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Bain & Company Named as a “Leader” in Innovation Consulting Services

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“…Bain supports the full innovation lifecycle across the discover, validate, build, and commercialize phases,” an independent research firm concludes

BOSTON, July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bain & Company has been recognized as a Leader, the highest category ranking a firm can receive, in The Forrester Wave™: Innovation Consulting Services, Q2 2024. “Clients that seek holistic innovation advisory, anchored in a C-suite-mandated innovation strategy, are well placed to work with Bain,” wrote Forrester.

According to the report, Bain “has developed a sophisticated approach to organizational change, which was highly recognized by reference customers.” Reference customers also highlighted that Bain was “highly invested in their success, adapted quickly to their culture, and focused on capability building in the client organization.”

“We are thrilled to be recognized by Forrester as a leader in Innovation Consulting Services,” said Dunigan O’Keeffe,” a San Francisco based Partner and head of Bain’s global Strategy practice. “In today’s rapidly changing environment, having strong innovation capabilities is a strategic imperative for our clients as they pursue full potential.”

Forrester’s report also recognized Bain for following “a branded playbook for innovation strategy alignment, based on its “today forward and future back” approach, supporting organizations in articulating investment needs, opportunity spaces, and value propositions for innovation.”

According to the report, “Targeted at innovation portfolio derisking, Bain supports the full innovation lifecycle across the discover, validate, build, and commercialize phases.” It also found that to create sustainable delivery, “Bain emphasizes innovation ecosystems to drive informed ‘buy-partner-build’ decisions and art-of-the-possible experiences.”

“Innovation is a muscle that is challenging for many of our clients to build,” said O’Keeffe. “This recognition from Forrester reflects for us our commitment to helping our clients not only deliver on specific innovation projects, but also build ongoing innovation capabilities.”

Bain employs more than 1,500 in-house innovation delivery experts that provide world-class capabilities in new business innovation, product and experience innovation, automation, enterprise technology, software engineering and advanced analytics, including data science, machine learning and data engineering.

“Helping our clients solve their toughest innovation challenges requires integrated, interdisciplinary teaming,” said Arpan Sheth, a Partner and head of Bain’s global Innovation and Design capability. “We combine sector expertise and analytical rigor with innovation, design, engineering and technical experts in order to help our clients achieve their innovation goals.”

Forrester’s report further notes that: “…Bain emphasizes ecosystems and partnerships, most notably its AI impact alliance and venture ecosystem.” In recent years Bain has acquired or invested in several leading companies to enhance its innovation offerings. Bain’s latest acquisitions have included Umbrage, a Houston-based digital products studio working on state-of-the-art software solutions, Rainmaking APAC, a Singapore-based venture-building and start-up development studio, and Max Kelsen’s Australia-based AI engineering team. 

Additionally, the firm continues to expand its network of more than 700 ecosystem partners that provide access to new and emerging capabilities, including its global services alliance with OpenAI and a key partnership with Microsoft, enabling clients to deploy AI applications across their operations faster, more effectively and at scale.

“We have made significant investments in continuing to enhance our innovation talent and capabilities, both organically and through partnerships and acquisitions, and will continue doing so in the future,” said Sheth.

Further information on Bain’s approach to innovation can be found here.

A complimentary copy of The Forrester Wave™: Innovation Consulting Services, Q2 2024, can be accessed here.

Editor’s Note: To arrange an interview, contact Dan Pinkney at dan.pinkney@bain.com or +1 646 562 8102.

About Bain & Company

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future.

Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

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WIDTH Shortlisted for Compliance AI Solution of the Year at ICA Compliance Awards APAC 2026

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SINGAPORE, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — WIDTH is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for Compliance AI Solution of the Year at the ICA Compliance Awards APAC 2026.

The ICA Compliance Awards celebrate outstanding achievements, collaboration, and innovation across the global compliance and financial crime prevention community.

Following a thorough judging process, WIDTH has been shortlisted ahead of the official online awards presentation to be held on 21 July 2026.

The judging panel was made up of a diverse range of highly influential and respected figures within the compliance and financial crime prevention community. This includes Esme Hodson, Member & Chief Compliance Officer, SC Ventures; Preeti Khasturi, Market Head of Risk & Compliance (South Asia & Australasia), TMF Group; Teng Kuan Siong, Client Outreach Manager, Director, Bank of America; Li Yi Yeoh, Head of Compliance Technology, UOB; Manish Bisht, Financial Crime & Compliance, Concentrix; and more.

WIDTH’s entry for Compliance AI Solution of the Year highlighted its All-in-One Compliance and Risk Decision Intelligence Platform, designed to help regulated organisations manage financial crime and compliance risks through connected workflows, explainable risk scoring, AI-assisted case review, and auditable evidence management. The solution supports compliance teams across onboarding, screening, transaction monitoring, case management, review, and audit preparation, with human reviewers retaining final decision authority.

Chye Kit Chionh, Co-Founder & CEO of WIDTH, commented:
“We are honoured to be shortlisted for Compliance AI Solution of the Year at the ICA Compliance Awards APAC 2026. This recognition reflects the hard work of the WIDTH team in building practical, auditable, and AI-native compliance solutions for regulated businesses across APAC. Our focus remains on helping compliance teams connect data, workflows, evidence, and human judgement in a clear and accountable process.”

ICA’s President, Pekka Dare, commented:
“On behalf of ICA, I would like to personally thank everyone who entered the ICA Compliance Awards APAC. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate WIDTH on being shortlisted as a finalist in the category of Compliance AI Solution of the Year. All of the entrants represent the very best of what our industry has to offer, and I am looking forward to welcoming all our finalists to the awards presentation online on 21 July.”
The selected winners will be announced during the online awards presentation on 21 July 2026.

About the ICA Compliance Awards
The ICA Compliance Awards recognise and celebrate internal compliance and financial crime prevention teams who go above and beyond to collaborate, innovate, and raise compliance standards across the globe. These awards promote best practice, champion the profession, and highlight the importance of compliance and financial crime prevention in today’s constantly changing regulatory, geopolitical, and business environment.

About ICA
The International Compliance Association (ICA) is the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community. Since 2001, ICA has enhanced the knowledge, skills, and behaviour of over 160,000 professionals, either through its internationally recognised portfolio of professional qualifications, awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, or through accredited in-company training.

About WIDTH
WIDTH is an All-in-One Compliance and Risk Decision Intelligence Platform built to help regulated businesses identify, assess, and manage financial crime and compliance risks across the customer lifecycle. The platform connects onboarding, screening, transaction monitoring, case management, AI-assisted review, and audit evidence into one unified workflow. Headquartered in Singapore, WIDTH supports financial institutions, fintechs, digital asset businesses, payment companies, corporate service providers, and other regulated organisations across APAC.

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Noida International Airport selects Octave Attune EAM to build a unified asset intelligence foundation

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The new deployment extends Octave’s mission to unleash intelligence at scale across India’s rapidly expanding aviation sector.

JEWAR, India, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Octave Intelligence plc (NASDAQ: OCTV), the global leader in software for the world’s most critical facilities and infrastructure, announced today that Noida International Airport (NIA) had adopted Octave Attune EAM (formerly HxGN EAM) as its enterprise asset management platform. Attune EAM will support the airport’s long‑term operational readiness and enhance passenger experience.

The new greenfield hub opened its first phase on 28 March and is set to become one of Asia’s largest, with capacity scaling from 12 million passengers at opening to as much as 70 million by 2050.

India has doubled its number of operational airports in the past decade, growing from 74 in 2014 to 163 in 2025, and has set a national target of 350 to 400 airports by 2047. Jewar’s new airport sits at the center of this effort, built to relieve congestion across the Delhi region and serve as a national and international gateway.

Building a connected asset ecosystem from day one

NIA selected Attune EAM during the construction phase, to help the airport realize a commitment to a unified, data‑centric approach to asset intelligence from the start of operations.

Attune EAM is now deployed, with the objective of creating a structured, comprehensive registry for critical assets: including runways, taxiways, airfield lighting, terminal facilities, baggage systems, HVAC units, e‑gates and vehicle fleets.

This single system of record gives NIA a reliable foundation for preventive maintenance, lifecycle planning and regulatory compliance across a complex, safety-critical airport environment.

The deployment began as a standalone platform during the commissioning period and will progressively expand to integrate with systems such as ERP, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), BMS (Building Management Systems) and BIM. These integrations will gradually knit together real‑world conditions, historical data and operational workflows, thus strengthening the airport’s ability to make informed decisions across its lifecycle. Attune EAM’s built‑in energy management capabilities will also help NIA monitor consumption across water, air, gas and electricity as part of its sustainability commitments.

A digital infrastructure for a new era of Indian aviation

India’s newest international hub was designed to serve millions of passengers without inheriting the fragmentation historically seen in airport operations. Instead, Attune EAM provides connected intelligence that moves maintenance planning away from reactive repairs toward condition‑based decisions informed by performance baselines.

This capability aligns with India’s wider push for digital infrastructure and self-reliance across aviation technology. With ₹150 billion committed to modernising airport systems by 2028, a unified approach to asset, safety and compliance data becomes critical as the country expands its network of greenfield and upgraded brownfield airports.

“Airports operate at a level of complexity where clarity and proactivity are of the utmost importance,” said Chanpreet Sahni, Vice President, India, Octave. “Noida International Airport chose to design for intelligence from day one. Attune EAM gives the airport a single source of truth that connects asset performance, maintenance activity and operational insight. This foundation will help NIA deliver a reliable, efficient experience as it scales into one of Asia’s most important aviation hubs.”

About Octave

Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle – Design, Build, Operate and Protect – where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.

Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.

Octave has approximately 7,200 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

 

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Zorgm Pro achieves 98.5% on NEET PG benchmark with source-grounded clinical AI

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Educational reference answer engine for verified physicians becomes one of the first source-grounded clinical AI systems to surpass the 95% threshold on a publicly verifiable NEET PG benchmark

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Achieved a 98.54% score on the NEET PG 2025 benchmark using a publicly documented evaluation methodologyEvery answer is backed by citations from peer-reviewed journals, clinical guidelines, and regulator-approved sources to help reduce AI hallucinationsAvailable free for verified physicians, with clinical-language outputs designed specifically for medical education and practice

MUMBAI, India, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In a major breakthrough for clinical artificial intelligence, the LaennecAI Clinical Research Team announced today that Zorgm Pro, an educational reference answer engine built exclusively for verified physicians, achieved a score of 98.54% on a publicly verifiable reconstruction of India’s National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate medical courses (NEET PG) 2025 paper.

According to the company’s evaluation, Zorgm Pro answered 152 of 154 questions correctly, with one incorrect answer and one unanswered question. The benchmark was conducted using a documented methodology that has been made publicly available for independent review.

The result demonstrates the potential of source-grounded clinical AI systems to perform at a high level on complex medical education benchmarks while maintaining transparency through evidence-backed responses.

Zorgm Pro is raising the bar for clinical AI

Unlike conventional AI systems that generate responses without source attribution, Zorgm Pro utilizes an end-to-end Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture designed to reduce hallucinations. The platform retrieves information from a curated library of peer-reviewed journals, clinical guidelines, and regulator-approved drug labels, providing citations alongside responses.

The evaluation conducted by the LaennecAI Clinical Research Team found that Zorgm Pro performed strongly when assessed against the NEET PG benchmark and compared with other widely available AI systems evaluated under the same framework.

A notable example occurred on a question regarding paediatric HIV vertical-transmission prophylaxis, where Zorgm Pro cited India’s national PPTCT guidance (NACO India), international NIH Perinatal Guidelines, and relevant FDA-approved references in support of its response.

“The results are impressive. The real win is achieving them with an AI that is less prone to hallucinations, one that looks up only curated, evidence-based sources, and is not a black-box system,” said Dr. Akhil Das, Clinical Lead at LaennecAI.

“We built Zorgm Pro because doctors deserve AI they can trust,” added Dr. Arathy Varghese, Co-founder and CTO of LaennecAI. “An answer is only as good as the evidence behind it. Ours comes with the source attached every time, so a doctor never has to take it on faith.”

Elite medical education, democratized at zero cost

NEET PG is the primary gateway to specialist training for medical graduates in India, with up to 230,000 candidates competing each year. By offering a specialized clinical AI platform free for credentialed medical professionals, Zorgm Pro aims to support medical education, self-learning, and evidence-based reference.

In alignment with scientific transparency, the LaennecAI Clinical Research Team has published its technical methodology online. The corrected text-only question subset, prompt templates, and grading methodology have been made publicly accessible for independent review.

About LaennecAI 

LaennecAI is a medical AI company with teams across London, Cardiff, Birmingham, and Kochi. The company builds clinically focused AI tools for doctors and patients under the Zorgm brand. Its products include Zorgm Pro, a free clinician-only medical education answer engine for continuing medical education, self-learning, and evidence-based reference, alongside patient-facing self-management technologies and an AI as Medical Device digital stethoscope for respiratory and cardiac monitoring. 

LaennecAI’s approach is grounded in curated medical sources, clinical governance, privacy, and regional relevance. 

 

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