Houston – October 28, 2026 -- Shell Offshore Inc. has started production at Phase 3 of the Silvertip project, adding two wells that are expected to produce up to 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) at peak rates at the Shell-operated Perdido spar in the Gulf of America.

Silvertip Frio wells are tied into existing subsea infrastructure

The two wells sit in the Silvertip Frio reservoir, where Shell holds 40% and operates, and Chevron U.S.A. holds 60%. Phase 3 connects them to subsea infrastructure already in place, avoiding a new host facility.

New York – October 28, 2026 -- Sava, a New York-based trust company, emerged from stealth with $10 million in seed funding led by Gradient Ventures. It is targeting the $6.5+ trillion U.S. trust and estate industry with AI agents orchestrated by human trust officers.

Y Combinator, SV Angel and Instacart's Max Mullen join Gradient in Sava's round

Other participants include Orange Collective and SurgePoint Capital. Strategic operators Tomer London, co-founder of Gusto, and Eleonora Sharef, former Head of Private Wealth at McKinsey, also joined the round.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Talos, the institutional technology and data provider for digital asset trading and portfolio management, has hired Kelly Ye as Head of Research, putting a dedicated leader over a research program that follows liquidity, market structure and onchain finance.

ATLANTA – October 28, 2026 -- Riskonnect, a risk management software provider with more than 2,700 customers across six continents, has named the winners of its 2026 Konnect Awards, honoring customers across multiple industries for how they manage risk.

Littleton, Colorado – October 28, 2026 -- ReachWell has relaunched its government communication platform with a new brand identity and a new CEO, Jesse Sanders, who joined as an owner and led the rebuild.

Platform automatically translates every message across five channels

The platform sends each message by SMS, email, voice, web and a mobile app, translating it into the languages spoken by an agency's audience. For messages affecting rights, benefits, safety or health, an agency can have its own qualified reviewer check each translation before sending.

New York – October 28, 2026 -- Dallas-based Firehawk Defense announced a $150 million funding round and said it expects to become the largest U.S. producer of artillery motors by the end of 2027, according to the NYSE's pre-market update delivered by Kristen Scholer.

Firehawk plans more than 100,000 artillery motors next year

The startup will use the proceeds to expand its Great Plains Arsenal in Oklahoma and an integration facility in Mississippi. Firehawk targets output of more than 100,000 artillery motors next year.

CHARLOTTE – October 28, 2026 -- Quarterra has appointed Jeb Cox, whose career spans nearly 14,000 apartment homes and more than $2.1 billion in capitalization, as Managing Director of Development, Texas.

Cox takes charge of the full development cycle across Texas

Cox will oversee new multifamily development initiatives statewide and lead a divisional team through every project phase. Those phases are land sourcing, entitlements, capitalization, design and construction execution, optimizing marketability and operability, lease-up and disposition.

Avondale, La. – October 28, 2026 -- T. Parker Host (HOST) is committing $50 million to its Avondale Global Gateway industrial campus on the Mississippi River, adding rail, warehouse and dock capacity. The company expects the upgrades to open the door for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional private investment across the campus.

McLean, Va. – October 28, 2026 -- Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has been named the No. 1 Best Workplace for Women in the U.S. by Fortune and Great Place to Work for the eighth consecutive year, extending its run on the list to 11 straight years.

Hilton wins seven No. 1 rankings outside the U.S.

Over the past year, Hilton was also recognized as a Best Workplace for Women in 20 other countries and regions. It took the top spot in Argentina, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Uruguay and the Middle East.

DENVER – October 28, 2026 -- Frontier Group Holdings (Nasdaq: ULCC) reported record third-quarter 2026 revenue of approximately $1.4 billion, up 53 percent year-over-year, and returned to an adjusted profit of $40 million despite a 56 percent jump in per-gallon fuel costs.