Scottsdale – September 19, 2026 -- equipifi, a Buy Now, Pay Later infrastructure provider for banks and credit unions, was named a Best of Show winner at FinovateFall 2026, standing out among eight winners selected from 72 companies that demoed live on stage.

Tampa – September 19, 2026 -- FlyUSA has launched a $100 million Jet Card Recovery Program aimed at private flyers who lost access to prepaid funds held by other aviation providers, allowing qualifying customers to earn back up to 100% of a verified stranded balance in flight credits without making a new deposit.

San Jose del Cabo – September 19, 2026 -- Pacaso has sold six of eight ownership shares in Playa Linda, its newest co-owned residence in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, with one-eighth stakes priced from $872,000.

Pittsburgh – September 19, 2026 -- An inventor from Blue Jay, Calif., has developed a patent-pending tie down strap engineered to apply constant tension and eliminate loosening caused by load shifting, InventHelp announced.

Design targets slack-related failures in cargo securing

The strap addresses a common failure point in existing tie down systems: unseen slack that develops as a load shifts during transport. The inventor stated the goal was to create a design that maintains steady tension throughout transit, reducing the risk of load displacement.

New York – September 19, 2026 -- Medisights, an AI-native platform for life sciences, has completed a study showing purpose-built AI agents can compress months of qualitative physician research into days while tracking the fast-shifting multiple myeloma treatment landscape.

Pittsburgh -- September 16, 2026 -- An InventHelp client from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, has developed the LQ SAFETY SENSOR, a patent-pending device designed to automatically open a garage door when carbon monoxide is detected inside the space.

Las Vegas – – September 19, 2026 -- Endra unveiled Endra Power Studio, the first agentic AI platform purpose-built for electrical engineering, and simultaneously acquired Swiss AI firm Planlabs to bring mechanical engineering capabilities in-house.

Pittsburgh – September 19, 2026 -- An Indianapolis-based inventor has filed a patent application for the U-TURN FLASHER, a signaling device designed to warn other motorists before a vehicle executes a 180-degree turn at an intersection.

Pittsburgh – September 19, 2026 -- An inventor from Nampa, Idaho, has developed the Hike & Hide, a multipurpose attachment that combines a trowel, stake driver, and trekking pole accessory into a single lightweight tool, according to a submission filed with InventHelp.

Pittsburgh – September 18, 2026 -- InventHelp has submitted a new patent-pending cigarette butt disposal invention, the 4-BUTTS, to its National Sales Office and made the design available for licensing or sale to manufacturers and marketers.