Palo Alto, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- UpDoc has been selected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as lead performer in the Agentic AI-Enabled Cardiovascular Care Transformation (ADVOCATE) program, securing an award of up to $9.2 million. Microsoft, OpenAI and NVIDIA are joining the UpDoc-led team as supporting partners.

Los Angeles – September 15, 2026 -- Alibaba.com's Accio AI agent platform completed a 107-task e-commerce benchmark for an estimated $3.69, more than 50% cheaper than OpenAI's Codex at $9.27 and Anthropic's Claude Code at $9.51, according to results the company disclosed at its CoCreate event for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

San Francisco – September 10, 2026 -- Eliza, an AI-native consulting firm, has appointed Lori Borg as Chief Operating Officer as the company expands its partnership with OpenAI and scales enterprise AI deployment work.

Easton, Pennsylvania – September 09, 2026 -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) disclosed total treasury holdings of approximately $380 million as of September 2, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. ET, anchored by indirect stakes in OpenAI and Beast Industries alongside large digital-asset positions.

Eightco holds $90 million in OpenAI via SPVs, representing 24% of treasury assets

The company's indirect exposure to OpenAI's parent, structured through special purpose vehicles, marks one of the largest disclosed concentrations in the AI leader among publicly traded firms.