has identified more than 180,000 potential issues across those plan sets. Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, BDG Architects and Hereford Dooley Architects are among the companies newly adopting the technology.

West Des Moines – October 13, 2026 -- Criterion, the new name for Sammons Financial Group's wealth advisory holding company, launched with more than $27 billion in assets under management or advisement (AUM/AUA) across three national advisory firms.

The company groups Beacon Capital Management, NorthRock Partners and Wealthcare. Sammons Financial Group established the holding company as its expansion beyond core insurance and annuity business lines.

Dallas – October 13, 2026 -- S2 Capital has completed loan modifications and refinancings on 26 multifamily assets carrying about $1.2 billion in loan balance, covering 8,223 units across seven markets.

S2 Capital ends foreclosure proceedings on 12 of 26 communities

Twelve of the 26 communities were subject to foreclosure proceedings. Those proceedings have been terminated in connection with the modifications.